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Celebrate Human Rights Day with HRE USA – December 10!

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EVENT DETAILS: 
When: Thursday, December 10, 2020
Time: 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Where: Live Stream
Cost:  Free

Description:
Join HRE USA, the nation’s network of human rights educators, as we celebrate Human Rights Day and commemorate the ratification of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations on Dec 10, 1948.

The event will feature keynote speaker, Loretta Ross, a nationally-recognized women’s rights and human rights leader whose work emphasizes the intersectionality of social justice issues and how this transforms social change.

HRE USA will also honor the 2020 Edward O’Brien Human Rights Education Award winners, Pam Bruns of Human Rights Watch Student Task Force and the ACT Center for Disability Leadership.

We are also excited to include youth voices from around the world speaking on the significance of the UDHR through multimedia and poetry, introduce you to HRE USA’s 2020 Flowers Fund grantees, and announce the new Edmonds Summer Fellowship.

We hope you’re able to join us!

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This event is hosted by Human Rights Educators USA (HRE USA), a project of the Center for Transformative Action, with special thanks to the Puffin Foundation for their continued support. For further questions, please contact us at info@hreusa.org.

Write for Rights 2020

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Uniting supporters from more than 100 countries, Write for Rights is Amnesty International’s largest annual human rights campaign

Every December, during Write for Rights, people like you from around the world write letters for people experiencing human rights abuse and in need of urgent help. People like Nassima (pictured top right) who has been locked up since 2018 for protesting against the ‘male guardianship’ system in Saudi Arabia. Through the power of collective action, your letters will help convince government officials to free Nassima and other people unjustly imprisoned or facing abuses. 

In the past, the project has freed prisoners of conscience, saved the lives of human rights defenders under attack, stopped torture, and put an end to some of the world’s worse human rights abuses.

>> Learn more and get involved

Human Rights Board Game

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This holiday season, consider giving the gift of human rights education with The Human Rights Game© by The Brainary.  Built around the foundation of the 30 Articles of the UDHR, and the three pillars of the United Nations Freedom, Equity, and Dignity, The Human Rights Game aimsis to make a positive difference by teaching children and teens about the rights, freedoms, and responsibilities.

Through the game, players are challenged to make better choices, based on the UDHR, in a rapidly changing world whereby customs, ethics, and values are learned from non-traditional sources often with materialistic and prejudiced underpinnings. Much of the learning takes place through discussion, short storytelling, and problem-solving. Players are also encouraged to develop an understanding that freedom and rights also come with responsibilities, and learn the importance and relevance of healthy rules and regulations in life.

As an added bonus, 45% of the proceeds from the purchase of every game will go to support Human Rights Educators USA and our mission to promote human dignity, justice, and peace through a vibrant base of support for human rights education (HRE) within the United States.

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Teach Human Rights on Human Rights Day – December 10

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Every year on December 10th the world celebrates Human Rights Day – the day on which the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

A milestone document in the global history of human rights, the UDHR is infused with values and ideals drawn from the world over. Drafted by UN representatives from diverse cultural and technical backgrounds, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. The UDHR – the most translated document in the world, available in more than 500 languages — is as relevant today as it was on the day that it was proclaimed.

HRE USA has put together an online resource kit to help you celebrate the gift of the UDHR in your classroom and re-affirm the enduring human rights principles and standards that it helped establish.

Be sure to also check out our UDHR posters and our  Human Rights booklets on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.

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Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Course

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Columbia University is offering a free online course on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In this course, you will learn about the achievements, challenges, and potential of the dynamic interface between the Indigenous People’s movement and the international community including the UN system. You will explore how Indigenous Peoples have challenged social norms and institutions in recent decades and how they shaped the decolonization of various systems at the global, regional, and national levels.

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Support Human Rights Education #GivingTuesday

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Human rights education is as important now as it has ever been in promoting peace, dignity, freedom, equality and respect for all peoples here at home and around the world. This year, in celebration of #GivingTuesday, please consider supporting Human Rights Educators USA.

Your 100% tax-deductible donation will not only enable us to further develop programming that supports human rights education across the United States but also help us ensure that everyone has the opportunity to gain the knowledge, skills, and values to fully exercise and protect the human rights of themselves and others.

Learn more about the projects, partnerships and advocacy work that HRE USA engages in on behalf of our members and human rights educators in the United States. 

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Ripple of Hope Awards Virtual Gala

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EVENT DETAILS: 
When: Thursday, December 10, 2020
Where: Live Stream
Cost: $100

Description:
Don’t miss the RFK Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards to honor this years’ 2020 Ripple of Hope Laureates: Dr. Anthony Fauci (Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), Dolores Huerta (President and Founder, Dolores Huerta Foundation; Co-Founder, United Farm Workers of America), Colin Kaepernick (Human Rights Activist, Co-Founder of Know Your Rights Camp, Super Bowl Quarterback), Dan Schulman (President and Chief Executive Officer, PayPal), and Dan Springer (Chief Executive Officer, DocuSign). 

The Ripple of Hope award celebrates leaders of the international business, entertainment, and activist communities who have demonstrated a commitment to social change and reflect Robert Kennedy’s passion for equality, justice, basic human rights, and his belief that each of us can make a difference. 

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Call for Papers – The Age for Human Rights Journal

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The Age of Human Rights Journal (TAHRJ) invites submissions for its June 2021 publication on the topic of Human Rights from Different Approaches. TAHRG is a scientific journal of international relevance, published in English, peer-reviewed and open-access, containing papers concerning Human Rights from different approaches. 

The Journal has been included in SCOPUS and in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science). It is also in: Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), LATINDEX (catalogue), ISOC (CSIC), DIALNET, CIRC, ERIH PLUS, CARHUS PLUS, MIAR, ULRICH´S, OCLC, WORLDCAT, REDIB, EUROPUB, and Philosopher´s Index.

Submission Deadline:  February 1, 2021

Preferably, manuscripts should be directly uploaded to the journal platform, but they can also be sent to tahrj@ujaen.es.

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Human Rights High School Essay Contest

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This is the 20th year of the Kemper Human Rights Education Foundation’s human rights essay contests for high school students. Winners are awarded $1000 and runner ups $500. Never since World War II have human rights been so threatened as they are today by the coronavirus pandemic. Never since the end of the war has it been more important to motivate students to write about ways to right rights.

Essays should be between 1000 and 2500 words and will be judged according to how clearly and well they answer the question posed and the extent to which they are supported by research. Click the link below for further information on the essay question, criteria, and eligibility. 

Submission Deadline:  December 10, 2020

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We are grateful for the generous support of our members, individual donors, and The Puffin Foundation Ltd
The core values of HRE USA and its partner organizations include transparency and critical thinking skills. We believe that human rights--and human rights education--belong to everyone, and that the full realization of human rights means that access to human rights education materials must never be conditioned upon the subscription to any particular religious faith, ideology, political affiliation, or membership in any particular organization and that any organizational connections should be openly acknowledged.