By HIA Fellows: Ankur Doshi, Katarzyna Klimowicz and Nara Narimanova One of the highlights of our experience in the HIA Poland’s program was the output phase – the ability for us fellow...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/07/workshop-as-tool-to-raise-awareness-on.html
By HIA Fellows: Sarah Deal, Justyna Politanska, Anastasiia Mikhaylova The half-burnt rainbow sculpture in Plac Zbawiciela Photo by Sarah Deal AN OVERVIEW Sarah Deal A dynamic trio ...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/07/shifting-frameworks-in-hopes-of.html
By HIA Fellows: Jan Świątek, Mariana Pryven, Cariad Chester Our blog is a day-by-day recounting of the journey that led us to produce our workshop and focus on autism within the spectrum of ph...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/07/disability-rights-in-poland-account-of.html
By HIA Fellows: Małgorzata Darmas, Krzysztof Jankowski, and Jeffrey Treisbach ‘All hope abandon, ye who workshop prepare!’ - this phrase perfectly describes our feelings about work w...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/07/all-hope-abandon-ye-who-workshop-prepare.html
By HIA Fellows: Clara Kent, Elżbieta Kwiecińska,Vera Wedekind When it came time for the “output phase” of our HIA Poland fellowship, we were all excited to see what we would learn and wh...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/07/anti-semitism-and-language.html
From left to right: Elorm Avakame, Immanuel Lokwei, Ewa Wierzyńska (Jan Karski Project, Polish History Museum), and Tomasz Pyszko By HIA Fellows: Immanuel Lokwei, Tomasz Pyszko, and Elorm ...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/07/what-does-it-mean-to-be-hero-could-you.html
By HIA Fellows: Katarzyna Kotula and Hannah Gardenswartz When we were first assigned the topic of Irena Sendler for our project, we were a little concerned. At least with the other topics we ha...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/06/irena-inspiration.html
The Humanity in Action International Conference is the annual gathering of more than 250 young and established leaders committed to promoting human rights, diversity and active citizenship i...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/06/join-hia-poland-for-fourth-annual.html
By HIA Fellow Mariana Pryven How can we use knowledge of the past to influence the present? As we approached the 15th of June, our fellowship was in full swing and we were halfway through the...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/06/translating-theory-to-activism-parading.html
By Jan Świątek, HIA Fellow Roma people, people with disabilities... are they really different from “mainstream” society (if there even is such a thing)? Should we really treat Roma peop...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/06/overcoming-barriersof-stereotypes.html
By Sarah Deal, HIA Fellow Are hopes for equality for the LGBTQ community in Poland overly idealistic? We spent June 13th discussing this idea at PZN, and learned about historical and current ...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/06/balancing-hope-with-realism-struggle.html
By Jeffrey Treisbach, HIA Fellow Poland's transformation in 1989 resulted in greater freedom for many, but we have to wonder: what freedoms were given, and to whom? On this topic, the HIA Fel...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/06/new-system-new-inequalities-polands.html
By Małgorzata Darmas, HIA Fellow Are women’s rights activists still needed in today’s society? One could say that the era of the feminists has ended, as women are free and equal, and eve...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/06/is-there-anything-left-to-fight-for.html
By HIA Fellow Clara Kent How relevant is a legal and political system if it doesn’t even look at the issues facing all of its citizens? The HIA Fellows discussed on June 7th challenges and ...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/06/justice-for-whom-opportunities-and.html
By Katarzyna Kotula, HIA Fellow Solidarity, struggle, freedom, faith: these values are universal and essential to every nation, a nation whose society wants to live in peace and respect...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/06/in-solidarity-with-solidarity-story-of.html
By Justyna Politańska, HIA Fellow As soon as we arrived to Treblinka, our guide, historian Tomasz Cebulski said "I don't know what you expect to see here, but you won't see anything." As it t...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/06/meticulous-atrocity-horrifying-process.html
By Hannah Gardenswartz, HIA Fellow A marker at the entrance of the Treblinka extermination camp Photo by Hannah Gardenswartz The oppressive uniformity of the grey sky could not possibly ...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/06/grey-making-meaning-out-of-atrocities.html
By Immanuel Lokwei, HIA Fellow Are the majority of contemporary conflicts within and among nation-states actors indeed modern? This question would have most certainly been in your mind if you ...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/06/are-there-any-safe-havens-for.html
By Anastasiya Mikhaylova, HIA Fellow Are heroes and villains made, or are they born? HIA Poland and this year’s group of fellows had a truly outstanding day on June 3rd filled with inspirat...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/06/how-do-we-make-new-generation-of-heroes.html
What can be done to promote human rights in Poland? Are there lessons to be learned from WWII and the Holocaust? Or can we find inspiration in the Solidarity Movement and the changing of systems...
http://hiapoland2013.blogspot.com/2013/06/history-human-rights-and-action-2013.html
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