The 2019 Humanity in Action Poland Fellowship in Warsaw has been financially supported by Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” ( EVZ ). The participation of Greek Fellows in Humanity in Action Programs internationally is generously supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). This publication does not represent an expression of opinion by the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future" (EVZ), nor by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The authors bear responsibility for the content. Honorary Patronage: Project Partners: Media Partners: The 14th edition of the Warsaw Fellowship was dedicated to the memory of City of Gdansk’s Mayor Paweł Adamowicz who was stabbed in January 2019. The program was also dedicated to values which he promoted such as dialogue and cooperation.
Let’s Meet at the Intersection of You and Me I have a question for you: Who are you? Can you describe yourself in a single word, a single sentence? Is it even possible to encapsulate who you are in words? In all likelihood, you have attempted to whittle yourself down to a digestible description. And, if we are honest, these descriptions never do us justice. Yet, we so often focus on our own and others’ singular identities, while missing the greater portrait of who we each are. So, what does that mean for those who are driven to bring about change—for example, we Humanity In Action Fellows? It means that we must abandon simplistic ideas of identity and expand our toolkits to include frameworks and theories that make space for the complex people and problems we seek to resolve. Today’s addition to the toolkit, then, is intersectionality. A concept developed by Kimberlè Crenshaw, intersectionality was intended to provide a framework for understanding overlapping identity discrimi