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Are you ready to get your summer started right with some civics-focused professional learning? Join the Center for Civic Education and History UnErased for a Project Citizen webinar on Tuesday, June 3!

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Join this collaborative webinar from the Center for Civic Education and History UnErased to explore how experiential civic learning and case studies can equip students with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to advocate for issues they care about. This session features practical tools and lessons from Project Citizen and the primary source-based teaching materials from History UnErased’s Intersections & Connections US History, Civics, and Social Studies supplemental curriculum to help you guide your students in developing and presenting policy proposals and historical insights in public forums.

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The International Journal of Human Rights Education is an independent, double-blind, peer-reviewed, open-access, online journal dedicated to the examination of the theory, philosophy, research, and praxis central to the field of human rights education. This journal seeks to be a central location for critical thought in the field as it continues to expand.

This special issue of the International Journal of Human Rights Education, Queering Human Rights Education: Research, Praxis and Liberation for LGBTQIA2S+, presents research, reflection on practice, and reviews of new scholarship that highlight the experience of LGBTQIA2S+ students, educators, and activists through a human rights lens. The articles draw on diverse methodologies, perspectives, and intersecting identities to reimagine not just schools but all spaces of learning, from ballrooms to the internet, as sites for LGBTQ+ joy and liberation. The scholarship in this issue is “queer” not only in its focus on LGBTQ+ stakeholders in education but also in the way it challenges all that is considered normal and natural. It queers education, human rights, and human rights education by troubling power, questioning assumptions about sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) and replacing binary thinking with more complex, situated, fluid ways of understanding. And in a world where the news about SOGIESC is mostly bad, the authors in this issue also hold on to the agency, desires, and creativity of the queer community while at the same time documenting the incredible challenges of this moment. This moment in queer rights calls for the kind of thinking and action at the core of this journal: clearly, queer rights are an international concern that need to be framed as human rights and secured through, among other means, education.

Special Issue Guest Edited by David Donahue, Maria Autrey Noriega, Lori Selke, and Mauro Sifuentes

>> 📖 Read the full issue at https://bit.ly/USF-IJHRE

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Application Deadline: June 15, 2025

The Student Task Force (STF) is a Human Rights Watch (HRW) sponsored youth leadership-training program that brings together high school students and empowers them to advocate for the human rights of children. HRW STF staff and STF teachers partner to mentor students in leadership skills and activism, fostering confidence and maturity among students, enabling them to become effective voices for change and social justice within their communities. For more information on the Human Rights Watch Student Task Force, please visit www.hrwstf.org.

HRW STF is seeking a Youth Advocacy Assistant to provide advocacy assistance to the team. The selected candidate must be available for 16 or 27 hours per week for the academic year, August 4, 2025 – May 22, 2026. Afternoon and early evening availability is strongly preferred. The position is based in the Los Angeles office and reports to the STF Senior Manager.

The successful candidate will be encouraged to work from the office 2-3 days per week but can do some hours remotely throughout the week. We aim to be as flexible and supportive as possible in both the recruitment and onboarding of this position.

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Applications are now open for the UN Immersion Programme 2025 by UNITAR – a unique 5-day field visit to the United Nations in Vienna! Scholarships are available. 

Secure your spot for an exclusive training experience that includes expert lectures, workshops, and guided tours through UN offices. Join career development sessions and learn how to enhance your CV, cover letter, and LinkedIn profile with guidance from UN professionals.

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Are you (or do you know) a high school student passionate about social justice, democracy, and creating positive social change? Girls Learn International is hosting a virtual Summer Activist Training Camp (SATC) designed to empower the next generation of activists. This free online program is open to high school and first-year college students of any gender who are eager to sharpen their advocacy skills. SATC runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays from July 8 to July 31, 2025. Applications are due June 25, 2024!