Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    Humanity in Action's core Programs are the Fellowship programs in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Berlin, Copenhagen, Detroit, Sarajevo, and Warsaw. These are year long educational programs for emerging leaders about the national histories and contemporary politics of pluralsim, liberal democracies and human rights in Europe and the United States. The programs generally have an onsite component that varies from 10 days to one month, while the rest of the year is spent on individual action project implementation of each Fellow. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no onsite programming in 2020, and all activities were virtual. The annual programs bring together university students and young professionals from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Ukraine, and the United States for an intensive series of seminars, discussions and site visits. Following the Fellowship programs each Fellow will create and implement an Action Project- an outreach initiative in their community, inspired by the Fellowship. This project serves as a multiplier and contributes to the advancement of pluralism and human rights in different communities. HIA and its affiliate organizations also host international conferences, study trips, grant competitions, professional fellowships, and other programming, such as the production of educational films, that vary from year to year.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $865.5K

  • International Student Programs

    The first annual programs for university students began in Denmark and the Netherlands in 1999. A program in Germany was added in 2002. In 2006, HIA launched a program in France and Poland. A United States program was added in 2006 and was subsequently relaunched in 2015. In 2015, HIA launched a program in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Working in transnational teams, students study the causes of intolerance, historical examples of resistance, and the resources available to those who advocate more inclusive and participatory democracies in these countries.Program expenses generally include lecturers, stipends for students' food and local transportation, international transportation to Europe for U.S. applicants who require need-based support, project directors' fees, and costs of publishing the students' reports. Additionally, HIA provides direct cash support to its affiliate organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland, based on program needs.In 2022 and 2021, HIA launched the Racial Equity Grant to suppport select projects of fellows and senior fellows who are working to increase racial equity and anti-racist work in the United States. In 2021, HIA sponsored professional fellows in Detroit and launched a grant competition for projects implemented there. In partnership with the Alfred Landecker Foundation (ALF), HIA launched the Landecker Democracy Fellowship in 2020. Each year, the Fellowship brings together 30 diverse leaders from the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States who spend one year on creating projects that reinvent democratic spaces, strengthen social cohesion and build connections across communities. With financial support from HIA in the form of fellowship stipends and project stipends, the cohort of the Landecker Fellows works on implementing their projects. HIA offers programming, community building, and training opportunities for the Fellows. In 2022, ALF started financing and supporting HIA with a capacity building grant, a 3-year project that will enable HIA to build upon its education accomplishments of the past two and a half decades and remain a pillar of liberal democratic aspirations in many countries.HIA and its affiliate organizations host international conferences, grant competitions and, in some years, additional study trips and other programming.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $1.8M