We are proud to launch the Kirby Edmonds Fellowship Campaign, one of our most important fundraisers of the year. Centered around the theme “Amplifying Youth Voices for Justice and Education,” this campaign reflects our belief that young leaders don’t just represent the future of human rights advocacy; they are already leading it today.
Your donation will go directly toward funding the training and mentorship of Edmonds Fellows for Summer 2027.
Dr. Mary Elizabeth Curran is Professor of Language Education at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. She directs the Office of Local-Global Partnerships and prepares future language education teachers and researchers. Her scholarship focuses on community-engaged language education, language teacher education, and global teacher education. She is the founder of the award-winning Conversation Tree: Community-Based Language Partnership Program and serves as co-editor of the Global Teacher Education book series published by Bloomsbury.
OUR MISSION The Human Rights Educators USA (HRE USA) is a collaborative network to learn, teach, organize, advocate, and innovate for human rights education in the United States.
This week, we’re honored to introduce our 2026 Summer Edmonds Fellows. Each fellow is paired with an experienced mentor and leading a project rooted in this year’s theme, “Amplifying Youth Voices for Justice and Education.” They are leading a project that puts their own voice, and the voices of the young people they serve, at the center of the fight for human rights and educational justice. This is what “amplifying youth voices” looks like in practice. Their work reflects both the promise of the next generation of human rights educators and the values Kirby Edmonds spent his life advancing.
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