Humanity in Action

Fellows from the 2019 John Lewis Fellowship record a podcast dedicated to Songs For Resistance - in this particular episode, the song 'Strange Fruit'.

In this podcast episode, Fellows Anna Wiatrowska, Danielle Miles-Langaigne, Meredith Gudesblatt, and Nikolina Sladojević interviewed people in Atlanta, Georgia about the misconceptions people have of the US South as well as those that Southerners have of Atlanta. The Fellows also share their own learnings and thoughts on the South and from the Fellowship in the podcast, as well as in a written reflection.

NAACP President Cornell Brooks delivers the opening keynote at the 2016 Humanity in Action New York Conference. Speaking on racial justice, voting rights and political discourse in the 2016 election, Brooks calls upon the Humanity in Action community to continue actively engaging with issues of democracy and diversity. 

Saskia Bruysten, Co-Founder & CEO of Yunus Social Business, leads a breakout session at the 2013 Humanity in Action New York Conference in which she discusses building buisinesses to solve social problems. 

Sonja Sohn, "The Wire" Actress; Activist; Founder and CEO of ReWired for Change, a nonprofit organization that seeks to empower at risk youth, families and communities living in under-served areas, delivers the opening keynote presentation at the 2013 Humanity in Action New York Conference. 

Humanity in Action Senior Fellows Matt Bowlby (Internally Displaced Persons Returns Officer, International Organization for Migration),  Matt Haney (School Board Member, San Francisco Unified School District; Adjunct Professor, Stanford Design School), Joseph Kaifala (Founder, Jeneba Project Inc.; Co-founder, Sierra Leone Memory Project), Brian Stout (Senior Policy Analyst, USAID) and Catherine Zinnel (District Director, Office of Council Member Brad Lander, New York City Council) discuss active citizenship during the final panel for the Humanity in Action New York Conference.  The panel was moderated by Danielle Goonan, Senior Associate at the Clinton Global Initiative and Humanity in Action Senior Fellow.

Søren Pind, Member of the Danish Parliament and Humanity in Action Denmark Board Member and Manfred Nowak, Professor of International Law and Human Rights at Vienna University debate what Europe has learned since 1943 during the final Panel Discussion of the October 43 Conference, Civil Society: Reactions to the Holocaust.  Moderated by Paula Larrain, Journalist and former TV-host of DR.

Dr. Judith Goldstein, founder and Executive Director of Humanity in Action and Anders Jerichow, Chair of Humanity in Action Denmark make closing remarks about Humanity in Action and Civil Society at the October 43 Conference in Copenhagen on October 2, 2013.

Panel Discussion about the Nordic Periphery during the Holocaust between Dr. Karin Kvist Geverts of the Department of History at Uppsala University, Irene Levin, Professor Emeritus of Social Work at Oslo University College and Dr. Oula Silvennoinen, Researcher at the Center for Nordic Studies at the University of Helsinkiat the October 43 Conference: Civil Society: Reactions to the Holocaust in Copenhagen on October 2, 2013. Moderated by Anders Jerichow Journalist at Politiken and Chair of Humanity in Action Denmark.

Editor-in-Chief of Politiken Bo Lidegaard,  Head of Research Unit on the Holocaust and Genocide at the Danish Institute for International Studies Cecilie Stokholm Banke and Author and Historian Bent Blüdnikov discuss Holocaust History, specifically the rescue of the Danish Jews during the opening panel of the October 43 Conference in Copenhagen.  This panel was moderated by author and journalist Klaus Rothstein.

Herbert Pundik, Senior Correspondent for Politiken and October ‘43-refugee, shares the story of his family's flight from Nazi forces in Denmark on the night of September 29, 1943 at the October 43 Conference: Civil Society: Reactions to the Holocaust.

Richard Breitman, Distinguished Professor at American University, delivers a presentation at theOctober 43 Conferenc: Civil Society: Reactions to the Holocaust on October 2, 2013 in Copenhagen.  Discussant: Journalist, correspondent and author Samuel Rachlin

Bob Moore, Professor at the University of Sheffield, delivers a presentation at the October 43 Conference: Civil Society: Reactions to the Holocaust in Copenhagen on October 1, 2013.

Dr. Ulrich Herbert, Professor & Director of School of History at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, delivers a presentation at the October 43 International Conference: Civil Society: Reactions to the Holocaust Conference in Copenhagen on October 1, 2013.  Discussant: Peter Wivel, Berlin Correspondent, Politiken.

Panel Discussion with Konstanty Gebert (Associate Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations), Anthony Georgieff (Journalist and Managing Editor, Vagabond) and Dr. Annette Wieviorka (Directrice de recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) at the October 43 International Conference: Civil Society: Reactions to the Holocaust in Copenhagen. Moderated by Flemming Rose (Editor, Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten).

Sofie Lene Bak, Associate Professor at the Department of History at the University of Copenhagen, delivers a presentation in which she discusses the rescue of the Danish Jews during World War II at the October 43 Conference in Copenhagen on October 1, 2013.  The presentation was moderated by writer and publisher Lene Andersen.

Ambassador Janusz Reiter (President of the Programming Board, Humanity in Action Poland; President and Founder of the Center for International Relations); Dr. Hans Binnendijk (Chair, Humanity in Action Inc.; Senior Fellow, SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations); and Prof. Lamija Tanovic (Professor, University of Sarajevo; Chair, Humanity in Action Bosnia and Herzegovina) discuss perspectives on humanitarian intervention in Syria today and in the Balkans twenty years ago at the Fourth Annual Humanity in Action International Conference in Warsaw.  The panel was moderated by Anders Jerichow (Chair, Humanity in Action Denmark; Journalist, Politiken)

Loran Nordgren, Assistant Professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, delivers a keynote address at the First Annual Humanity in Action International Conference in Amsterdam.  In this keynote, he focuses on why people make unethical decisions and why individuals and organizations with good intentions often act against their ideals.

Kurt Bassuener of the Democratization Policy Council discusses "The Diplomats’ Handbook for Democracy Development Support," a project of the Community of Democracies which he co-authored and served as Research Director for, at the Fourth Annual Humanity in Action International Conference in Warsaw.