Magdalena Swider

2022 IVLP Impact Award Project: Support to Ukrainian and Belarusian Feminists - Feminist Summer Action CampPoland

Magdalena Swider is a social psychologist, anti-discrimination educator, and a human rights activist. She is an expert in hate crime prevention and supporting hate crime victims. For 10 years Magdalena has worked on securing the rights of LGBTI persons in Poland. She currently runs the Anti-discrimination Education Society in Poland, which works with teachers to introduce equality education to Polish schools. Magdalena has also worked as inclusion and diversity manager in a corporation. She is a feminist who works to secure reproductive rights in Poland. 

IVLP Impact Award Project: Support to Ukrainian and Belarusian Feminists - Feminist Summer Action Camp
The project supported the participation of 12 Ukrainian and Belarusian feminists alongside Polish colleagues in the Feminist Summer Action Camp organized by the informal collective Ulica Siostrzana (Sisterhood Street). At the camp, which is now in its 20th year of activities, participants learn from one another in a peer-to-peer manner. Each participant organizes a lecture or a workshop pertaining to their area of expertise. Topics focus on human rights, climate change, feminism, and self-care, among others. The project created strong bonds among participants, and fostered understanding despite the difficult political situation in the three countries.

"The work of the translators and the sense of solidarity of the participants blurred language barriers." - Project Participant

IVLP Exchange Experience 

Magdalena participated in the IVLP Project A Global Moment in Time: Reflections on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility organized by the U.S. Department of State and Meridian International Center, in partnership with Colorado Springs World Affairs Council, Global Ties Detroit, WorldBoston, WorldChicago, Cleveland Council on World Affairs, Global Ties Kalamazoo, International Citizen Diplomacy of Los Angeles, Global Minnesota, WorldOrlando, Global Ties Arizona, WorldOregon, and Global Ties San Francisco.

Magdalena's exchange experience led to the development of her IVLP Impact Award Project: "IVLP has been a great experience that allowed me to bond with activists from around the globe, learn from them, and reflect on my own activism. "

U.S. Communities Visited Virtually

Phoenix, AZ; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Colorado Springs, CO; Washington, DC; Orlando, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Detroit, MI; Kalamazoo, MI; Minneapolis, MN; Cleveland, OH; Portland, OR

Country: Poland

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