Date: October 24, 2026
Session times and session registration links listed below!
8:30am-10am (ET) HRE USA & Partners Retreat: Welcome and Looking Back/Looking Forward Panel
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Agenda:
8:30 am-8:40 am: Welcome and Opening Remarks, Kristi Rudelius Palmer and Jake Skrzypiec, HRE USA Co-Chairs
8:40 am-9:30 am: Plenary Panel: Looking Back: 15 Years of HRE USA and the HRE Movement
Panelists: Nancy Flowers, David Shiman, Kristi Rudelius Palmer. Moderated by Bill Fernekes
9:30 am-9:50 am: HRE USA 15 Year Impacts, Madison Plemons-Schunk
10:30am-11:45am (ET) Voices For Hope: Confronting Turbulent Times Through Human Rights Education Podcasting
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Voices For Hope: Confronting Turbulent Times Through Human Rights Education Podcasting
Panelists: Caitlyn Krueger, Elizabeth Schwab, Yvonne Vissing. Moderated by Marcy Sutherland and Jake SkrzypiecThis panel presentation will center on the importance and impact of the Human Rights Education Now! podcast as a mechanism for educational change, intergenerational dialogue, resilience and hope in challenging times. Panelists will discuss the development of this unique podcast, the collaborative work of volunteers to sustain it as a program, and how critical adult and youth voices engaged in human rights education, advocacy and leadership have been amplified. Panelists will share their insights on how podcasting as a practice can enable deeper narrative truth telling, empathy building, and democratic and civic engagement. In addition, this panel presentation will engage audience members in dialogue around best practices and strategies on using podcasting as a transformative educational tool.
HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.