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Join us on April 21, in honor of Earth Day, for an in depth dialogue with international advocates working at the intersection of human rights and climate justice. We’ll bring the spirit of dialogue to this difficult topic!

Embracing the intersectional challenge of climate change and climate justice means stepping into a brave space, over and over again. So, how do we do this while also maintaining joy? While maintaining a learner’s stance and being open to possibility? This panel + dialogue will dig in to those questions, plus more, including how human rights are inextricable from climate justice.

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Our next series of community dialogues starts in May—and WE NEED YOUR INPUT! What are the best times you can join us? Fill out this interest form and tell us when you are free. (This is not a sign up form—that will come shortly!)

Join us for a free, workshop-style series offered online and open to all.

Our efforts to combat deep divisions, racism, discrimination and bias have resulted in providing dialogue opportunities to over 4,000 people!

UHRI is changing the way intergroup dialogue is brought to communities and individuals, introducing dialogue to anyone who desires an alternative way to holding space for difficult conversations and each other.

Join us this May for a workshop style series held over 10 weeks! Beginning the first week of May, we’ll meet weekly for 2 hours, providing you the time to deeply engage with one another, practice essential skills in navigating difficult conversations, and build alliances with people from all over the country and even internationally.

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The human rights education (HRE) summer institutes provide educators, students and interested community stakeholders an opportunity to learn more about HRE, our whole school work, and engagement opportunities. Register today for summer institutes in San Diego, New York City, and Austin!

June 21 – July 29

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Applications are open for the Online Executive Diploma on International Law in the 21st Century, a programme that includes 5 interactive online workshops organized by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) from 16 May – 19 May, 2023.

The programme is available from 15 May – 19 May 2023. It is fully online, allowing participants from all over the world to join. All individuals are welcome to register, and spots will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

A maximum of 35 participants are accepted per edition, so apply by May 7,2023
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The Professional Learning Institutes are low-cost, week-long, immersive, place-based learning experiences that support educators’ capacities to implement social justice education in their practice. They aim to help every educator push back against the status quo and reimagine what’s possible for students, schools and communities in our diverse democracy. Below are some details about the institutes:

I. Critical Practices Professional Learning Institute – June 26-30, 2023 – Jackson, Mississippi

Educators will deeply engage with the four pillars of Critical Practices for Social Justice Education(Curriculum & Instruction, Culture & Climate, Family & Community Engagement, and Leadership) and develop plans to implement these practices in their contexts. Note: Critical Practices for Social Justice Education is currently under revision; the institute will utilize the updated version.

This institute is open to educators from the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi.

II. Teaching Hard History: American Slavery Professional Learning Institute – July 17-21, 2023 – Montgomery, Alabama

Educators will deeply engage with the Teaching Hard History: American Slavery framework and accompanying resources to grow their ability to accurately teach the impact and legacy of American slavery.

This institute is open to educators from across the United States, with preference given to those from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi.

More information about the institutes, including how to apply, can be found here:

https://www.learningforjustice.org/professional-development/professional-learning-institutes

Sport is a human rights issue. You are invited to learn more about the global social movement towards the defense of human rights in sports, from leading scholars around the world, at a free, virtual conference on Sports and Human Rights, April 5, 2023 from 8am EST to 6pm EST. It is sponsored by the Center for Childhood and Youth Studies at Salem State University in Salem, Mass.

Register at the following link:  https://salemstate.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UuEslS4yTSuaB1DB7kcqGw 

Topics will include:

• Governance in the Socio-cultural Role of Sports
• Paralymic Treatment: Rolling the Gamut
• Sexual Abuse and Human Rights in Sport: Why it Matters
• Human Rights in the Equine Subculture
• Gymnasts Fight for Human Rights
• Transgender Athletes
• A Human Rights Vision for a World of Responsible Sport
• Commercialization and Economics of Sports: Human Rights Implications
• Athletes for Hope: Human Rights Advocates
• Human Rights, High School Sports, & Special Education

View the full program at the following link: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFaciCCAck/HcAnC5L4AG7HwmHLNp0ZOQ/view?utm_content=DAFaciCCAck&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink#1 

You will also find human rights information at our free, virtual Human Rights Learning Library that you can register to access here:   https://canvas.instructure.com/enroll/GLKDXX 

Look for our books on Globalisation, Human Rights, Sports, and Culture, edited by Yvonne Vissing and Joseph Zajda, which will be published later this year by Springer Publications.  

Check them out, and let us know how we can be of support in your understanding of the importance of human rights in all sports.

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