The Humanity Project today announces a new campaign … with a very clear message: “We need more humanity!”
At our Board of Directors meeting two days ago, the Humanity Project directors decided that this is an idea very relevant to our times, an era of sharp political and religious and cultural divisions. The phrase has a double meaning, of course: “We need more humanity!” as a call for equality, respect, compassion and caring for others … and as a reminder that the Humanity Project is working to foster those very values. Our organization believes the world does need more humanity in our dealings with each other as well as more Humanity Project to contribute toward making this happen.
Fortunately, there are signs of hope. President Biden has called for greater unity in the United States. Public discussions have sprung up recently about the need for more respect, more kindness in our society. The Humanity Project even organized an online forum of diverse community leaders on January 23 to seek common ground — and indeed they found common ground. That panel has continued to meet to take joint action on pressing issues, currently fighting Covid vaccine inequality in underrepresented populations such as African American and Latino. “Equality For Each, Respect For All” must include equal access to medical care. That’s even more urgent during this pandemic.
So you’ll be seeing those four words often for a while in our social media, blogs, videos and elsewhere: “We need more humanity!” As we look around at the conflicts and hostility that sometimes seem everywhere these days, who could argue with that notion? Yes, we do need more humanity.
