Humanity in Action

Humanity in Action is an international nonprofit organization that educates and connects young people who seek to become leaders on issues related to human and minority rights. The organization, founded in 1997, maintains offices in seven countries: the United States, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its flagship program, the Humanity in Action Fellowship, places more than 100 college students and recent graduates into intensive educational fellowship programs in one of five European cities each year. In 2015, Humanity in Action began a partnership with The National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta to start a sixth fellowship program, named after Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis.

Key subjects explored in the Humanity in Action Fellowship include national identity, immigration, xenophobia, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, racism, political extremism, human rights, minority rights and discrimination of Roma.

In addition to the Humanity in Action Fellowship, the organization manages other educational and professional fellowship programs in the United States and Europe. These include the Diplomacy and Diversity Fellowship, the Lantos-Humanity in Action Congressional Fellowship in the United States Congress, and the Pat Cox-Humanity in Action Fellowship in the European Parliament.

Headquartered in New York City, Humanity in Action is led by Executive Director Judith Goldstein.

Dr. Judith S. Goldstein, a historian who received her doctorate from Columbia University, founded Humanity in Action in 1997. The organization began as a pilot project to explore why some societies react to minority populations with policies of tolerance and acceptance while others respond with rising levels of xenophobia, hate and violence. The organization sought to use the historical example of how Danish citizens and their monarch intervened to save the lives of Danish Jews during World War II as a singular case study to explore this question. Goldstein’s initial pilot programs brought together groups of Danish and American students to study this moment in history and its lessons for future human rights challenges.

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