Sunday, December 8, 2024
6-9am Pacific Time (please convert to your local time)
The Global Forum for Teacher Educators was founded in 2014 as a human rights initiative to promote free education among teachers, children, and marginalized communities at no cost.
Here is the link to the forum https://www.facebook.com/GlobalTeacherForum
Applications are now open for the United Nations Immersion Programme, a 5-day field visit to Geneva organized by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in May, July and August 2025. Scholarships are available.
The field visit includes activities with the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other Geneva-based institutions.
On Monday, December 2, 2024, scholar Orisanmi Burton and Teaching for Black Lives co-editor Jesse Hagopian will discuss Burton’s book, Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt, which argues that prisons are a domain of hidden warfare within U.S. borders.
A fresh and urgent interpretation of the meaning of Attica. . . . Burton has crafted a masterpiece that, as much as any single book can, shows the way forward for a new generation of activist-scholars, agitators, revolutionaries, and other partisans of human liberation, to redeem the dead and build a new society in their name. — Los Angeles Review of Books
Tip of the Spear transforms our understanding of prison rebellion. In so doing, the book offers a stunning contribution to Black radical thought and abolitionist scholarship and politics. Exquisitely researched and argued, this is a must-read. — Sarah Haley, author of No Mercy Here: Gender, Punishment, and the Making of Jim Crow Modernity
In this meticulously researched and beautifully written book, Burton presents one of the most dynamic accounts of Black revolutionary struggle against the prison industrial complex to date. Burton centers Black radical action as the hub of knowledge production to explain the function, implementation, and logic of the carceral apparatus over the past fifty years. Powerfully arguing against the ill-conceived notion of Black revolt as spontaneous and state violence as the happenstance of misguided policy, Burton carefully takes the reader through a rigorously developed source map to understand the breadth and depth of prisons within the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. With a brilliant array of methodological, conceptual, and theoretical interventions, Tip of the Spear is a must-read and is fundamental to the study of prisons and movements against prisons. — Damien Sojoyner, author of Joy and Pain: A Story of Black Life and Liberation in Five Albums
Learn more about the book from an interview with the author in Truthout, Attica Was More Than a Riot. It Offered a Framework for Revolutionary Struggle.
Orisanmi Burton is assistant professor of anthropology at American University. His research examines the imbrication of grassroots resistance and state repression and explores the collision of Black-led movements for social, political, and economic transformation with state infrastructures of militarized policing, surveillance, and imprisonment.
ASL interpretation provided.
Professional development credit certificate provided upon request for attendees.
These online classes with people’s historians are held at least once a month (generally on Mondays) at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET for 75 minutes. In each session, the historian is interviewed by a teacher and breakout rooms allow participants to meet each other in small groups, discuss the content, and share teaching ideas. We designed the sessions for teachers and other school staff. Parents, students, and others are also welcome to participate.
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We will present awards from HRE USA and UCCHRE, showcasing projects, and connect with the vibrant HRE community!
Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Time: 7pm – 8:00pm ET
In the wake of the recent election cycle, anti-immigrant sentiment is spreading, impacting schools and communities. The upcoming webinar will equip educators with techniques to tackle this prejudice. Participants will gain knowledge on sparking informed discussions on the persistence and evolution of this bias, using media literacy to debunk false claims, and methods to combat bias and bullying. Highlighting the personal effects of discrimination, educators can challenge damaging stereotypes and foster a respectful, equal learning environment. Join us in creating a community where every student is valued.
Download Fostering Belonging: A Guide to Addressing Anti-Immigrant Bullying in Schools.
All of our digital resources and webinars are free of charge. We intend to keep them that way. However, to do that, we depend on the support people like you. Please consider a donation of any size. Here is a secure link.
Join the 40th IDA Documentary Awards on December 5!
International Documentary Association announced the nominees in 14 categories for the 40th annual IDA Documentary Awards.
Nominees in each Best Feature Documentary and Best Short Documentary category have been selected from the shortlists announced on October 24. IDA members can stream each of the nominated films and vote for films in the Best Feature Documentary and Best Short Documentary categories now through December 1, 2024. Not a member? Become one today to stream and vote: documentary.org/membership
The Awards Ceremony will be hosted by actor, comedian, and writer Adam Conover on December 5, 2024, at 7:00 PM PT / 10:00 PM ET at The Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles and streamed live on documentary.org. Purchase your tickets today. documentary.org/awards2024/shortlist
A five day intensive program to train high school students in vital skills needed for effective leadership in the climate movement.
Save the Date for our next retreat: March 25-29, 2025 on Santa Cruz Island
(From July 11-17, 2024 at MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA)
Presented by Bluedot Institute and EarthDNA Ambassador Program, for Select High School Students
Applications Open November 15!
>> Learn more
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Monday, November 18, 7-8:30 pm EST
Monday, December 2, 7-8:30 pm EST >> Register here
Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), youth “have the right to freedom of expression” (Article 13). This module will analyze youth-led advocacy initiatives by evaluating and contextualizing the human rights that youth advocates have. Participants will develop skills in power-sharing and collaboration.
The Human Rights Educators USA’s virtual Training As Action Series (TAAS) focuses on bridging personal and collective action on some of the most critical human rights issues of today. The annual series is offered each year between September and April.
The theme of the 2024-2025 training series is: “Youth Power, Defending Human Rights: Learnings and Actions for the 35th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).” Sessions will discuss topics such as youth rights, the CRC, education as a tool for empowerment, international youth solidarity, the theory of change, digital citizenship, and mental wellness.
You can register for individual sessions or you can register for the entire series. Participants that attend at least six sessions over the course of the 2024-2025 TAAS program (including the introductory session) will receive a certification from HRE USA.
We’re excited to announce the launch of our Empower Youth, Secure the Future campaign, coinciding with the 35th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)!
The CRC has been a cornerstone in advocating for children’s rights worldwide. This campaign is dedicated to empowering youth and fostering a committed community of human rights learners and educators. The principles of the CRC guide our mission to ensure that every child knows and can defend their rights, which will be ever-crucial in the coming year(s).
Your involvement and support are crucial to the success of this campaign! Here’s how you can help our campaign flourish:
Donate: Your generous contributions will significantly impact our ability to achieve our goals. Every donation counts and brings us closer to empowering the next generation of human rights advocates. 
Share: Spread the word about our campaign with your esteemed networks. Your influence can help us reach a broader audience and garner the support we need to make this campaign a success. 
Advocate: Continue to advocate for human rights education within your communities and beyond. Your leadership and dedication inspire others to join our mission and work, which is as crucial as ever as we move into 2025. www.givegab.com/campaigns/empoweryouth-securethefuture
Thank you for your commitment and dedication to human rights!
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