by Amelia Lorrey | Sep 2, 2022 | Heartivist Of The Week
Robin Valenzuela had spent years researching the intersection of child welfare and immigration enforcement in the U.S. when, in 2016, the election prompted her to take action. “I wanted to do something more than just write about these issues,” she recalls. She started...
by Natasha Reilly-Moynihan | Apr 29, 2022 | Heartivist Of The Week
“When you try to help someone, I think that there are no particular inspirations, you just need a little sensitivity and humanity.” Those insightful words opened a heartfelt conversation with Luca Quaiotti, the project and educational manager for ETHIKA and...
by Natasha Reilly-Moynihan | Apr 15, 2022 | Heartivist Of The Week
Before the Russia-Ukraine war, Every Animal, a vegan animal rights organization in Ukraine founded by Tamara Human, was focused on vegan education and protecting animals. There was an online education course. There were vegan tours and samplings. They even wrote and...
by Natasha Reilly-Moynihan | Apr 8, 2022 | Heartivist Of The Week
In the summer of 2019, a small group of volunteers began to notice an important need within the refugee community in Athens, Greece. Women and LGBTQIA+ migrants and asylum seekers needed a safe space where they could engage in creative expression. In such a space, art...
by Milena Fraccari | Jun 16, 2021 | Heartivist Of The Week
On Sunday, June 20, we celebrate World Refugee Day; an opportunity to honor those fighting for safer lives. Millions of forcibly displaced people face treacherous conditions daily, many of whom are stuck at the Mexico-United States border. Over the past several years,...
