We are pleased to announce the availability of our latest installment of podcast episodes in Human Rights Education NOW! Episodes 29 & 30 feature conversations with Dr. Lina Lenberg. Dr. Lina Lenberg has been an educator for over 20 years. Lina works as a middle school classroom teacher and a part-time professor in the International and Multicultural Education Department at the University of San Francisco. Lina serves on the editorial board for the International Journal of Human Rights Education. Lina wrote her dissertation on the Uyghur genocide in East Turkestan and the Uyghur diaspora’s resistance to Chinese state violence. Her latest project is the Uyghur Genocide Online Resource Center. Her publications include the article Uyghur Diaspora Activism in the Face of Genocide; a book review (from 2017): Human Rights and Schooling: An Ethical Framework for Teaching Social Justice.
Episode 29
In Episode 29, Lina Lenberg shares her origins of interest in human rights and human rights education, and how she sees herself as an educator/activist. She then reflects on the influences of her family’s exile experience on her HRE work, and the importance of identifying and confronting biases and celebrating universal human attributes. Next, Lina discusses how she integrates HRE curricula and pedagogy into her daily teaching, and about the formation of a human rights club and developing volunteer opportunities for students. Lina then describes how she helps teachers Include HRE content and strategies in their daily practice, and seeks to center the voices of marginalized groups in her daily teaching. She then highlights her work with graduate students in HRE at University of San Francisco. Next, she explains her doctoral study work of the Uyghur genocide and her public advocacy work on behalf of the Uyghur community. She emphasizes how little has been done to hold China accountable for their genocidal policies against Uyghur communities. She concludes by discussing her work as an editor of the International Journal of Human Rights Education.
Episode 30
In Episode 30, Lina Lenberg discusses bridging the gap between Holocaust/genocide studies and human rights education and the importance of addressing genocide as embodying many human rights violations. She then shares her ideas around the conceptualizing links between HRE and social justice. Next, Lina explains how it requires a concerted and consistent effort to create the conditions to envision and develop a just world, and how a universal ethos of care is needed. She then describes deploying HRE to address human rights violations against children in the USA and the importance of recognizing threats to the rights of children and encouraging activism. Lina recounts ways to advance HRE in an environment of rising authoritarianism and underlines the importance of incorporating HRE within teacher preparation and professional development programs. She also shares how she finds strength in networks like HRE USA where there is a collective of individuals focused on social change, and the critical importance of making HRE an institutional priority in educational policy-making. Lastly, Lina speaks of Monisha Bajaj as her most significant role model for HRE, as well as the work of bell hooks. In conclusion, she provides an influential quote and a recommendation for the HRE movement.
Educators at all levels and in varied settings can use these episodes to inform their work in HRE by downloading and sharing them with colleagues and students along with developing lesson plans and activities using episode content.
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HRE USA would love to learn how listeners are using episodes in their classrooms and with their communities. Please send comments and ideas for classroom use to kristi@hreusa.org.
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