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Humanity in Action Appoints Azi Khalili as Executive Director
Humanity in Action is proud to announce the appointment of Azadeh “Azi” Khalili as its new Executive Director, effective today. Khalili steps into the role following a distinguished career across government, philanthropy, and social justice movements—bringing decades of experience advocating for human rights, gender equity, and systemic reform.
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Inter-Faith Toolkit to Combat Gender-Based Violence
Landecker Fellow Reshma Persaud, as a part of the South Queens Women’s March, supported the organization’s publication of an interfaith toolkit combatting gender-based violence. The toolkit calls faith leaders to action in protecting women, girls, and gender nonconforming individuals in their communities.
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Walk Your Walk Interview
Landecker Fellow Asha Shajahan is featured on Walk Your Walk, a website that shares stories of professional women's journeys and their definitions of success.
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Making Common Ground
Landecker Fellow Catherine Neilan's podcast Making Common Ground launched earlier this month. 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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Halo.Radio Appearance
Landecker Fellow Lena Bielska spoke live on Halo.Radio about sexual education and combatting violence. Lena is an anti-bullying and anti-discrimination coach at Fundacja HerStory (HerStory Foundation).
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The hardest change to immigration policy post-Trump? Ending the mind-set that immigrants are criminals.
Senior Fellow Carly Goodmann was recently featured in the article "The hardest change to immigration policy post-Trump? Ending the mind-set that immigrants are criminals." in The Inquirer. Carly analyzes that the Immigration Services shifted from an administrative-services arm into a third enforcement agency.
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We Need a Full Plan to Save the Arts in New York
Senior Fellow and Board Member Justin Krebs co-authored an op-ed in Gotham Gazette with Tiffany Rea-Fisher about the need for a comprehensive plan to save the Arts in New York.
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The gap between stateless people and statelessness research
Landecker Fellow Christiana Bukalo published an article in the University of Melbourne Law school’s Critical Statelessness Studies Blog Series. In it, she describes closing the gap between Stateless People and Statelessness Research.
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Short Film: "How machines discriminate - facial recognition and the matrix of domination"
Landecker Fellow Nushin Yazdani recently published a short film with José Rojas entitled "How machines discriminate - facial recognition and the matrix of domination." The piece delves into the intricacies of facial recognition technology and the tangible consequences artificial intelligence has on marginalized people..