Dr. Pedro Gonzalez is a leading human rights advocate and Assistant Professor of Human Rights at Northern Arizona University. His expertise spans criminology, criminal justice, and comparative cultural studies. Pedro’s doctoral work in Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas informs his teaching on the Holocaust, human rights, and Latin American and Mexican history.
Engage your students on issues of racial justice and human rights with this new educator resource collection.
HRE USA and the UCCHRE Unite to Condemn the murder of George Floyd and Uphold Black Lives.
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.
Know a group or individual—youth or adult—who is making a real difference in human rights?
Nominate them for one of the annual awards of Human Rights Educators USA and the University and College Consortium for Human Rights Education!
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Created to support educators in helping young people navigate the current events that impact their lives, Human Rights Beyond the Headlines will provide background information about key current events and strategies for discussing them with young people, including how to understand them through the wider lens of justice and human rights.
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Support the 2026 Kirby Edmonds Fellowship Campaign
We are proud to launch the Kirby Edmonds Fellowship Campaign, one of our most important fundraisers of the year.
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