Action Project Videos
A core element of Humanity in Action is the Action Project – a campaign, organization or initiative launched by one of our Fellows or Senior Fellows after the Humanity in Action Fellowship. Below, you will find videos on over 30 different projects from members of the Humanity in Action community. Projects vary greatly in subject, location and scope. Films were produced by Humanity in Action Senior Fellow Spencer Heijnen and Martijn Payens and are organized by type of project. The recent videos were produced by Senior Fellow Joel Vargas with voice overs from Senior Fellow Anna Duensing.
Advocacy • Arts • Education • History
Advocacy Projects
Empowering Victims to Report Hate Speech in Poland
Civic engagement workshops to identify and report hate speech in Poland. By Grazyna Baranowska
Girl Power Academy
Feminist initiative to empower teenage girls to stand up for themselves and against everyday sexism. By Sylwia Wodzińska
Last Days in Dilley: Visual Reflection for Community Driven Advocacy Against Refugee Detention
Visual reflection on community-driven advocacy to end the family detention of asylum-seeking immigrants.Space Memory Encounters. By Aseem Mehta
Space & Memory: The Presence of Jewish Absence in Poland's Contemporary Landscape
A multidisciplinary approach to reactivate spacial memorials of Poland's Jews. By Łukasz Posłuszny, Marissa Sophia Schneiderman and Michelle Shofet
Reclaiming the Body Liberating the Mind: 21st Century Black Activism
by Denzel Caldwell
Geert Spreekt Niet Voor Mij (Geert Does Not Speak For Me)
An advocacy campaign to combat xenophobic politics in the Netherlands. Learn more.
by Spencer Heijnen
Decent Housekeeping
A project to improve the working conditions of domestic workers in the Netherlands. Learn more.
by Floortje Anna de Jong, Sigal Liberman and Ayla Murad
Pull the Brake Against Roma Discrimination
A large-scale awareness campaign fighting Antiziganism / hatred towards Roma in Europe that deals with on- and offline methods. Learn more.
by Andrea Bila, Elma Orucevic, Arne Semsrott + Team
Racial Profiling in France: Stop le Contrôle au Faciès
A campaign to improve police accountability, oppose racial profiling and provide tools for legal recourse in France
by Nabil Berbour, Karim Derrouiche, Tara Dickman, Madeleine Joss, Bocar Niane, Maelys Orellana and Fatah Sadaoui
Arts and Culture Projects
Indigenous Corps of Discovery
Curation of the Smithsonian portrait gallery with an indigenous re-telling of the United States presidential history.
"The Ghoul Exhibition" - Guns, Performance and Social Justice
A one-man performance about the tragedy of gun violence, depicted through three, inspired by real-life, gun-related tragedies.
Theresienstadt – Danish Children in Nazi Captivity
A documentary film and educational website on Holocaust survivors in Denmark. Learn more.
by Solvej Berlau
with WINGS and ROOTS
A transmedia project on migration and belonging through the stories of young people from immigrant families. Learn more.
by Christina Antonakos-Wallace
When I Fall Silent, Silent Falls the World
A project to raise awareness about Roma in Kosovo and Poland through the arts. Learn more.
by Johanne Hoppstock, Agnieszka Skoneczna, Marta Sykut and Katarzyna Wrzesinska
Det Turkise Telt (The Turquoise Tent)
An arts and music festival to build ties between the Turkish and Danish community in Denmark. Learn more.
By Cagdas Citirikkaya
À Juste Titre (As a Matter of Fact)
A short film on Islamophobia in French culture. See the film.
by Siham Amzile
Education Projects
Miman's Story - with WINGS and ROOTS
Miman’s Story is an action project developed by Humanity in Action Senior Fellow Christina Antonakos-Wallace and Lotti Schulz. Christina and Lotti created multi-media educational materials about Gadjé-racism (anti-Roma racism) to accompany the documentary film and transmedia project “with WINGS and ROOTS.” Learn more.
by Christina Antonakos-Wallace and Lotti Schulz
ROMA: A Discussion on Diversity and the Treatment of Minorities
“ROMA: A Discussion on Diversity and the Treatment of Minorities,” was an online course of lectures and discussions created by Humanity in Action Senior Fellow Sahra-Josephine Hjorth and CanopyLAB. The course focused on the treatment of the Roma people in Europe and drew important parallels to current migration crisis. CanopyLAB a platform for NGOs to engage youth in online learning and activism.
by Sahra-Josephine Hjorth and CanopyLAB
Roman Medya
Roman Medya was workshop that provided Turkish Roma NGO representatives with the necessary set of skills and knowledge to interact successfully with media representatives and to use media tools for strategic communication.
by Elif Çavuşlu, Beril Eski, and Pinar Sayan
Anne Frank Project – Poznań
Anne Frank Project - Poznań summer school of tolerance and countering anti-Semitism for secondary school students.
by Sudip Bhandari and Łukasz Niparko
Learning Assistance for Roma Children
Learning Assistance for Roma Children is a grassroots tutoring service that seeks to support Roma youth in Warsaw's Praga District.
by Jarmiła Rybicka and Marysia Złonkiewicz
The Human Library
A program through 4YOUth Foundation for Supporting Youth Initiatives, which provides an opportunity for the local Polish and refugee and immigrant communities to learn from one another through personal interactions.
by Katarzyna Klimowicz
The Sistas Club
An organization dedicated to boosting the professional and academic success of young female students.
by Yolande Libene
MLK Day 2015
An annual that commemorates the legacy of Dr. King and encourages future activism in society’s most challenging issues.
by Nawal Mustafa and Sarah Asmelash
Diversity on the Other Side of the Wall: Muslims in Sofia
A seven-day workshop on multiculturalism in Bulgaria, with a focus on the Muslim presence in Sofia. Learn more.
by Pavlina Doublekova
Pink Spectacles of Polish Communism: Queer Café
A series of presentations by experts on the role of the LGBT community in the People's Republic of Poland. Learn more.
by Mieszko Hajkowski
Toward Durable Solutions for Bosnia's Internally Displaced
A project to identify and recommend solutions for internally displaced individuals in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Learn more.
by Aida Salčić and Chad Doobay
Simulation Games: "Thawing the Freeze" & "Meeting of Perspectives"
Two simulation games to address issues in post-Soviet Moldova. Learn more.
by Zachariah Falconer-Stout
Youth Social Entrepreneurship School
A three-part training program to foster young entrepreneurs in Ukraine. Learn more.
Return of the Nazi’s or Childrens Scribbles?
A project to raise awareness of covert Antisemitism, educate about the history of hateful graffiti in Hamburg and develop teaching materials. Download their teaching materials (in German) here. Learn more.
by Anton Guhl, Gülay Gün + Team
Return of the Nazi's or Childrens Scribbles? from Humanity in Action on Vimeo.
History Projects
The Sierra Leone Memory Project
An oral history project to collect the stories of those who survived the Sierra Leonean Civil War. Learn more.
by Joseph Kaifala and Liat Krawczyk
Holocaust Identification Cards
A project to document the previously untold stories of five Holocaust victims from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Learn more.
by Inga Kotlo
Memory Walk
A workshop to encourage Bosnian youth to reflect critically on the monuments and contested histories in their environment. Learn more.
by Laura Boerhout and Lamija Landžo
Voices from Poland: The Polish Minority Perspective
An oral history project on ethnic minorities living in Poland. Learn more.
by Daniel Jezierski and David Liebers
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