University of Rochester
Lendsey Achudi is a native of Teso, Western
Kenya. She will receive a dual Bachelor's Degree in International Relations and
French from the University of Rochester. She has developed a keen interest and
understanding in Cyber Security and is
currently learning Cryptography. Her long-term career goal is to be an expert
in International Peace and Security with a special focus on Cyber Security. She
also worked as a temporary adviser at the Kenya Mission to the United Nations
between January and June 2012. Lendsey organized the Annual African Youth
Assemblies in Nairobi, Kenya in 2013. Lendsey founded the Young Technopreneurs
Organization. An active member, her organization is currently setting up a
technological resource center which will provide the marginalized Teso
community in western Kenya with access to
information through books, internet, training
workshops and entrepreneurial support for the youth. She hopes to spend the
rest of the summer after the Humanity in Action Fellowship hosting the Youth
Assembly in South Africa.
Jagiellonian University
A student of Jagiellonian University in
Cracow, Katarzyna Balas is currently enrolled in a Master’s French program.
Apart from her studies, Katarzyna participates in the development of local
nongovernmental
organizations, notably Amnesty International
Cracow. For two years she has coordinated Amnesty International’s projects and
conducted workshops on human rights for groups of different ages and interests,
especially in high schools in Cracow. After her studies, Katarzyna plans to
pursue a career in diplomacy. In her spare time, she contributes to
translations for cultural projects such as cooperation between the city of
Cracow, Poland and Orleans, France on the common historical heritage.
St. Olaf College
Growing up during the decade long Nepali civil
war, Sudip Bhandari became both a witness and victim of violence. As a
teenager, he was forced to leave his hometown of Chitwan because of the rebel
shutdown in all local schools. His family decided to move to the capital
Kathmandu to keep his education uninterrupted. Although the Nepalese government
publicly declared the end to the civil war in 2006, youth violence continued.
The ongoing violence in Nepal motivated Sudip to start an educational program
called the Anne
Frank Project Nepal (www.annefranknepal.org).
The AFPN’s aim is to inculcate values of tolerance and mutual respect among
Nepali youth, and to promote sustainable peace. Sudip taught over 5,000
students over two summers about the importance of upholding human rights by
using the story of Anne Frank and the Holocaust (which are major and important
events of world history missing from Nepali textbooks). He also established the
Anne Frank Peace Library for 250 war-affected students enrolled at the school
established by Humanity in Action Senior Fellow, Subhash Ghimire. Sudip is a
graduating senior from St. Olaf College. He plans to return to Nepal in the
future and expand his peace initiatives.
Georgia Institute of Technology
An Atlanta native, Jasmine was raised in an
African and Native American household by two ex-military parents. Jasmine is a
senior Honors Industrial Design student at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
In 2011, Jasmine learned that half of the world does not have access to basic
sanitation, thus hindering their ability to achieve education and advanced
careers. Since then, she has been inspired to creatively rectify social
injustices and global health disparities by leading the 2013 Georgia Tech
Women’s Leadership Conference,
which focused on designing improved feminine
care products and toilet designs for the developing world. She also conducted
asthma research at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene through the
2013 Columbia University Summer Public Health Scholars Program, and
facilitating gender related think tanks as a Georgia Tech Resident’s Assistant
as well as during the ACC Leadership Conference on Social Change. Jasmine hopes
to pursue a Masters in Public Health with a focus on global maternal health.
Milicent (Mil) Dranoff
Washington University in St. Louis
Mil Dranoff is graduating from Washington University in St. Louis this May with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. She is the Midwest Representative to the J Street U National Student Board,representing thirteen campus chapters and advocating for a two state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Mil has studied abroad in Jerusalem and has led tours through Israel and the West Bank to raiseawareness of the realities of the conflict. She has also worked at the Education for Peace in Iraq Center to promote peace and youth empowerment in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. This year at Wash U, she was a proud participant in The Vagina Monologues and continues to fight to end violence against women. In her free time, Mil enjoys playing the flute in Wash U's Pops Orchestra, cooking delicious vegetarian food and riding her bike through Forest Park. She is planning to move to Washington D.C. after graduation to work in Public Policy.
Washington University in St. Louis
Mil Dranoff is graduating from Washington University in St. Louis this May with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. She is the Midwest Representative to the J Street U National Student Board,representing thirteen campus chapters and advocating for a two state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Mil has studied abroad in Jerusalem and has led tours through Israel and the West Bank to raiseawareness of the realities of the conflict. She has also worked at the Education for Peace in Iraq Center to promote peace and youth empowerment in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. This year at Wash U, she was a proud participant in The Vagina Monologues and continues to fight to end violence against women. In her free time, Mil enjoys playing the flute in Wash U's Pops Orchestra, cooking delicious vegetarian food and riding her bike through Forest Park. She is planning to move to Washington D.C. after graduation to work in Public Policy.
University of Amsterdam
Born in Northeast Germany, Kathrin Fischer
graduated with an MSc in International Development Studies at the University of
Amsterdam, before attaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences from
University of Stuttgart in Germany and the Institute of Political Studies in
Bordeaux, France. Her research interests are Philosophy of Science,
International Politics, Disability Studies, and Human Geography. She is also
pursuing a transactional training for teamers of intercultural exchanges in
France, Poland and Germany. In her spare time, Kathrin enjoys reading
literature on post-2nd-World-War period, biking without purpose, carpentry and
pottery. She also enjoys traveling to Iceland, rain, and dogs.
University of Warsaw
Kasia has been engaged
to diverse cultural and social projects since her high school years. She began her experience within the NGO sector as volunteer at the
Short Film Festival in 2007. She also contributed to Młode Kadry as a PR and
Organizing Assistant. She isaffiliated with The Institute of Western and
Southern Slavic Studiesat the University Of Warsaw with the specialization in
Slovenelanguage. She also had the opportunity to study as a scholar studentat
Faculty of Arts at University of Ljubljana twice on scholarships.Kasia is
interested in issues on national and ethnic minorities andminorities differing
in language, especially the question of Deafminorities. She helped organized a
series of events integratingimmigrants with Polish society. She was also one of
the coordinatorsof an international forum “Our Strategy 2020 – European Ethnicminorities
playing an active role in the Europe Strategy.” Kaisacooperates with several
active NGOs in Poland such as FundacjaInstytut Innowacji among many others.
St. John's University
Born and raised in New
York City, Dylan Kitts is a Summa CumLaude graduate in History and Philosophy
at St. John's University.He studied abroad in France, Italy, and Spain during
his sophomoreyear. In Paris, he witnessed protests about
the French ban on Islamicveil covering, which ignited his interests in activism
and humanrights. Before graduating, Dylan worked as a freelance journalist forthe
New York Daily News, a writing consultant at the St. John'sWriting Center, and
interned with the Bill, Hillary and ChelseaClinton Foundation. He also
presented academic papers at theInternational Writing Center Association
Conference and the Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Conference.
Dylan worked forIzizwe Projects in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where he
helped thecommunity organize by gaining more volunteers and donors, as wellas
created new programming for volunteer activities. Dylan was aFulbright English
Teaching Assistant in Tanjungpandan, BelitungIsland, Indonesia, where he
teaches high school English, as well asstarts after-school activities. Dylan
will help organize environmentalcampaigns across the United States as a Green
Corps fellow.
University of Warsaw
Julia Konieczna is
graduating in May with a double major in GermanStudies and Media Studies. She has also spent three semesters abroadat the University of Konstanz
in Germany contributing to theKonstanz Media Lab projects. She is currently
working in the PublicRelations Department for an international company. Having
workedin a communication department, she has gained many differentcommunication
tools and strategies. However, the projects sheenjoys the most are particularly
connected with corporateresponsibility issues. She is looking forward
broadening her interestsin the human rights field through the Humanity in
Action Fellowshipand promoting ideas of diversity necessary to successfully
lead CSRprojects.In her free time Julia loves traveling, climbing and diningout.
Yale University
Adrienne is a
first-generation Vietnamese American from Raleigh,North Carolina. She will be graduating from Yale with a B.A. inHistory this May. At
Yale, Adrienne has been heavily involved in themusic scene. She was a founding
member and former President ofthe undergraduate music record label, 17O1
Records, and served asthe Operations Director for Yale Spring Fling, the annual
campusmusic festival. After graduation, Adrienne plans to pursue a career inthe
social justice world. In her free time Adrienne enjoys sharingstories with
friends, singing with her guitar, dining out, and napping.She loves learning
languages and going on adventures in foreignplaces. In her daily life, Adrienne
strives to be fully present in everymoment because this is what brings her true
happiness.
The Nicolaus
Copernicus University
Andrzej graduated in
2011 from the Graduate of the Institute ofPhilosophy. He
is also an alumnus of the Visegrad School of Political Studies at European Academy
of Diplomacy. He is currently affiliated with the Institute of Politology and
International Studies at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Andrzej is
asocial and political activist, journalist, manager and fundraiser. Heworked
with the Marek Edelman Dialogue Center and the StabiloFoundation. A founding
member of the Megafon Association andmember of Polish Fundraising Association,
he currently works forthe Civil Affairs Institute in Łodź where he runs the
initiative“Citizens in charge” (“Obywatele rozliczają”) and the FundraisingTeam.
Andrzej is an enthusiast of social change, politics andtechnology.
Ukrainian Catholic
University
Nadiia studies Media
Communications at the Ukranian CatholicUniversity. For
three years, she was a member of the InternationalAssociation of Students in
Economic and Commercial Sciences (AIESEC), and also obtained an internship at
the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. A Ukrainian native, she was able to
witness theUkrianian protests where she was inspired to co-found Map of Protests
in Lviv, an informationational platform. She is a member ofvarious NGOs such as
Na Chasi, Action in Ukraine, and NewEducation. In her leisure time, Nadiia
likes to draw, write and takephotos. In the future, she plans to create her own
organization/startupthat would bring changes into society.
National University:
Yaroslav the Wise Law Academy of Ukraine
Born and raised in
Alchevsk, Anna graduated last June from theNational Law University of Ukraine
with a Bachelor's degree in law.Throughout her studies, Anna completed a number
of researchprojects focusing on functioning of the government authorities in
thecontext of human rights in Ukraine. She spent the
additional timedeveloping a project on children rights and non-discrimination
forthe Council of Europe as a member of national team. Aftergraduating, Anna
has raised a web-project on the protection ofwomen's rights. She is looking
forward to continue her education inhuman rights and plans to begin graduate
school to pursue a Master'sdegree in human rights.
European University
Viadrina
Łukasz Niparko, from
Poznań, Poland, is a human rights activist anda master of laws student at the
European University Viadrina inGermany. At Viadrina,
Łukasz specializes in International HumanRights and Humanitarian Law. Łukasz
graduated from St. LawrenceUniversity (USA), where he studied Global Studies as
well as Asianand European Studies. He is also an alumnus of The United WorldCollege
of The American West in New Mexico (USA). His interestsinclude international
human rights law, European integration, socialand cultural anthropology, and
media studies. He has conductedvarious academic researches on topics including
socio-economicdevelopment model of Kerala (India), Poland’s post-1989transformation,
and minority rights in China. Łukasz studies Chineseand loves to explore
Chinese culture. He also had a chance to lead asummer peace studies course in
Zhejiang Province in China and toteach English to migrant Chinese children in
Shanghai. In the future,he hopes to become a human rights lawyer and an
activist working tostrengthen worldwide adherence to human rights.
Lukasz Posluszny
Adam Mickiewicz
University in Poznań
Łukasz is a Ph.D.
candidate at Sociology Department in Poznań,Poland, where he investigates the
influence of material culture on thelives of concentration camp prisoners. He has been conductinginterviews with former prisoners and a part of
this research hasresulted in publishing a book. He also worked as a volunteer
on thepreservation of remnants of concentration camp infrastructure, andlater
co-organized similar educational activity for youth at MajdanekState Museum in
Poland. Łukasz tries to sensitize to problems of theothers also at university,
where he teaches students about the politicsof equality. At the same time, he
supports major local initiatives,mostly concerning housing, work conditions,
and women rights. Heenjoys spending time with others and one of his life’s
passions iscontemporary dance.
University of Warsaw
Born and raised in Warsaw,
Weronika graduated in Cultural Studies(Hebrew Studies, B.A. and M.A.) at
Faculty of Oriental Studies -University of Warsaw. Currently
she studies Social Science andAnthropology (Mediations, Negotiations, M.A.).
Weronika isworking on her Ph.D. thesis, which focuses on testimonies of theUnderground
Białystok Ghetto Archive. She is combining historical,sociological and
linguistic perspectives. During a two-year stay inJerusalem, she studied at
Hebrew University, pursuing her researchproject and interviewing Holocaust
survivors. In this period she wascooperating with Interreligious Coordinating
Council in Israel (ICCI)and “ADAM le’ADAM” (Human to human) Project. Weronika
isinvolved in the “School of Dialogue”- an educational programtargeted at
Polish middle school and high school students to broadenyoung people's
knowledge about the long presence of Jews in Polandthrough self-exploration and
commemoration of the pre-war Jewishhistory in the place they live. In her work,
Weronika would like tocombine educating on history and human rights issues.
University of Warsaw
Jarmila was born and
raised in Gdańsk, Poland. In 2011 she beganher travel in
Asia and visited India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos,Vietnam, Thailand, China and
Philippines. Her experiences sparkedher interests in social activism, mostly
connected to human rights.Jarmiła is involved in the international "No
Hate" campaign whichmission is to promote human equality through
education, advocacyand social media. Recently, she organized
"International Roma Community Day", series of debates "Warsaw for
refugees" andpetitioned to Polish Prime Minister and President against
violence happening in Ukraine. She is also co-author of "Alternative WarsawGuidebook"
for participants of International March for Climate andSocial Justice. She
participated in a few programs organized byInstitute of Global Responsibility
and Polish Green Network fordebates and public events makers. She is active in
Warsaw’s FoodCooperative and the Polish annual Food Cooperatives Convent.Jarmiła
is pursuing her Master’s in Sociology at University ofWarsaw. She has held two
research conferences at JagiellonianUniversity. Later this year, she will
attend the University of Utrecht,to study with its program about Human Rights
and War.
Free University Berlin
Arne was born and raised in Germany. He is a student at FreeUnveristy Berlin where he majors in Political Science. In addition, heworks as a freelance journalist and works for TransparencyInternational Gemrnay- an NGO that focuses on Lobbyism inGermany. At TI Germany, Arne is responsible for an online platformon the relationship between business and science. In his spare time,Arne enjoys watching a variety of films.
Polish Academy of Sciences
Daniel was born in Tel-Aviv, Israel, raised in
Sao Paulo, Brazil, andmoved to Warsaw in 2011. He holds degrees from Tel-AvivUniversity
and the University of Warsaw. Dainel is currently a PhDcandidate at the
Graduate School for Social Research of the PolishAcademy of Sciences where he
studies anthropological andsociological aspects of national identity and
collective memory.Daniel is interested in questions of personal and collective
identity,culture, values, and means of communicating and constructing them.As a
result, he is actively engaged in the fields of education andcommunication. He
works as a Communications Officer at thePermanent Secretariat of the Community
of Democracies, andpreviously cooperated in educational work with the Museum ofHistory
of Polish Jews, the Moses Schorr Foundation for JewishCulture, and the Israeli
Ministry of Immigration.
University of Warsaw
Born and raised in a small town in Poland,
Joanna Socha is a firstgenerationuniversity student. She graduated from the
University ofWarsaw with a degree in Journalism and Communication in 2012.During
her years as an undergraduate, she took part in an exchangeprogram at
Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, IL where sheattended media and
communication classes. In addition, she internedfor Congresswoman Shelley
Berkley from Nevada at hercongressional office in Washington, DC. As an student
she foundedand implemented a journalism project titled “Masters of a Word”directed
to high school students interested in Human Rights,democracy and preventing
discrimination. Currently, Joanna worksas an editor for the Polish edition of
Harvard Business Review andshe is finishing her graduate documentary journalism
studies at theUniversity of Warsaw in Poland. In her free time Joanna enjoyssearching
for a new alternative music and watching documentaries.
Lafayette College
Born and raised in The Bronx, New York, Joel
is a graduating seniorat Lafayette College with a double major in Film and
Media Studiesand International Affairs with a concentration in International
filmand Activism. He also spent two semesters abroad at GoldsmithsCollege in
London and at the Film and Television School at theAcademy of Performing Arts
in Prague. Joel is a co-founder of theLafayette Association of Film Students
and is a volunteer filmmakerat Judith’s Reading Room, a non-profit
organization. Joel is also afilmmaking workshop leader at local public schools
and has recentlytraveled to McAllen, Texas to explore issues of immigration
reformin conjunction with ASB, Lafayette and LUPE. In his spare time,Joel
contributes to Lafayette faculty led filmmaking initiatives as aresearch
assistant, having a film he contributed to screen at the AlvinAiley Dance
Theater in NYC in 2012. After Lafayette, Joel willparticipate in a Fulbright
program to the UK where he will pursue anMA in documentary film and upon
returning to the US, an MFA innarrative film and television Production at the
USC: School ofSchool of Cinematic Arts.
University of Michigan
Michael Williams is a native of Detroit and a
recent graduate of theUniversity of Michigan. His academic, professional and
extracurricularinvolvement have centered around his passion for thenexus of
urbanism and social justice, including community-basedurban planning, public
health, and environmental justice initiatives.He is a Spirit of Detroit
recipient for his outstanding achievementand service to his community, and
credits civic engagementexperiences in his hometown, Vietnam, and South Africa
fordeepening his resolve for equity and justice in urban spaces. Michaelcurrently
participates in the New York City Urban Fellows Program– a fellowship sponsored
by The City of New York to introduceAmerica’s young leaders to urban policy and
public service throughworking in New York City government. His long-term vision
is toreturn to Detroit, where he will help build more sustainable and
selfempoweredcommunities, and advocate for the global, urban humanrights
struggle – the right to the city.
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Sylwia is a recent graduate from Adam
Mickiewicz University inPoznań with a Master's Degree in Cultural Anthropology
andLinguistics. Over the course of her studies, she investigated theformation
of transnational identity and its relationship withlanguage(s) and culture(s).
Awarded with various grants, Sylwia hasbeen travelling uninterruptedly for the
last five years through Europeand Asia, carrying on different research
projects, all concerning theself-excluded (social enclaves), limits of freedom,
social movements,non-standard ways of living, and forced migrations. She
volunteeredat a refugee camp in the West Bank, lived in bohemian communities in
Israel, worked in a circus in Austria, and observed the life of a polyamorous
family. Currently, she is working in a hostel in Lisbon, listening to personal
narratives of single travellers and researching onther social function of
pub crawls (in cooperation with CES Nova).She is planning to commit herself soon
to PhD research scrutinizing social movements in Israel.
University of Warsaw
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