As one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, the United States of America can often find itself at the center of human rights spaces and discussion. This module seeks to dismantle U.S.-centric models of understanding human rights in favor of a model that uplifts international solidarity. Participants will analyze comparative case studies of human rights issues in the U.S. and globally and will examine what international solidarity looks and feels like.
Monday, February 24, 7-8:30 pm EST
Facilitators:
Carrie Booth Walling is Director of the Human Rights Program at the University of Minnesota – a hub of interdisciplinary research, teaching, and community outreach in the field of human rights in the College of Liberal Arts. She is Director of Graduate Studies for the Graduate Minor in Human Rights, a faculty member in the Institute for Global Studies and affiliated faculty at the Hubert H. Humphrey School for Public Affairs. Walling specializes in human rights, human security, transitional justice, the United Nations Security Council and mass atrocity crimes. Passionate about everything human rights, Walling’s recent book, Human Rights and Justice for All: Demanding Dignity in the United States and Around the World encourages readers to see the human rights issues in their neighborhoods and equips them to engage in human rights advocacy to promote policy change. Walling is also author of All Necessary Measures: the United Nations and Humanitarian Intervention.
Elizabeth Schwab is an undergraduate at Boston College studying Communication and International Studies with a concentration in Social Justice and Ethics. She is a Gabelli Presidential Scholar at Boston College, a National Stamps Scholar, and a McGillycuddy-Logue Fellow at Boston College. She has researched ethical volunteering with vulnerable groups while teaching English to Syrian and Ukrainian refugees in Germany. With experience working with The New York Times, she specializes in the intersection between journalism and human rights education.
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