Human Rights Educators USA is excited to welcome three new members to our Steering Committee. Congratulations to Sabrina Sanchez, Maddy Wegner, and Arianna Zhang!
🗳 Special thanks to everyone who participated in the election. We look forward to serving our membership and continuing to carry out the mission of HRE USA to build a vibrant base of support for HRE in the United States.
Visit this page to get up to date on the latest HRE USA news.
Human Rights Educators USA (HRE USA) invites nominations for the 2022 Edward O’Brien Human Rights Education Awards. These awards were established in memory of Ed O’Brien, pioneer human right educator and valued member of HRE USA who died suddenly in 2015.
There are two awards annually. One recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to human rights education in the United States. The other honors an organization, institution, or program that has made a similarly outstanding contribution to human rights education in the United States.
The 2022 Edward O’Brien Human Rights Education Awards will be presented on International Human Rights Day, December 10, 2022.
Deadline for nominations is September 15, 2022. Nomination forms, a list of past winners, and a brief biography of Edward O’Brien is available on the HRE USA website at hreusa.org/projects/edward-obrien-award/. Please send inquiries and nominations to:
Nancy Flowers, Chair
O’Brien Awards Selection Committee
nancymaryflowers@gmail.com
In November of 2017, HRE USA established the Flowers Fund in honor of HRE USA founding member, Nancy Flowers.
Every year, the Flowers Fund provides small grants to support innovation and mentorship in human rights education (HRE) in the United States. The fund aims to encourage new philosophic and theoretical thinking, new pedagogies, and new outreach methods for HRE, as well as emerging leadership in the field.
The Flowers Fund will consider applications in areas such as research in human rights education, travel to attend HRE conferences, encouragement of emerging leadership, and innovative projects that expand the scope and understanding of HRE and/or extend the audience for HRE.
Grants of up to $1000 will be made for projects to individuals and organizations that are members of HRE USA. The project should have direct relevance to human rights education in the United States and be completed during the upcoming Academic year.
For more information on eligibility guidelines, please read the Flowers Fund Grant Guidelines.
The deadline for the 2022-23 Flowers Fund Grant Applications is September 15, 2022. Grant Application form is available here.
| The University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Program seeks a collaborative and visionary leader and teacher, grounded in human rights experience to be its Executive Director. Based in a major metropolitan center area that is home to worldwide leaders in human rights work, including the Center for Victims of Torture, The Advocates for Human Rights, and Alight, the University of Minnesota is home to a rich community of human rights faculty, students, centers and programs.Since 2001, the Human Rights Program has served as the University’s energetic hub for creative and interdisciplinary research, teaching, and outreach in the field of human rights.The Program’s three-fold mission is to:advance human rights scholarship through support for research and publications;educate the next generation of human rights scholars and professionals; andengage with serious human right issues through timely projects, public programs and internships places it at the forefront of educating emerging human rights leaders.The Executive Director (ED) will support and enhance the academic, professional, and community mission of the Human Rights Program, working collaboratively in a multi- and interdisciplinary environment to build programs that advance human rights through engaged research.For more information about this position and how to apply, please visit:https://jobsearch.cla.umn.edu/350407 Application review begins September 20, 2022. Position is open until filled. |
August 16-26, 2022
CPG’s Academy on Human Rights is designed to give an in-depth understanding and critical assessment of human rights laws, institutions, advocacy, and scholarship. Contributions by internationally recognized scholars and practitioners provide a bridge between the theoretical and the practical dimensions, with an emphasis upon various aspects of field practice.
The upcoming academy will be held as a two-week-long certificated online course comprising nine teaching days. Each teaching day offers around six hours of live plenary interactive lectures, workshops, debates, and break-out sessions.
Similar to an online class, the academy is articulated in distinct modules each of which explores different aspects of human rights:
• Fundamentals of Human Rights,
• International Human Rights Mechanisms,
• Human Rights in the Marketplace,
• Minorities and Human Rights,
• National Human Rights Bodies,
• Criminal Law, Security, & Human Rights, and
• Human Rights in the Digital Age.
To participate, please apply at: https://www.cpg-online.de/cpg-event/cpgs-online-academy-2022-on-human-rights/
The Black Educology Mixtape is a collective of Black people working to amplify and empower Black educational voices. Black Educology goes beyond the scope of academia to recognize the movers and shakers of emancipatory movements. We imagine this mixtape as a vehicle toward revolution. To that extent, this mixtape informs, confers, and collaborates with educational voices across the Black diaspora. Our scope and sequence focuses on the past, present, and future of Black education, which has been historically and systemically caught in the underbelly of western education. Black Educology is an open-access mixtape that moves beyond academic articles to feature various art forms and voices that are typically muted. Though traditional mixtapes only include songs, we highlight text, audio, images, transcripts, and lyrics. The main tenets of Black Educology’s educational vision are rooted in critical race theory, with a focus on counter-storytelling, Black critical theory, Afro-pessimism, and Black educational epistemology. Our work is grounded in creating mixtapes that are both revolutionary and emancipatory in the name of love, study, struggle, and refusal.
Dear HRE USA Members,
There are two seats open on the steering committee to be elected by YOU – our members.
The Steering Committee is the governing body of HRE USA, overseeing strategy, direction and policy. The Steering Committee selects its officers: 2 co-chairs, a Secretary, and Treasurer.
Review Nominee Statements and Biographies here!
Scroll down to view the bios of our candidates. Once you choose your two candidates, please click VOTE NOW.You must be a member to vote. Please email info@hreusa.org if you are uncertain of your membership status / would like to become a member.
Elected Steering Committee members will serve a three-year term beginning in August 2022.
Learning for Justice offers professional development workshops for current K-12 classroom teachers, administrators and counselors, and for anyone who coaches classroom teachers and administrators.
Each 90-minute workshop costs $15 per participant and is delivered via Zoom with participant interaction and available closed captioning. All tickets must be purchased online. (We are not able to accept cash, purchase orders or checks.) Explore the schedule below, and register today—space is limited! We continue to add new dates, so check back often.
Rethinking Schools is a nonprofit publisher and advocacy organization that for 36 years has been dedicated to sustaining and strengthening public education through social justice teaching and education activism. Our magazine, books, and other resources promote equity and racial, gender, environmental, and sexual justice in the classroom and society. We encourage grassroots efforts in our schools and communities to enhance the learning and well-being of our children, and to build broad democratic movements for social and environmental justice.
Reporting to the Board of Directors, and in collaboration with the staff and editors, the Executive Director will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for Rethinking Schools’ staff, programs, resource generation, and pursuit of its mission.
Organizational Leadership and Management:
Fundraising, business development, and financial management:
Position open until filled.
For candidate profile and more information about this position, please visit this page.
HRE USA 