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Adam Kinzinger
Tags Share For Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, service to country has been the guiding principle of his life and career — first as a member of the armed forces, and later as a lawmaker in the halls of Congress. When the strength of the nation was tested on January 6th, 2021 and in the months…
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Jamie Raskin
Tags Share Congressman Jamie Raskin is the U.S. Representative for Maryland’s 8th Congressional District. He serves as the Ranking Member on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. He served as the Lead House Manager in the second Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, which ended with a 57-43 vote to convict the…
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Elaine Luria
Tags Share Elaine Luria served as the Representative for Virginia’s Second Congressional District from 2019-2023. While in Congress she served as the Vice Chair of the House Armed Services Committee and as a member of the the House Committee on Homeland Security and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. She also served as a member…
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Bennie G. Thompson
Tags Share Congressman Bennie G. Thompson is an elected member of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District. Congressman Thompson claimed his seat in the House on April 20, 1993. He is a native of Bolton, Mississippi, and considers it an honor to walk the path Mississippi civil rights icons paved…
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Adam Schiff
Tags Share Congressman Adam Schiff represents California’s 30th Congressional District. In his 12th term in the House of Representatives, Schiff serves as a senior member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, which oversees the administration of justice within our nation’s federal courts, federal administrative agencies, and federal law enforcement. Schiff is on a leave…
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Adam Schiff
Congressman Adam Schiff represents California’s 30th Congressional District. In his 12th term in the House of Representatives, Schiff serves as a senior member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, which oversees the administration of justice within our nation’s federal courts, federal administrative agencies, and federal law enforcement. Schiff is on a leave of absence…
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The Edwin Barbey Charitable Trust
Tags Share The Edwin Barbey Charitable Trust, a donor-advised fund of the Arizona Community Foundation advised by Peter and Pamela Barbey and their son Matt, supports the promotion and protection of human rights and free expression, as well as the preservation and advancement of the arts, culture, science, and local community healthcare.
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Fran Drescher
Tags Share Fran Drescher was elected SAG-AFTRA president on September 2, 2021. Taking the helm at an unprecedented time in the union’s history. Fran’s uniquely empathic style of leadership has successfully reunified and strengthened the union. Her first term primarily focused on fading partisan allegiances, encouraging a culture of compassion and trust in order to…
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Parlamento del Pueblo Xinka
Tags Share The second largest indigenous group in Guatemala, the Xinka Parliament engages in political advocacy through grassroots organizational structure, promotes women’s rights and in doing so promotes wisdom, equity, and cultural strength; and protects the Xinka ancestral territory. The Xinka Parliament works tirelessly to hold the Guatemalan government accountable to protect their ancestral lands…
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Robin DeLuca-Acconi
Robin DeLuca-Acconi, Ph.D., LCSW, is currently the assistant dean for student services in the School of Social Welfare at Stony Brook University. She is adapting Speak Truth to Power for undergraduate social work education, teaching students to use a human rights-based approach to social work practice that incorporates the stories of the defenders. Her research…
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Dr. Joanne Marien
Dr. Joanne Marien has played a long-standing role in promoting human rights education in K-12 schools. As a career educator, curriculum development specialist, and most recently, superintendent of schools, she has led groundbreaking initiatives that center human rights awareness and social action as the focal points of district-wide curricula. Marien holds three advanced degrees, including…
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Catherine Hammons
Catherine Hammons is a middle school social studies teacher at Palmer Trinity School in Palmetto Bay, Florida. Previously, she taught at Lausanne Collegiate School, the only PK3-12th grade International Baccalaureate World School in Tennessee. After graduating from the University of Memphis with a degree in anthropology, she began presenting at international conferences on global education,…
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