Human Rights Education
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Educator spotlight: Mr Albert Celis on using film to empower his students
Tags Share Next year’s STTP Video Contest is now accepting submissions! Click here for guidelines and resources, and click here to submit your video by April 26, 2023. Last school year was a difficult chapter for many students, parents, and teachers: COVID-19 brought unprecedented challenges to education and our society. Students returned to the classroom…
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Returning to school when ‘education is not neutral’: today’s challenges in educating the next generation
Tags Share Across the country, teachers and staff members are returning to schools while still trying to manage the aftermath of the pandemic, virtual learning, volatile political rhetoric directed at education and educators, and school shootings. As teachers, you are navigating a difficult – and often volatile – educational landscape, particularly when bringing critical thinking,…
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Welcoming two new staff members: Rebecca Stephens and Allison Gilmore
Tags Share The Human Rights Education Speak Truth to Power team welcomes two new staff members. Rebecca Stephens joins us as the new HRE Capacity Building Manager. Rebecca is responsible for our educator-facing work, and she will take the lead in implementing the whole school framework with partner schools. Rebecca comes to us with a…
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Speak Truth to Power video contestants shine at Tribeca Festival
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights on Thursday announced five students as winners of the 2022 Speak Truth to Power video contest at an event held at the Tribeca Film Screening Room in New York. “Your commitment to human rights, your commitment to creating a more just and peaceful world is a source of…
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L.A. high school second to adopt whole-school model for human rights education
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights staff and a group of educators in Los Angeles formally began a new partnership in late April as the Business in Artivism Management (BAM) Learning Community at Edward Roybal Learning Center prepares to become the nation’s second “human rights centered school.” The initiative involves centering human rights education…
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This Teacher Appreciation Day, we’re showcasing what our educators are writing
Tags Share Two Speak Truth to Power educators have contributed to new books on social justice and implementing a human rights curriculum in the classroom. Robin DeLuca-Acconi, assistant dean for student services in the School of Social Welfare at Stony Brook University, has written a chapter with her former colleague, Denise Campbell, assistant superintendent for…
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Bangladesh: Restore and strengthen capacity of community-led schools in Rohingya camps
Tags Share Bangladesh’s government must urgently take steps to support the community-led learning facilities in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar and strengthen their resources in line with the country’s international commitment to protect children’s right to education, 25 undersigned organizations said in a statement today. About 30 community-led schools have been shut down…
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As school mask mandates drop but anxieties stay, a plea to go further than traditional SEL
Tags Share Time and time again, Robert F. Kennedy made clear that it was youth who changed his worldviews on critical issues. There was his 1963 conversation with a young John Lewis and other members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, who endured arrests and beatings in their efforts to desegregate Cambridge, Maryland. Lewis later…
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STTP educators fight to teach the truth: Why an Indiana bill may force teachers out of the classroom
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ Speak Truth to Power educators are on the front lines of a battle in Indiana working to stop the passage of legislation aimed at limiting the ability to teach the truth. Civil rights and faith leaders have deemed the proposed measure, HB1134, both toxic and racist. It would…
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Youth Advisory Board members lead the charge on voting rights advocacy in their communities
Tags Share The 15th Amendment, which granted African American men the right to vote, was enacted in 1870, but it was not until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that it was properly enforced, and in 1966, the first Black senator since Reconstruction was elected. Still, in this country’s history, only 11 African Americans and…
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With “a different kind of warfare” on the rise, young people can prepare by embracing technology and education
Tags Share Kateryna Yushchenko, former first lady of Ukraine, urged young people to speak truth to power in the face of injustice and create a world where they can’t be influenced by disinformation. “Speak out to your elected representatives. Speak out to the media when you see something that’s very unfair,” she said on February…
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Youth Advisory Board, Russian activist team up to combat gender-based violence
Tags Share In 2012, Rashida Manjoo, then the UN special rapporteur on violence against women, called for a new global framework to address violence against women. Activists around the world heard this call and formed Every Woman Treaty, a unique and diverse coalition of scholars, lawyers, and frontline practitioners who are working to promote ratification…
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