Indie Talk Podcast is thrilled to announce its latest episode, “We the People.” This special edition features social justice songs by independent artists in multiple genres. Indie Talk comes to you from the epicenter of musical innovation, Austin, Texas.
Podcast Link: https://indietalk.buzzsprout.com/1882063/13907408
Press Release Link: https://www.indie-talk.com/post/indie-talk-announces-we-the-people-social-justice-songs
On Monday, November 13, 2023, historian Michael Hines will discuss his book, A Worthy Piece of Work: The Untold Story of Madeline Morgan and the Fight for Black History in Schools, which details how African American educator activists in the early 20th century created new curriculum around race and historical representation.
Hines will be in conversation with Jesse Hagopian and Cierra Kaler-Jones. Hagopian is a Rethinking Schools editor and on the Zinn Education Project leadership team. Kaler-Jones is executive director of Rethinking Schools.
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Human Rights Educators USA’s annual Training as Action Series (TAAS) is a virtual training series focused on bridging personal and collective action on some of the most critical human rights issues of today. TAAS creates an educational space to connect and collaborate with others in human rights education and training. It also gives participants the skills and information needed to take action on rights issues in their communities. The 2023-2024 training series will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and center on the theme, “Protecting Democracy, Promoting Human Rights.” Sessions will discuss topics such as voting rights, facilitating difficult conversations, organizing an advocacy campaign, communicating with decision makers, protesting, and mental wellness.
Summary
This module is designed so that participants can better understand the purpose and importance of protest, symbolic action, and creative means in promoting a human rights message while developing the necessary knowledge and skills to participate in and organize these actions.
Objectives
TAAS Sessions:
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Extending human rights education
Friday 19 April 2024
9.30 – 17.00
Venue: IOE UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL, UK
Background
The International Association for Human Rights Education (IAHRE) was established in June 2023 at the 15th International Conference for Education and Democratic Citizenship (ICEDC) held at University College Dublin. Its goal is to support the development of human rights education research, scholarship and practice internationally. IAHRE has its own scholarly journal, the award-winning Human Rights Education Review, founded in 2018.
The ICEDC annual conference was set up as a meeting place for scholars, researchers, graduate students, education policymakers, and civil society activists from across Europe and internationally. Since 2019, it has been complemented by the WERA International Research Network on Human Rights Education, coordinated by Professors Audrey Osler and Hugh Starkey which in collaboration with Human Rights Education Review has run an international webinar series. The IAHRE International Conference aims to build on this experience, providing all with a unique opportunity to present and discuss current research and policy relating to human rights education and to questions of human rights within education.
Keynote speakers
Our two keynote speakers are:
Professor Sonia Livingstone Department of Media and Communications, LSE, whose research focuses on children’s rights in the digital age
Professor Farzana Shain Geroge Wood Professor, Goldsmiths, University of London whose interests include educational inequalities, education policy, politics and human rights.
Call for papers
We invite scholars to submit papers to this first IAHRE International Conference Extending human rights education. We welcome contributions that review and critically reflect on human rights education, child rights education and the wider area of education and human rights from a range of perspectives, including sociology, education, law, history, politics, geography and other relevant disciplines. Papers concerned with analyses of policy and case studies of campaigns are likewise invited. We welcome contributions from researchers at all stages of their careers.
While we invite research addressing education at all levels, we are conscious that in most societies children and young people struggle to make their voices heard since they are excluded from formal political mechanisms and frequently regarded as lacking the competence to contribute to decision-making processes. Young people also face a world of political and social uncertainties in which information sources are not always reliable. Climate change, terrorism, conflict, hate speech and xenophobia confront them in the starkest terms. Intergenerational justice is the aim of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sustainable development includes ‘sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development’ (SDG 4). Our conference will consider how education policy and practice and education professionals, including teachers. can respond to these challenges.
The following are indicative themes:
Abstracts of no more than 300 words including name, institutional affiliation and contact email should be sent, no later than Thursday 7 December 2023 to: Professor Hugh Starkey h.starkey@ucl.ac.uk. All abstracts will be peer reviewed by members of the IAHRE Conference Steering Group. Please indicate whether you would prefer to give an oral or a poster presentation. Applicants will be informed of the outcome of the review by Wednesday 20 December 2023. Selected papers will be considered for publication in our peer-reviewed journal Human Rights Education Review.
Registration will open in January 2024. IAHRE members are eligible for a discount. Membership categories are as follows:
Ordinary annual member: £50
Supporting annual member: £100+
Life membership: £800
Institutional annual membership: £250 (with membership benefits for up to 6 named individuals)
Conference registration fees (to include conference pack, lunch and all refreshments)
Early bird fees will apply to all bookings made by 4 March 2024.
Early bird (member): £195
Early bird (non-member): £210
Standard (member): £220
Standard (non-member) £230
We are pleased to announce the availability of our latest installment of podcast episodes in Human Rights Education NOW! Episodes 17 & 18 feature conversations with Yvonne Vissing.
Sociologist Yvonne Vissing, PhD, is Professor of Healthcare Studies and Director of the Center for Childhood & Youth Studies and the Center for Human Rights Education at Salem State University. Author of 20 books, including Children’s Human Rights in the USA, she is US policy chair for the Hope for Children CRC Policy Center in Cyprus and on committees of HRE USA and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a former NIMH Post-doctoral research fellow.
In Episode 17, Yvonne Vissing discusses her Initial interest in human rights and human rights education, as well as the significance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and her work in dealing with the social problems of children. She shares her thoughts on the United States’ failure to ratify the CRC, and the connections between her clinical experience and human rights education. Next, Yvonne shares her thoughts on the way in which human rights treaties can inform strategies to address social problems, including strategies for educating the population about homelessness. Lastly, she discusses her work with the Centers for Children and Youth and Human Rights Education at Salem State University and programs delivered by the centers.
Topics discussed:
Full topic listing available for PDF download HERE.
Listen on our Buzzsprout podcast website HERE.
In Episode 18, Yvonne Vissing shares her thoughts on the absence of discussion around human rights in public discourse and the lack of US knowledge around the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). She goes on to discuss human rights education (HRE) and social justice connections along with the significance of the human rights framework as a way to encompass social justice concerns. Yvonne then expounds upon the necessity of keeping children safe and protected. She elaborates on the ongoing failure of governments to address children’s needs. She shares her thoughts on the integration of HRE within strategies to address children’s needs and the importance of training childcare workers and educating parents, while holding professionals accountable. Next, Yvonne discusses Felisa Tibbitts’ HRE model of professional accountability and the integration of HRE as a central focus for professional training to protect children. Lastly, Yvonne shares a few of her key role models for her work in HRE.
Topics discussed:
Full topic listing available for PDF download HERE.
Listen on our Buzzsprout podcast website HERE.
We are pleased to announce the availability of our latest installment of podcast episodes in Human Rights Education NOW!. Episodes 17 & 18 feature conversations with Sociologist Yvonne Vissing, PhD, is Professor of Healthcare Studies and Director of the Center for Childhood & Youth Studies and the Center for Human Rights Education at Salem State University. Author of 20 books, including Children’s Human Rights in the USA, she is US policy chair for the Hope for Children CRC Policy Center in Cyprus and on committees of HRE USA and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a former NIMH Post-doctoral research fellow.
Join the Center for Civic Education and the Bob and Marion Wilson Teacher Institute of Colonial Williamsburg this Wednesday, November 1, at 7 p.m. ET for Elections, Then and Now: A Journey through Democracy.
You will discover the fascinating stories of elections in early America through unique 18th-century sources. As a bonus, you will also explore the Center’s newest resources and acquire practical strategies for engaging students in discussions about electoral processes, analyzing campaign rhetoric, and encouraging critical thinking skills. Don’t miss this opportunity for unique and engaging professional learning!
The annual global SIMA Changemaker Award celebrates educators and youth using SIMA films to catalyze transformative change in their communities.
We honor students and young leaders who have utilized SIMA’s social impact films as an inspiration for their own creative impact projects, and recognize the outstanding achievements of educators using SIMA resources to foster global competencies and inspire the next generation of changemakers.
Award winners are selected by the SIMA Academy Jury and select Partners consisting of renowned experts in the fields of global education, media and social innovation.
Educator Changemaker Award
Two Educators Will Be Awarded: One Winner and One Special Mention
Student Changemaker Award
Two Students Will Be Awarded: One Winner and One Special Mention
You must be an educator, student or leader who has been inspired by a SIMA Academy film to implement an impact project in your community or school. Candidates may apply once annually.
ENTRY CATEGORIES include: community and outreach projects, local and global campaigns, as well as media and mixed media projects (visual, literal and audio).
Call for entries are open and rolling annually until November 15, 2023
WINNERS will be announced on November 29, 2023
Saturday, November 4, 2023
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
Join the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) and Teaching for Change for a day of online conversation, curriculum highlights, workshops, and idea exchange — preceded by a short keynote presentation by Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Bryan Newland. The teach-in will be held virtually via Zoom. Registration cost is $15.
Teachers select two 50-minute workshop sessions that include relevant and resource-rich training experiences to support effective use of American Indian-focused classroom lessons, and resources from Teaching for Change and NMAI. Teaching for Change and NMAI museum educators will share key concepts from NMAI’s Essential Understandings Framework, children’s literature from Social Justice Books, and classroom materials from NMAI’s Native Knowledge 360° education initiative.
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