Human Rights Education
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Speech at the Dedication of Mt. Providence Junior College, Baltimore, Maryland
We must reach out as well to those who have been passed by in the past—those already out of school, the fathers and mothers of young children, the unemployed and the abandoned of this entire nation.
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Statement Before Students in Peru
We are finding that it is not enough to feed and clothe and house a man—or even to give him work. Instead we are finding that the most important thing is to help men to help themselves. This is the most difficult task of all.
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Aaron Maybin
Born in Baltimore City, Maryland, in 1988, Maybin competed as an All-American linebacker at Penn State University before being chosen as the 11th overall pick in the 2009 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills. After a five-year career with the New York Jets and the Cincinnati Bengals, he chose to leave the NFL in 2014…
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Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson and Reverend Allyn Maxfield-Steele
Woodard Henderson, a self-proclaimed working-class Affrilachian (Black Appalachian), was born and raised in southeast Tennessee. She has been a Highlander board member since 2012 and co-executive director since 2017. All along, she has been an activist on issues of mountaintop removal mining and environmental racism, with a focus in central and southern Appalachia, and an…
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Dr. Helen Bond
Dr. Bond is a University Professor in the School of Education at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and the former Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Assessment. She is also a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar to India, co-chair of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN USA), and executive council member to…
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Francisco Soberon
Biography: Dawn arrived in Peru in January 1980 and with it, a sight the world has never imagined. All over the country, dead dogs hung from lampposts announcing the first actions of Sendero Luminoso—the Shining Path, a Marxist guerrilla organization whose war against Peru’s landed power oligarchy swept the country into a state of emergency…
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Freedom of Opinion and Expression: A Human Rights-focused conversation on book bans
Tags Share During a time when over 1,477 books have been banned nationwide, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights held an in depth conversation about book banning and its implications for the nation’s schools and beyond as part of its Speak Truth To Power’s Fall 2023 Speaker Series. Rebecca Stephens, Human Rights Education Manager introduced the…
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Human Rights in Latin America: A Historical Perspective and Current Assessment
Share Join Joe Eldridge, founder of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and longtime human rights activist, in a conversation about the history and current state of promoting and protecting human rights, democracy, social and economic justice in Latin America and the Caribbean. Register today!
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New school year, new video contest: 2024 submissions now open!
Tags Share Without question, a highlight every year is the screening of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ Speak Truth to Power video contest winners at the TriBeCa Festival. Over more than ten years, students from across the country and internationally have submitted films addressing the full spectrum of human rights issues. Students are bold and…
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Educator at the Blanton Museum of Art, Carlen Floyd Describes a Roundabout Path to Making Art History and Education Her Life’s Work
Tags Share As the Museum Educator for School Programs at the Blanton Museum of Art, located on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, I would love to tell you that I’ve had a lifelong devotion to art, that I studied art history and art education, that I have always given art the…
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Back to School Happy Hour
Share Please join us for a virtual happy hour on Tuesday, September 19th, from 7:00-7:30 EST! Come share your plans for integrating human rights education in your school and community, ask questions, and meet other members and partners from our network during this monthly informal networking event. We look forward to connecting!
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STTP Speaker Series: From Programming to Philanthropy to Advance Women’s Human Rights
Tags Share Join Zaynab Nawaz, Senior Director of Program and Learning with Women Moving Millions, and student moderator Angelina Pouhe, Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, in a conversation about women’s human rights from programming to philanthropy. We will discuss the current state of women’s and girls’ rights, and the role the philanthropic community…
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