Deadline: 4 February 2024
Humanity in Action is seeking applications for the Warsaw Fellowship focused on the process of restoring liberal democracy and rule of law in Poland.
For the eleven months following their time in Warsaw, Fellows work on their Action Project: an independent venture focused on promoting democratic values in their own communities. Action Projects are as diverse as Humanity in Action Fellows. Fellows apply their new knowledge and perspectives to the communities they impact—in whatever format they find meaningful. Past Action projects have been documentaries, arts festivals, and new organizations that serve a public good. Planning for the Action Project begins during the study portion of the Fellowship, through workshops and collaborative discussion.
Fellowship will explore
- How the previously discriminated minority groups (women, LGBT+, persons with disabilities, migrants & refugees, Muslims) would regain their rights in theory and practice.
- How will Poland redefine its migration policy and how will it try to integrate newcomers to make sure that they feel part of the society?
- How to restore Polish civic society that over the last 8 years was the space for dialogue and resistance to violations of human rights and a driving force of many spectacular protests? How to maintain its changemaking qualities while it is almost completely deprived of the key resources?
Eligibility Criteria
- Apply from Europe
- You speak English fluently (all programs are conducted in English)
- You must fit one of the below:
- You are a current student in a college or university located in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Ukraine.
- You graduated no longer than two years ago from a college or university in any of the above mentioned countries.
- You grew up in or are a citizen or resident of any of the above-mentioned countries and study at or recently graduated from a college or university in any country of the world.
- Apply from the USA
- currently enrolled undergraduate students from the US or at US-based colleges and universities (sophomores, juniors, and seniors); or
- recent graduates (for the 2024 Fellowship, they define recent graduates as individuals from the undergraduate or graduate classes of 2022 and 2023. For undergraduates, they define recent graduates as individuals who attended accredited, four-year undergraduate colleges or universities in the United States, having graduated in spring 2022 or later); or
- currently enrolled, second-year community college students who plan to continue their secondary education; or
- currently enrolled Masters and PhD students at US-based universities.
For more information, visit Humanity in Action.
