Human Rights Education
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“Now I Am Going to Speak Out”: The Power of Youth Community Organizing Workshops
Tags Share “I want to help my community inside and outside the school,” declared Ramses Gonzalez, a student who arrived in the United States just last year and a participant in a recent youth organizing workshop series led by Karen Robinson, Program Director of Human Rights Education at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. This three…
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Tenth Anniversary of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Education Award in Partnership with Schools That Can
Tags Share Educators, administrators, and students around the country work tirelessly each year as thought leaders and advocates to innovate and improve their communities and school culture. In partnership with Schools That Can, RFK Human Rights annually recognizes and celebrates the exemplary work of those who have demonstrated moral courage and commitment to bettering their…
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HRE USA podcast features Human Rights Education director Karen Robinson
Tags Share Our program director of Human Rights Education, Karen Robinson, appeared on episodes 33–35 of the Human Rights Education NOW! podcast to discuss her journey into human rights education, her current work at RFK Human Rights, the potential for human rights to be incorporated into any area of education, and how she maintains hope…
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Human Rights Filmmaking: The 2024 Speak Truth to Power Video Contest
Tags Share “Give ‘em hell,” was the impassioned rallying cry of Roswell Goransson and Ellison Martin as they accepted the 2024 Grand Prize at this year’s Speak Truth to Power video contest for the film “Don’t Mess With Texas: An Abortion Story.” An exploration of the devastating impact of the overturning of Roe v. Wade,…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Celebrates Student Filmmakers at Tribeca Festival
Tags Share Yesterday, as part of its annual Speak Truth to Power video competition, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights debuted six student films at a Tribeca Festival showcase in New York City. The featured videos, which covered topics ranging from abortion access to youth incarceration, were selected as contest finalists from student submissions across the…
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Cameras Up: An Interview with 2023 Speak Truth to Power Video Contest Winners Naba Sheikh and Tohir Hodjakulov
Tags Share Guns Down, Arms Up, the 2023 Speak Truth to Power Video Contest winning film, is a powerful exploration of the horrific prevalence of gun violence in schools and a stirring call to action. In a recent interview, filmmakers Naba Sheikh and Tohir Hodjakulov of James Madison High School, shared their reasons for making…
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Defender Spotlight: Hina Jilani and Asma Jahangir – Professional Development on Positive/Negative Rights
Tags Share In this installment of our UDHR series, engage in professional development for human rights educators by learning more about positive and negative rights. Essentially, positive rights outline what a government or institution should do, while negative rights focus on what they should not do. Understanding this distinction can help determine the best way…
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Increasing Student Engagement and Empowerment Through Theater: Voces Contra El Poder in Sonora
Tags Share According to a recent poll, 50% of students say they are not engaged in what they are learning and 80% of educators are worried about students’ lack of engagement. Theater work, like the recent theater workshop in Sonora, Mexico, can increase student engagement and empower them to become human rights defenders. In March,…
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Celebrating our Human Rights Defenders: Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson & Bobby Muller
Tags Share Community organizer and social justice defender Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson advocates for social rights in northeast Tennessee and elsewhere through her work as Co-Executive Director of the influential Highlander Research and Education Center. Social Rights Social rights refer to the dynamic interdependence of individuals in their living and working conditions, encompassing fundamental necessities for…
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Human Rights in Action: the Sustainable Development Goals
Tags Share In our December 2023 newsletter, we celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by providing a very brief history of its creation. To start off the new year, we’re following up with ways to take action to promote and defend the rights outlined in the UDHR by incorporating the…
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Introducing the Harry Belafonte Memorial Project
Tags Share Upon hearing of the death of Harry Belafonte, we understood the necessity of memorializing Harry beyond his fame and examining him as the man he was. Our three interviewees, Gina Belafonte, Maria Belafonte, and David Goodman, were each able to speak to a more intimate side of Harry, having known him mostly in…
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