Humanity in Action (HIA) is currently inviting applications for the Fellowship Program from eligible candidates in the US and select European countries. HIA is a non-profit and non-partisan organization as well as an international educational organization, which is dedicated for educating, inspiring and connecting students and young professionals across the world, committed to promoting human rights and active citizenship in their countries as well as other parts of the world.
The fellowship programs offered by HIA are intensive, demanding and bring together international groups of university students and recent graduates to explore national histories of discrimination and resistance, as well as examples of issues affecting different minority groups today.
Objectives
The objective of the HIA Fellowship is to facilitate a collective exploration of the social and political roots of discrimination, as well as to provide a forum where potential solutions to some of today’s most challenging issues can be considered and discussed. The programs are also intended to instill a responsibility among HIA Fellows to recognize and address the need to protect minorities and promote human rights—in their own communities and around the world.
Each program is highly interdisciplinary and features daily lectures and discussions with renowned academics, journalists, politicians and activists, as well as site visits to government agencies, non-profit and community organizations, museums and memorials. The programs seek to highlight different models of action to remedy injustice.
Fellowship Benefits
- A global education experience:
The diversity of Fellows deeply enriches HIA programs by bringing together participants who represent many different nationalities, perspectives and personal experiences with human and minority rights issues.
- Meet world class thinkers and activists:
The curriculum offers an opportunity for Fellows to interact with leading thinkers and activists on the cutting edge of human rights, historical inquiry and social innovation in their societies.
- Produce original research:
Fellows share the knowledge they gain in their HIA program by creating in-depth, published articles and teaching tools that draw attention to issues and action that are explored during the Fellowship.
- Get active:
The HIA Fellowship is just the starting point for lifelong opportunities to learn, collaborate and take action through the HIA Senior Fellows network.
Eligibility Criteria
Students and recent graduates from universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine and the United States
Program Dates
- June 1 to July 1, 2012: Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen and Paris
- June 25 to July 22, 2012: Warsaw
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