Humanity in Action's Fellowship Progams, Europe & U.S.A. (2016)

European Fellowship Programs:

In 2016, the Fellowship Programs in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, and Paris start on May 27 and end on June 26, 2016 with Humanity in Action's International Annual Conference.

Fellowship Program in the US:

The John Lewis Fellowship Program in Atlanta, Georgia starts on July 5 and ends on July 30, 2016.

Intensive and demanding, the Humanity in Action Fellowship brings together international groups of students and recent graduates to explore national histories of discrimination and resistance, as well as examples of issues affecting different minority groups today.

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.

The objective of the Humanity in Action Fellowship is to facilitate a collective exploration of the social and political roots of discrimination, as well as to create a forum where potential solutions can be considered and discussed. The programs are also intended to instill a responsibility among Humanity in Action Fellows to recognize and address the need to protect minorities and promote human rights—in their own communities and around the world.

To this end, Senior Fellows, the alumni of the Humanity in Action Fellowship, are expected to participate in Humanity in Action's international network once their programs end—and to sustain their engagement in the issues addressed during the fellowship. As a requirement of participation, Fellows are obligated to conduct a hands-on outreach initiative—an “Action Project”—in their home communities. The initiative should reflect the Humanity in Action Fellowship experience.

Humanity in Action seeks to attract participants who are mature, proactive, self-reliant and comfortable in intensive group activity and interaction.

Applicants to the Humanity in Action Fellowship from Greece:
- Need to have Greek citizenship or have completed secondary education in the Greek educational system;
- Need to be currently enrolled at a Greek university or be recent graduates (no earlierer than 2013);
- Can be currently enrolled at a university abroad.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.humanityinaction.org