Human Rights Education
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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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This fall, Bangor High School welcomed a sense of normalcy and a new social-emotional program
Tags Share At Bangor High School in Maine, a return to campus full time has brought students a sense of normalcy—and a steady and safe environment in which to learn, grow, and be themselves. It’s also brought them something new: the rollout of a first-of-its-kind partnership with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ Speak Truth to
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New Speak Truth to Power Initiative Could Set Tone, Help Heal Divided Nation
Our partnership with Bangor High School incorporates human rights education into the school’s practices and culture to create an inclusive, dignity-driven learning environment.
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Celebrating Our 2021 Music and Video Contest Winners
Tags Share On Thursday, August 12, we celebrated members of our incredible Speak Truth to Power community through a virtual Human Rights Education Showcase. In this livestreamed event, Speak Truth to Power lead educators shared work they’ve been doing in their classrooms and beyond, members of our Youth Advisory Board spoke to the power of
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Getting Into ‘Good Trouble’
Two members of our Speak Truth to Power Youth Advisory Board share what John Lewis’ concept of “good trouble” meant to them and how it has had an impact on their own community organizing.
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Building Restorative Justice in Schools From the Ground Up
Tags Share Justice “is not something that’s stored in [city halls or criminal legal centers] that gets rationed out to us once we commit trespasses against each other. Justice is something grander than that, that can’t be contained in any building. … Justice is how we meet each other, greet each other, and treat each
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New Speak Truth to Power Pilot Program Set to Debut in Bangor, Maine
The first of its kind initiative incorporates human rights education and social-emotional learning into the school’s curriculum, practices, and culture.
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Speak Truth to Power Video Contest Premieres at Tribeca Film Festival
RFK Human Rights partnered with the Tribeca Film Festival to debut the works of four student finalists from its Speak Truth to Power video contest.
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New Trans Rights Lesson Plan for Teachers
The free classroom resource, produced in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility, equips and engages students to become better allies of the LGBTQ community.
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Introducing New Speak Truth to Power Spoken Word Contest
Tags Share For a decade, students have been advocating for and defending human rights through our video and songwriting contests. This year, we are expanding our arts-focused programs to include a spoken word contest, providing an additional avenue for middle and high school students to engage in defending human rights and our democracy, and to
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