Human Rights Education
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UC San Diego Extension Teams Up with RFK Human Rights
Tags Share University of California San Diego Extension will be teaming up with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ Speak Truth to Power program as its first partner on the West Coast. The collaboration will expand the reach of Speak Truth to Power’s human rights education resources into more classrooms across the United States, infusing invaluable…
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Shaping Human Rights Education for Years to Come
At a retreat in early November, RFK Human Rights had the opportunity to convene 15 experienced human rights teachers to gain insight into the design, real-life implementation, and impact of the Speak Truth to Power lesson series.
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Healing Divisions With Human Rights Education
The United Federation of Teachers hosted over 100 New York City students for an RFK Human Rights Speak Truth to Power meet-and-greet with human rights defenders from around the globe.
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Human Rights Takes Center Stage in Mexico City
Tags Share In Mexico, where corruption is now rampant among state officials and organized crime is taking hold in local- and state-level government, homicides are frequently met with inaction and impunity. Al Jazeera reported in January that violence in Mexico reached unprecedented levels, with over 31,000 homicides in 2019. During the time that former President…
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Tolerance Is Not Enough
Tags Share At a Speak Truth to Power event at UFT headquarters in Manhattan, RFK Human Rights’ Kerry Kennedy brought together former leaders of war-torn Yugoslavia and actor activists Katie Erbe (“Law and Order”) and Trevor Donovan (“90210”) to share personal stories about standing up for what they believe in. “Tolerance is very important, but…
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Speak Truth to Power Launches in The Balkans
Tags Share In the beginning of October, Kerry and the Speak Truth to Power team went to Sarajevo to launch STTP in the Balkans. In collaboration with the Foundation of Shared Societies and Values Sarajevo, Kerry and the STTP team met with leaders and educators of the Balkans to discuss implementing STTP in Sarajevo and…
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RFK Human Rights, Discovery Education Launch Initiative to Engage Next Generation of Human Rights Defenders
The new initiative, Speak Truth To Power: Raising New Voices In Human Rights, aims to inspire global citizenry in students and teachers to help prevent human rights abuses and violations.
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Speak Truth to Power’s Swedish Young Ambassadors
Tags Share In Sweden, right wing extremist parties have gained public support in the last few years. Anti-refugee and anti-Semitic hate crimes are on the rise, and there is increased polarization among different socio-economic, ethnic and religious groups. While Sweden remains a wealthy country, impoverished pockets in the inner cities, inhabited predominantly by immigrants, still…
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Winners of Our 2018 Speak Up Sing Out Music Contest
Tags Share The greatest voice is the voice of the people – speaking out – in prose, or painting or poetry or music; speaking out – in homes and halls, streets and farms, courts and cafes – let that voice speak and the stillness you hear will be the gratitude of mankind.” —- Robert F.…
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The Lasting Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education
Tags Share Every year, on May 17, we honor the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. With its decision, the highest court of our nation took a stand against one form of racial discrimination, providing a legal and policy framework to ensure that all students, regardless of skin color, had…
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Speak Truth to Power: Illinois Holocaust Museum Training
Over 70 teachers from Chicago schools gathered at the Illinois Holocaust Museum for the Speak Truth to Power teacher training.
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2018 Speak Truth to Power Video Contest Winners Featured at Tribeca Film Festival
The contest called on students to create short films that connected a human rights defender of their choice to the work of Robert F. Kennedy.
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