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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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Studying the Past to Build the Future
Senior Fellow Susannah Shattuck, a MBA/MPP candidate at Stanford Graduate School of Business speaks on how entrepreneurial disrupters need to take the right lessons from the past to understand the impact innovations will have on human behavior.
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Senior Fellow Tim Hoff publishes article in Claussen Simon Stuftung about Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner in time of Corona
Senior Fellow Tim Hoff, together with his running group was preparing for the Vienna Marathon in April. The cancellation of the marathon due to Coronavirus gave him moments of frustration as all the plans and goals had to be thrown overboard.
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Upskilling Workers for the Future of Work
Senior Fellow Clara Chow, in cooperation with SkillNav, a social impact tech startup based in Lagos, Nigeria led a session on skills for the Future of Work at the now virtual Skoll World Forum.
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What Political Science Can Teach Us About How Different Countries Are Handling COVID-19
In this episode, Senior Fellow Mark Goldberg speaks with Sofia Fenner, an assistant professor of political science at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, about what comparative politics and political science can teach us about how governments are responding to this crisis.
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Local Elites Hold Negative Views of Diaspora as Peacebuilders in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Senior Fellow Jasmin Hasić's research on the perception of diaspora members as peacebuilders by local elites in Bosnia & Herzegovina was recently published in the Peace Science Digest.
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Webinar: Unsettling Human Rights
The second webinar in the Rights and Resistance: the Ongoing Fight for Indigenous Sovereignty series. On Wednesday, April 1 at 12pm, Senior Fellow Roo George-Warren will give an overview of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) as a continuation of indigenous resistance and as a challenge to individualistic notions of Human Rights.
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Humanity Talks Podcast sa Ivanom Kešić
U drugoj epizodi Humanity Talks Podcast-a sa Ivanom Kesić o građanskom obrazovanju u vrijeme krize razgovarao Senior fellow Mahir Sijamija.
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Senior Fellow Kenneddy Odede writes about chances to avert the Covid-19 disaster in urban slums in Kibera
In the article "Chance to avert Disaster in Urban Slums", published by Daily Nation, Senior Fellow Kennedy Odede writes about the role of community engagement and importance to address the Corona crises collectively, together with the government and the public sector not to move from a health crisis to class warfare.
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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.