Democracy
All Articles about Democracy
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WE CARE: Empowering Migrant Care Workers On- and Offline
Landecker Democracy Fellow Flavia Matei is an architect working at the University of Art and Design in Linz, Austria. In her free time, Flavia is a committed activist for migrant workers’ rights.
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Claiming our Institutions – Network and Empowerment for BIPOC in Administrations
Landecker Democracy Fellow Evein Obulor is working on different levels of our societies to fight racism. In her current position as the Coordinator of the European Coalition of Cities Against Racism she works on racial injustices at the city level. Within the next 12 months, she wants to create a network in Germany for BIPOC working within local governments, politics, and administrations and a platform to BIPOC network and exchange best practices.
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Making Common Ground
Landecker Democracy Fellow Catherine Neilan is a Politics Live Editor at the Telegraph, where she is responsible for covering breaking news and finding exclusives from Westminster and beyond. Catherine’s project is designed to find a new way for people to talk about politics and current affairs without slipping into lazy labels and toxic terminology, which is often accompanied by echo chambers
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Community broadcasting: mainstreaming intersectionality in Hungary
Landecker Democracy Fellow Boglarka Fedorko is an activist, campaigner and facilitator currently based in Budapest, Hungary. She works as the Public Relations Manager of Romani Design, the world's first Roma-owned fashion label as well as a consultant for international feminist, Romani and LGBTQ+ networks. Her project, will amplify the voices of those who are the most affected by the current illiberal governance in Hungary: women, migrants, Roma and LGBTQ people, and other groups who face intersectional discrimination.
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COVID-19: Misinformation Media Campaign for the Public and Toolkit for Providers
Landecker Democracy Fellow Asha Shajahan, MD, MHSA is a primary care physician, the Graduate Medical Education Director of Social Equity and Health Disparities at Beaumont Health and the Medical Director of Community Health at Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe in the USA. Asha proposes to equip doctors with a fact-checking tool that can help guide evidence-based outcomes and advice.
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Storytelling and Organizing for Peace in Israel/Palestine
Senior Fellow Lily Faust is working on building nonprofit engagement to generate new perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through sharing stories of peace and hope.
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Escape the Bureaucracy
Educating youth of Bosnia and Herzegovina on its political system through an Escape Room game-based concept
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Transforming Apathy into Action
Senior Fellow Raphael Schoeberlein's Action Project, Transforming Apathy into Action, aimed at increasing voter participation among students in his university campus in New York city during the 2018 midterm elections.
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BOLD Action: Me and My Municipality
Increasing high school students’ awareness of and knowledge about local government by providing them with online educational resources to be used in-class and incorporating the material into high school democracy textbooks
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The NAACP Courageous Together National Summit
The Courageous Together National Summit assembled Black Millennials to create an agenda for economic, political and social power.