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Announcing the 2025 O’Brien Awards winners

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Congratulations to Dr. Pedro Jose Gonzalez Corona and The World As It Could Be Human Rights Education Program! 

The individual award goes to Dr. Pedro Jose Gonzalez Corona, Assistant Professor of Human Rights at the departments of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Comparative Cultural Studies at Northern Arizona University. The World As It Could Be Human Rights Education Program (TWAICB) receives the organizational award. Read more about 2025 Edward O’Brien HRE Award Winners

Established in 2015 in memory of Edward O’Brien, pioneer human rights educator, the O’Brien Human Rights Education Awards annually honor outstanding contributions to human rights education (HRE) in the United States. The 2025 award was presented to Professor Gonzalez and The World As It Could Be Human Rights Education Program as part of HRE USA’s Human Rights Day Celebration on Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Dr. Gonzalez and TWAICB leaders, Sandy Sohcot and Yvonne Vissing accepted the award at HRE USA’s Human Rights Day Celebration on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

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