Maddy Wegner is an educator and communications specialist with extensive experience in service-learning, youth engagement, communications, and human and child rights education. She has served in multiple roles with the National Youth Leadership Council, including Director of Content and Engagement and Director of Communications. Her work has included developing resources for service-learning practitioners, integrating human and child rights frameworks into educational practice, and creating educational materials inspired by Nobel Peace Prize laureates and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. She also serves on the Executive Committee for Minneapolis’ Child Friendly Cities Initiative and has been recognized for her contributions to service-learning.
Engage your students on issues of racial justice and human rights with this new educator resource collection.
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration…
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.
HREA Director Felisa Tibbitts, along with co-editors Cher Weixia Chen (George Mason University) and Jonathan Liljeblad (Australian National University), will present their new book that explores human rights education across 13 disciplines and professional studies areas.
Friday, 9 October at 9 EDT/15 CET
In our autumn webinar of the European Paradox Academy we will explore how paradoxical thinking can help us understand the mechanics of belief-based polarization and provide practical ways to transform it into respectful dialogue, understanding and connection.
What happens when bridging, community organizing, and participatory democracy work together? The Civic Action Lab (previously known as the SHIFT Action Lab) put this question to the test through a year-long pilot in Parkersburg, West Virginia
