Human Rights Education
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Wartime sexual violence against women and children: A case study of comfort women during World War II
Share Join us for the next installment in our human rights education speaker series! This time, students will hear from President at Korean War Veterans Digital Memorial Foundation, Jongwoo Han, history teacher Mona Al-Hayani and student moderator Mya Glover, a senior at Toledo Early College High School, about comfort women in WWII and violence against…
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Student Voices Engaged for Equity
Tags Share While the longstanding impacts of racism permeate our society, discussions of race are largely absent from much of the public school curriculum and have become contentious in today’s educational environment. It’s left many educators searching for strategies to start constructive and open dialogue about race in the classroom. On March 10, we hosted…
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How The Piney Woods School Honors Local Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share “They damaged my leg. I said they damaged my leg. But I still walked in my purpose.” As she raised her voice to emphasize her point, Takira Adams, a freshman at The Piney Woods School, fully and powerfully embodied the spirit of human rights defender Fannie Lou Hamer, a leader in the Civil…
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Learning about human rights and effecting change through theater
Tags Share Their stories were familiar. Their anger and frustration were palpable. “She never made contact again.” “There were men outside our house with guns, and I did not know whether they were to protect us or hurt us.” “That is where the earth ate her.” In a hotel meeting room in Toreón, Mexico, 20…
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Fannie Lou Hamer: An Activist for Civil Rights and Women’s Rights
Tags Share Fannie Lou Hamer, born in 1917, was the 20th child of two Mississippi sharecroppers. Hamer was just 6 when she began working in the plantation fields with her family; she dropped out of school at 12 to work full-time. After marrying Perry “Pap” Hammer in the early 1940s, she went for what she…
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Human Rights Education Summer Institute: Austin
Share Hosted by Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders Meeting location: Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders Our human rights education (HRE) summer institutes provide educators, students and interested community stakeholders an opportunity to learn more about HRE, our whole school work, and engagement opportunities. Register below for this in-person event, taking place…
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Human Rights Education Summer Institute: New York City
Share Hosted by United Federation of Teachers Meeting location: UFT Borough Hall Brooklyn 335 Adams Street, Brooklyn 25th Floor Our human rights education (HRE) summer institutes provide educators, students and interested community stakeholders an opportunity to learn more about HRE, our whole school work, and engagement opportunities. Register below for this in-person event, taking place…
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Human Rights Education Summer Institute: San Diego
Share Hosted by UC San Diego Meeting locations: UC San Diego campuses Our human rights education (HRE) summer institutes provide educators, students and interested community stakeholders an opportunity to learn more about HRE, our whole school work, and engagement opportunities. Register below for this in-person event, taking place in San Diego, CA from Sunday June…
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Descendant Screening and Live Debrief
Share We are so excited to help bring a powerful new documentary, Descendant, to your classroom in partnership with Netflix and Participant! In Descendant, award-winning filmmaker Margaret Brown returns to her hometown of Mobile, Alabama, to document the search for and historic discovery of The Clotilda, the last known slave ship to arrive in the…
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Human Rights Education Speaker Series: A Conversation with Kateryna Yushchenko Moderated by Carolyne Sauda
Share A year ago, we met with Katherine Yushchenko, the former First Lady of Ukraine. Join us for an update on the war, the resiliency of the Ukrainian people and what you can do to support.
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Human Rights Education Speaker Series: Protecting Women and Children—from Policy to Enforcement
Share Protections for women and children fleeing abusive situations are often inadequate at best or non-existent. Join Danielle Pollack, Policy Manager, National Family Violence Law Center, and Science Hill High School student Madelyn Campbell to learn more about Kayden’s Law and other efforts to protect women and children.
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Human Rights Education: Coffee and Conversation
Share Educators are encouraged to join our Speak Truth to Power team next month for an informal conversation about human rights education (HRE). We’ll dive deeper into our HRE work, how teachers can get more involved, and share personal stories about impactful lessons and encouraging students to take action for human rights. Register today!
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