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Humanity in Action Unveils New Strategic Plan
Humanity in Action is proud to launch our September 2025–2026 Strategic Plan, a 16-month roadmap to deepen impact, strengthen community engagement, and advance its North Star: cultivating and supporting principled, brave leaders who listen deeply, confront complexity, and act across differences.
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Climate Impact LA: James Crisafulli's Action Project
2020 Amsterdam Fellow James Crisafulli began working on his Action Project called Climate Impact LA, which is done in partnership with Sunrise Movement LA and Earth Guardians.
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Landecker Fellow Flavia Matei featured in Kompetenz magazine
Landecker Fellow Flavia Matei featured in Kompetenz magazine to discuss the corona crisis and 24-hour care workers.
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27th Anniversary of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Senior Fellow and Professional Lecturer Noam Schimmel recently published a thought piece titled "A Postcolonial Reflection on the Rwandan Genocide Against the Tutsi and its Legacy" for the Commemoration of the 27th Anniversary of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
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Landecker Fellow Asha Iman Veal Announces Participating Artists for Upcoming Raisin Exhibition
Landecker Democracy Fellow Asha Iman Veal has spent the past several weekends on-site at the 6018 North experimental arts and culture space in Chicago, planning with the tremendous artists who will participate in this fall's Raisin exhibition. This exhibition, which will take place at 6018 North, is a partner project of the Chicago Architecture Biennial 2021.
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Philosophy of Arguing: Workshop led by Landecker Fellow Thomas Arnold
As part of his Fellowship project, Alfred Landecker Democracy Fellow Thomas Arnold will be leading an online workshop, which will be focused on the rhetoric and philosophy of arguing that can be helpful for future teachers and educators.
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Making Common Ground Podcast - March 2021 Episodes
Landecker Democracy Fellow Catherine Neilan's podcast Making Common Ground launched in January 2021. Catherine, a journalist who currently serves as Politics Live Editor at the Telegraph, created this podcast with the goal of creating in-depth conversations amongst different groups of people.
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Trans_forming Care: an ethnographic study on trans and non-binary care work
Senior Fellow and Humanity in Action Guest Speaker Francis Seeck will publish their dissertation with the title "Trans_forming Care: an ethnographic study on trans and non-binary care work." The dissertation will be available online and in print (in German).
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How To Fix Democracy Live Session with Margaret Atwood
The Bertelsmann Foundation North America, Humanity in Action, and the Canadian Institute for Citizenship invite you to a live discussion about 21st century citizenship and democracy.
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ProFellow Interview: How David Schupp Drives Justice with the Humanity in Action Fellowship
Senior Fellow David Schupp got interviewed about the Humanity in Action summer fellowship for a ProFellow article.
Humanity in Action Fellowship Named Among 10 Fellowships for Human Rights
Humanity in Action was named by Human Rights Careers among 10 of the top Fellowships for human rights.
Humanity in Action Fellowship Named among 5 Fellowships to Keep an Eye on
The Humanity in Action Fellowship has been named by College Magazine among five Fellowships to keep an eye on, joining the ranks of Fulbright, the Watson Fellowship and Princeton.