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Monika Mazur-Rafał
President of the Managing Board, National Director of Humanity in Action Poland; International Director of European Programs; Board Member Humanity in Action, Inc.
Work is her passion. She constantly tries to blaze new trails. She loves cross-sectoral and intergenerational activities that strengthen human rights and involve working with people who \"want to want\". She\u2019s an advocate of combining human rights education with historical education - experience shows that this approach works. She wants theory to be put into practice.<\/span>\r\n\r\nSince 2005, Monika has been involved in the development of the international Humanity in Action network, which led to the establishment of the Humanity in Action Poland Foundation, where she currently heads as its President of the Management Board and Managing Director. She initiates, creates and helps to carry out educational and activist projects in the framework of the foundation's activities. She has many years of experience as a trainer, tutor and mentor in Poland and abroad. She gains immense satisfaction from the opportunity to give substantive support to activists in their social actions and to motivate them to take up challenges for social change.<\/span>\r\n\r\nShe is the author of various publications and strategies for action at the interface between human rights and history. She is a graduate of the Institute of International Relations from the University of Warsaw and holds a Masters of European Integration from the joint program of the Warsaw School of Economics and Sciences Politiques Paris. She held a scholarship while at the Free University of Berlin and the Humboldt University in Berlin, and she also interned in the German Bundestag. Monika was an expert in the European program and created the migration program at the Center for International Relations. She was the secretary of the Polish-German Forum and also ran the anti-Human Trafficking project at the Warsaw office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Within the IOM research unit - Central European Migration Research Forum - worked on the migration policy of Poland and Germany and the anti-discrimination policy of Poland.<\/span>\r\n\r\nFrom 2005 to 2007, Monika was involved in researching Polish compliance under European Union directives regarding combating discrimination based on ethnic and racial origin, religion or belief, age, disability and sexual orientation. At the same time, she also acted as a national expert for the European network, financed by the European Commission, in the field of counteracting discrimination. Want to reach out to Monika Mazur-Rafa\u0142? 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Magdalena Szarota
Member of the Management Board & Director of Communications, Ombudsperson
Ombudsperson<\/h2>\r\nHumanity in Action is committed to providing an open, respectful, and safe environment for its Fellows, Senior Fellows, Program Interns, Staff, Board Members, speakers, partners, and others involved in its programs. Magda Szarota is our Ombudsperson, our designated point of contact to serve members of the Humanity in Action network, including the Fellows of this program, who experience abusive, racist, sexist, homophobic, or other forms of discriminatory behavior that emanate from other members of the network.\r\n\r\nWant to reach out to Dr. Magdalena Szarota? Feel free to e-mail<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nUpdated April 2024","_body":"field_5c6e191baedc9","add_social_media_links":"","_add_social_media_links":"field_5cb53f0be3334_field_5cb43c4754fdd","social_facebook_url":"","_social_facebook_url":"field_5cb53f0be3334_field_5c6dca608cbed","social_twitter_url":"","_social_twitter_url":"field_5cb53f0be3334_field_5c6dca788cbee","social_medium_url":"","_social_medium_url":"field_5cb53f0be3334_field_5c6dca9f8cbef","social_instagram_url":"","_social_instagram_url":"field_5cb53f0be3334_field_5c6dcab98cbf0","social_linkedin_url":"","_social_linkedin_url":"field_5cb53f0be3334_field_5cc203842b9ae","social_media":"","_social_media":"field_5cb53f0be3334","cta_text":"","_cta_text":"field_5cc75271d4180_field_5c705ad2dcf19","is_external":"","_is_external":"field_5cc75271d4180_field_5c705adddcf1a","cta_reference":"","_cta_reference":"field_5cc75271d4180_field_5c705b19dcf1b","cta_component":"","_cta_component":"field_5cc75271d4180","patterns":"","_patterns":"field_5cb53f5ee3335","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"30","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"2","_yoast_wpseo_wordproof_timestamp":""},"post_author":"21","post_content":"","post_date":"2019-05-21 22:15:16","post_excerpt":"","post_parent":0,"post_status":"publish","post_title":"Dr. Magdalena Szarota","post_type":"person","slug":"magda-szarota","_wpml_word_count":"{\"total\":372,\"to_translate\":{\"bs\":372,\"da\":372,\"nl\":372,\"fr\":372,\"de\":372,\"pl\":372}}","_edit_lock":"1714911190:30","_edit_last":"30","_wpml_media_featured":"1","_wpml_media_duplicate":"1","_thumbnail_id":"27574","display_title":"Magdalena Szarota","_display_title":"field_5c80260fd3048","person_category":["19","232","18","299"],"_person_category":"field_5c6e155aaedc3","fellowship_country":"7","_fellowship_country":"field_5c6e16f1aedc6","add_fellowship_details":"","_add_fellowship_details":"field_5cc2031d665d2","person_title":"Member of the Management Board & Director of Communications, Ombudsperson","_person_title":"field_5cb3df4144193","subtitle":"","_subtitle":"field_5c6e16acaedc5","introduction":"","_introduction":"field_5c6e18d9aedc8","body":"Dr. Magda(lena) Szarota is a Senior Researcher at Lancaster University (UK),\u00a0 an award-winning disability, DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), public policy, and cross-sectional strategist, consultant, campaigner, public speaker, and NGO executive with over 15 years of experience\u00a0 in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. She is considered one of the pioneers of the disabled women's movement in post-socialist Poland. Dr. Szarota has collaborated with leading human rights think tanks, watchdogs, grassroots organizations, and (co)created cross-sectoral projects involving academia, business, NGOs, and the arts. She has also been engaged in effective policy-related advocacy and expert interventions in the European Union and the United Nations.\r\n\r\nDr. Szarota has (co)authored books, reports, and change-making tools and has (co)led research and advocacy projects on technologies for innovative social change, impact, and outreach. She received merit-based and highly competitive scholarships & advocacy fellowships from Yale University, the Kosciuszko Foundation, the Ashoka Foundation, and the Allianz Foundation among others. In 2019, she was honored with the title of Ambassador for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) in recognition of her impactful contributions in the realm of disability and intersectional justice. Dr Szarota is a co-creator of the Uprzed\u017aUprzedzenia\/
PreemptPrejudice evidence-based initiative, winner of the 2024 Internauts Award in the Forum of Responsible Business Charter Award Competition (Nagroda Karty R\u00f3\u017cnorodno\u015bci Forum Odpowiedzialnego Biznesu) for innovative work in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Her academic and advocacy work has gained media attention in English, French, Polish, Czech, and Nepalese.\r\n Ombudsperson<\/h2>\r\nHumanity in Action is committed to providing an open, respectful, and safe environment for its Fellows, Senior Fellows, Program Interns, Staff, Board Members, speakers, partners, and others involved in its programs. Magda Szarota is our Ombudsperson, our designated point of contact to serve members of the Humanity in Action network, including the Fellows of this program, who experience abusive, racist, sexist, homophobic, or other forms of discriminatory behavior that emanate from other members of the network.\r\n\r\nWant to reach out to Dr. Magdalena Szarota? Feel free to e-mail<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nUpdated April 2024","_body":"field_5c6e191baedc9","add_social_media_links":"","_add_social_media_links":"field_5cb53f0be3334_field_5cb43c4754fdd","social_facebook_url":"","_social_facebook_url":"field_5cb53f0be3334_field_5c6dca608cbed","social_twitter_url":"","_social_twitter_url":"field_5cb53f0be3334_field_5c6dca788cbee","social_medium_url":"","_social_medium_url":"field_5cb53f0be3334_field_5c6dca9f8cbef","social_instagram_url":"","_social_instagram_url":"field_5cb53f0be3334_field_5c6dcab98cbf0","social_linkedin_url":"","_social_linkedin_url":"field_5cb53f0be3334_field_5cc203842b9ae","social_media":"","_social_media":"field_5cb53f0be3334","cta_text":"","_cta_text":"field_5cc75271d4180_field_5c705ad2dcf19","is_external":"","_is_external":"field_5cc75271d4180_field_5c705adddcf1a","cta_reference":"","_cta_reference":"field_5cc75271d4180_field_5c705b19dcf1b","cta_component":"","_cta_component":"field_5cc75271d4180","patterns":"","_patterns":"field_5cb53f5ee3335","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"30","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"2","_yoast_wpseo_wordproof_timestamp":"","post_date_gmt":"2019-05-21 22:15:16","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"magda-szarota","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-05 12:10:32","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-05 12:10:32","post_content_filtered":"","guid":"http:\/\/live-humanity-in-action.pantheonsite.io\/?post_type=person&p=12456","menu_order":0,"post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw","status":"publish","fellowships":false,"fellowships_0_fellowship_year":false,"fellowships_0_fellowship_location":false,"img":false}">
Larysa Michalska
Project Manager
Larysa is a Silesian woman with a strong focus on diversity and multiculturalism. Due to the need to expand her knowledge in these areas and her will to educate others, she became involved in the civil society sector. In 2013, she co-founded the Max Kopfstein Association and has completed over a dozen projects. Larysa also collaborated with several Polish and international non-governmental organizations operating in the culture and education sectors.<\/span>\r\n\r\nIn her activist work, Larysa focuses on identity, Jewish history and culture, cultural heritage, the complexity of history, and difficult memory. She has completed many training courses in communication, multicultural education, Holocaust education, as well as museum education. 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Dominika Luśniak
Finance and Operations Manager
