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…
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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.
We invite you to visit TeachingCentralAmerica.org, which includes our new online resource library where teachers can find hundreds of resources, searchable by type, theme, grade level, and country.
The Human Rights Program is excited to release our 2026 Vote for Human Rights voter guide!
Applications are open for the LL.M. in Human Rights Advocacy, a twelve-month degree program offered jointly by the University Network for Human Rights and NOVA School of Law. A limited number of merit- and aid-based scholarships are available.
