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The University of Dayton Human Rights Center has launched the National Table for Human Rights Strategy (NTHRSt), a new participatory initiative to reinvigorate international human rights organizing, education, and advocacy in the United States. The initiative strives to use the international human rights framework to build a popular culture in the US centered on dignity, equality, and solidarity. NTHRSt seeks to contribute to building powerful human rights movements in community around basic principles common to all. Learn more about NTHRSt and become a partner for change. 

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

It’s the time of year when educators are decorating classrooms, preparing lessons, and stocking bookshelves. 

If you’re looking for stories that will help your students build a greater understanding about themselves and the world around them, check out the new 2026-27 Read Across America calendar. 

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

Responding to recent threats and uncertainty about the future of democratic institutions and non-profits in the U.S. and globally, Woven Teaching is currently focusing on the dissemination and implementation of our human rights education materials across a wide network of educators.


We believe strongly that community power and education are the best tools available to promote and protect human rights. Because of this, we have created a Human Rights Education Implementation Toolkit. The goal of this is to be able to quickly provide schools and organizations with the resources, tools, and support needed to implement Woven Teaching’s resources–curricula, trainings, and other materials–in order to meet the needs of their communities. Download the HRE Implementation Toolkit >

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

Applications are now open for the OHCHR Indigenous Fellowship Programme 2027! This prestigious fully funded United Nations fellowship equips indigenous leaders with knowledge of international human rights, UN mechanisms, and advocacy skills while providing an opportunity to participate in UN discussions in Geneva, Switzerland.

🔗 Apply here: https://wp.me/p23f03-as5

🎓 Benefits include:

✅ Return airfare

✅ Living expenses

✅ Basic health insurance

✅ 4-week training in Geneva

✅ Networking with indigenous leaders and UN experts

📌 Eligibility:

🌍 Indigenous persons nominated by an indigenous organization or community

🎓 No formal educational qualifications required

👩🏽🤝👩🏿 Indigenous women, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

⏰ Deadline: 6 September 2026 (23:59 Geneva time)

🔗 Apply here: https://wp.me/p23f03-as5

💡 Pro Tip: Take time to prepare a strong recommendation letter from your indigenous organization or community. Clearly demonstrate your commitment to promoting indigenous rights and explain how you will share the knowledge gained with your community after completing the fellowship.

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

The UN OHCHR is calling for inputs to inform the Independent Expert’s report on human rights, international solidarity and faith-based organizations to be presented to the 65th session of the UN Human Rights Council in June 2027.

The report will set out to understand the role of these communities and organizations in promoting mutual respect, peace, social cohesion, social capital, and common understanding across diverse societies. The report seeks to identify the risks they face, as well as best practices, and aims to provide recommendations to open spaces for further international solidarity actions.

Inputs will be accepted in English, French, and Spanish and should be submitted by 16 October to hrc-ie-solidarity@un.org.

Click here for more details.

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

The Fourteenth Amendment contains a safeguard for voting rights that has remained largely dormant for more than 150 years.

What happens when a constitutional protection exists on paper, but is rarely enforced?

Join the Center for Civic Education on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 7 p.m. ET for the first webinar of the 2026-27 series, Fourteenth Amendment, Section Two: Representation, Voting Rights, and Constitutional Enforcement.

Register now

Section Two of the Fourteenth Amendment was designed to protect representative government by reducing a state’s representation in Congress if it denied eligible citizens the right to vote. Yet despite its sweeping implications, the provision has largely gone unused.

Filmmaker Todd Drezner and attorney Jared Pettinato will explore this often-overlooked section of the Constitution and discuss Fourteen Section Two, a documentary-in-progress following an effort to revive its enforcement.

Together, we’ll examine the history behind Section Two, its relationship to voting rights and congressional representation, and a larger question at the heart of constitutional democracy: What happens when constitutional safeguards are ignored or left unenforced?

For teachers, the conversation doesn’t end with constitutional history. The webinar will also feature a classroom-ready Civic Inquiry lesson examining the expansion of voting rights and the continuing effort to ensure equal participation in representative government.

Participants will leave with practical strategies for helping students investigate constitutional change, democratic inclusion, and the ongoing work of making constitutional principles meaningful in practice.

RSVP for the webinar

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

Saturday, September 26

Washington, D.C. and New York City

The tenth annual Native Knowledge 360° (NK360°) Teach-In offers interactive workshops on lessons for K–12 students that center on Native voices and histories. Participants will learn how to bring the museum’s exhibitions and the resource-rich NK360° education initiative into their teaching practices.

Join us in person on Saturday, September 26:National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. National Museum of the American Indian in New York City

We will also host an ONLINE teach-in on Saturday, November 7.

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

In this 2-hour participatory program, we experience the history of the colonization of Turtle Island, the land that is now known as the United States. The story is told through the words of Indigenous leaders, European/American leaders, and Western historians. We engage with this history through experiential exercises and small group discussions. And we are invited to consider how we can build relationships with Indigenous peoples based on truth, respect, justice, and our shared humanity. Facilitated by TRR’s Native and non-Native teams. Appropriate for high school students and adults.

The same workshop is offered on each date:

Sunday, September 27, 4-6 pm ET (3-5pm CT; 2-4pm MT; 1-3pm PT).
REGISTER HERE.

Saturday, October 24, 4-6 pm ET (3-5pm CT; 2-4pm MT; 1-3pm PT).
REGISTER HERE.

Sunday, December 6, 4-6 pm ET (3-5pm CT; 2-4pm MT; 1-3pm PT).
REGISTER HERE.

HRE USA is a project of the  Center for Transformative Action.

Read the full bio of our Edmonds Fellows at https://hreusa.org/current-fellows-and-research-scholars/  and explore the Training as Action Series project on our website to learn more about TAAS fundraising project at https://www.every.org/human-rights-educators/f/2026-27-training-as-action 

Be part of this journey of change and advance equitable education.

Donate today and be the reason for a just future and equitable education!

🔗 every.org/human-rights-educators/f/kirby-edmonds-fellowship

HRE USA is a project of the  Center for Transformative Action.