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Educators
Educators are at the heart of human rights education. Our human rights education program seeks to provide educators with the resources and support they need to successfully incorporate human rights learning into their curriculum, activities, programming, and school culture.
We do this by education about, through, and for human rights.
Voces Contra El Poder in Sonora
Learn about how to increase student engagement and empowerment through theater.
Our Approach
About
Does your school ensure all staff and educators understand human rights?
We build educator capacity in human rights education via in-person and virtual trainings and resource development for educators all over the world so that educators can learn how to integrate human rights in their practice.
Through
Does your school and its staff operate in a way that respects the rights and dignity of all staff members?
Our work embeds Social-Emotional Learning strategically into the entire framework of human rights education and all resources and trainings.
For
Do staff create opportunities for students to take action, and do they also participate in them with students?
We guide educators on how to take mindful action via community organizing and advocacy trainings and workshops, all aligned to uphold the UDHR and achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Centering Human Rights
At RFK Human Rights, we support the integration of human rights at all levels of the school eco-system. Learn more.
Our Partners
We can’t do this work alone. Speak Truth to Power’s domestic and international partners provide invaluable support including program implementation, thought leadership, financial contributions, and issue-area expertise. Together we work to ensure educators and students are supported and have access to current, cutting edge resources. View our full list of partners.
Work With Us
Get in touch with our team! Reach out to [email protected] to get involved or bring human rights education to your school.
1.2 million
students impacted by our lesson plans
9,100
teachers trained
5,000 entries
to our annual Speak Truth to Power Video Contest
60,000 students reached
by our video contest
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More Educator Resources
Video Vignettes & Classroom Activities
Speak Truth to Power brings human rights education to life in the classroom with engaging, standards-aligned, digital resources that fit easily into your existing lesson plans. Hear from human rights defenders in their own words and engage with accompanying core curriculum-aligned activities.
Speaker & Film Series
Engage students by putting them in direct conversation with human rights defenders from around the globe during our virtual speaker series events. Our film series allows students the opportunity to view human rights themed films and participate in panel discussions with the directors and members of the cast. Preparatory lesson plans and community action ideas are available for film and speaker series events.
Theater in Action: Piney Woods School
By researching, writing, and performing human rights defender monologues, students at the Piney Woods school did more than simply tell a powerful story — they sought to honor the defenders through the stories and use them to inspire others. The result was a moving performance featuring monologues interspersed with singing by the school’s Cotton Blossom Singers and dancing, all showcasing the school’s diverse student body.
Theater in Action: El Dia Despues
According to a recent poll, 50% of students say they are not engaged in what they are learning and 80% of educators are worried about students’ lack of engagement. Theater work, like the recent theater workshop in Sonora, Mexico, can increase student engagement and empower them to become human rights defenders.
For more perspective
Cameras Up: An Interview with 2023 Speak Truth to Power Video Contest Winners Naba Sheikh and Tohir Hodjakulov
Defender Spotlight: Hina Jilani and Asma Jahangir – Professional Development on Positive/Negative Rights
Increasing Student Engagement and Empowerment Through Theater: Voces Contra El Poder in Sonora
Human Rights in Action: the Sustainable Development Goals
Celebrating our Human Rights Defenders: Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson & Bobby Muller
Introducing the Harry Belafonte Memorial Project
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