Yana Buhrer Tavanier

Co-founder & Executive Director @Fine_Acts. Co-founder @TimeHeroesOrg. TED Senior Fellow, Allianz Foundation Fellow, YGL, FRSA, Fulbright Scholar. Playtivist.

[Yana Buhrer Tavanier @yanska]

Feels surreal, but my talk about the power of "playtivism" is TALK OF THE DAY on https://t.co/u60Ne4I3xz. Forever grateful to my @TEDResidency, @TEDFellow and @fine_acts families, all partners and collaborators, and my rock @cuteater. #playtivism https://t.co/WiqLoX4ssR

[Yana Buhrer Tavanier @yanska]

16 години щастие

[Yana Buhrer Tavanier @yanska]

шест месеца щастие

[Fine Acts @fine_acts]

For #16DaysOfActivism against Gender-Based Violence, we commissioned the incredible Rozalina Burkova to create a new set of visuals.

Bold. Loud. Yours to use.

Violence against women is a global emergency. According to the most recent UN data, in just the past year, 11% of women 15+ were harmed by an intimate partner. And nearly 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime.

And while leaving is complex, often unsafe, and rarely straightforward – this work aims to empower those navigating danger.

These illustrations (and thousands others) are free on https://t.co/d8g9dBjQPz.
Where they go next is up to you.

Let’s lose losers. For good.

[艾未未 Ai Weiwei @aiww]

😅

[pavel kounchev @cuteater]

we just launched it. please spread the word and/or apply.

[Fine Acts @fine_acts]

🚨OPEN CALL 🚨 Fine Acts is launching “Brave New Futures: MENA Strategic Imagination Labs” – a 24-month experiment in bold thinking, radical creativity, and collective transformation.

Become one of just 12 MENA organizations to receive future-building grants, join a regional network of peers, and co-create new possibilities for civic space. Let’s dream beyond limits and start building the futures we deserve. 💌

Apply by Oct 31, 2025 👉 https://t.co/7BibFNnJwS

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

There is no more time for excuses: as the evidence of Israel’s genocide continues to mount the international community cannot claim they didn’t know.

As Israeli authorities and forces intensify their brutal campaign of annihilation, particularly in Gaza City, the UN Commission of Inquiry's damning new report provides further confirmation of what Amnesty International and others have been concluding for months: that the Israeli authorities and Israeli forces have committed and are continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

With the publication of these two reports, @btselem and @PHRIsrael become the first two Israeli organizations to state it loud and clear, based on meticulous documentation and research: Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
https://t.co/Mw1DUDgeqr

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

The latest @theIPCinfo alert confirms what we have feared:

Gaza is on the brink of famine.

The facts are in — and they are undeniable.

Palestinians in Gaza are enduring a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions.
This is not a warning.
It is a reality unfolding before our eyes.

The trickle of aid must become an ocean. Food, water, medicine, and fuel must flow in waves and without obstruction.

This nightmare must end.

Ending this worst-case scenario will take the best efforts of all parties -- now.

We need an immediate and permanent humanitarian ceasefire; the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages; and full, unfettered humanitarian access across Gaza.

This is a test of our shared humanity – a test we cannot afford to fail.

[United Nations @UN]

The worst-case scenario of famine is now unfolding in Gaza.

Widespread starvation, malnutrition & disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths amid relentless conflict, mass displacement & severely restricted humanitarian access.

https://t.co/vkfNEAgMhk via @theIPCinfo

[Fine Acts @fine_acts]

🚐✨ Introducing The Imagination Station – a groundbreaking off-grid mobile creative lab by Nairobi’s own Kairos Futura.

Launched during the @TEDCountdown Summit 2025 in Nairobi, the Station will journey across Kenya, bringing artistic tools and visionary thinking to remote communities.

Highlight activities include:
🔮 Wild Future Tarot
💌 Postcards to the Future
⏳ The Wild Time Machine
🌍 Wild Future Workshops

We at @fine_acts were proud and excited to support @TEDCountdown's open call for a climate-focused public art project in Nairobi – crafting the brief, building the shortlist, and helping select the brilliant Kairos Futura and their Imagination Station.

#ImaginationStation #KairosFutura #TEDCountdown #SpeculativeDesign #Afrofuturism #CreativeClimateAction

[Fine Acts @fine_acts]

🎬🌏✨ 4 Directors. 5 Films. 1 Mission. ✨🌏🎬
Introducing Visions for Change – our bold new creative format crafting short, emotionally powerful films that reimagine urgent global challenges through a hopeful lens.
🔗https://t.co/YEcJm74mQ8

In our pilot edition, we focused on climate change. Teaming up with handplayed, we brought together a group of rising filmmakers for an immersive bootcamp in Bulgaria, where – guided by climate experts, creative mentors, and producers – they made 5 visionary short films, each a vivid glimpse into a more hopeful tomorrow. 🔮

#VisionsForChange #ClimateHope #StorytellingForChange

[Fine Acts @fine_acts]

Jambo! 👋 – this time from the 2025 @TEDCountdown Summit in Nairobi 🌏🗣️

We are just back from Kenya, where @TEDCountdown brought together a visionary global group of innovators, scientists, policymakers, artists, and activists – all united in their commitment to building a brighter future.

Fine Acts is a strategic partner of Countdown – @TEDTalks global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis – ever since its launch in 2020. In Kenya, we collaborated on a couple of awesome creative interventions – stay tuned for details!

In addition, our team attended the Summit with a focused intention: to explore the intersection of climate and women, and connect with others who are working at this vital crossroads. Over the next three years, we’ll be dedicating much of our efforts to this space – more to come soon! 🌟

Huge thanks to the amazing @TEDCountdown and @TEDFellow teams, Kairos Futura, @TEDxNairobi, @tedxamazonia, and all the incredible artists, activists, and humans we got to work and hang out with! 💚

[Fine Acts @fine_acts]

✨ CHANGE THAT STICKS ✨
In 2024, we worked with 224 artists, created 260+ artworks & curated 17 exhibitions/art actions – wins we’d proudly slap on any wall.

So we turned our annual report into a limited edition sticker pack – that you can also print, share & lovе 👉 https://t.co/JQqDK0Uhz8

[Fine Acts @fine_acts]

🫧 RESISTANCE, RESILIENCE, ACTION, EMPOWERMENT, BELONGING, HOPE 🫧

For our annual report, we invited six incredible global artists to create unique sticker sets around these six core themes – turning what the world needs most right now into something you can hold.

Give them some love & download them here
https://t.co/JQqDK0Uhz8 📌

Thanks for sticking with us – here’s to more Fine Acts in 2025! 🫂

[Yana Buhrer Tavanier @yanska]

beyond proud of our work – and of this report 💥

[Fine Acts @fine_acts]

🪧Our 2024 Annual Report is here – and SURPRISE – it’s a sticker pack!

🔗https://t.co/zzKMz8Y3lG

Made for street poles, notebooks, bathroom stalls & the back of your heart. To uplift others & remind us to keep going.

YOURS to print, share & love 💛

[Yana Buhrer Tavanier @yanska]

15 години щастие

[Yana Buhrer Tavanier @yanska]

шест месеца щастие

[pavel kounchev @cuteater]

please share, we have a wonderful call for video art ending soooon ☄️

[Fine Acts @fine_acts]

✨ It was exciting, it was mindful, it was thought-provoking, and it was honest. We were honored to be part of the 2024 @ObamaFoundation #DemocracyForum! Our co-founder, Pavel Kounchev, joined President @BarackObama, global civil society, community & business leaders, democracy experts & policymakers in Chicago to explore the importance of pluralism in the current times through authentic storytelling, connection, and finding communality within an increasingly polarized world. 🤝❤️

🚀 We need more dreamers! And we at Fine Acts stay committed to making spaces, tools, and opportunities for them.

👏 Shoutout to @VancityReynolds and @TheReynaRoberts for all the inspiration.

[Fine Acts @fine_acts]

We are so excited to join the 2024 Obama Foundation Democracy Forum! Our co-founder, Pavel Kounchev, one of the inaugural Obama Foundation Scholars, is in Chicago with global civil society and community leaders, democracy experts, policymakers, and business leaders. Together, they’re exploring the importance of pluralism—honoring the diversity of our identities and communities while working together for timely causes and the collective good. 🌍✨

In an age of hyper-polarization and “othering,” affirming the value and practice of pluralistic democracy is crucial. We’re honored to be part of this global conversation about building bridges, fostering inclusion, and strengthening democracy for a brighter future. 💡🤝

#ObamaFoundation #DemocracyForum #Pluralism #CollectiveGood #LeadershipForChange

[Fine Acts @fine_acts]

🏆 We’re thrilled to announce that Artists for Climate is a winner in the 4th Annual @anthemawards, celebrating mission-driven work worldwide! See the full winners gallery: https://t.co/WVgpgYne3Q

🥉 Artists for Climate (https://t.co/rKuMUvQGMN), our collaboration with @TEDCountdown, took home the Bronze Anthem Award in the Sustainability & Environment category for nonprofit product, innovation and services.