“Every Living Soul” composition

 Merrill Collins’ composition “Every Living Soul” will be premiered at Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School , Kelly Gymnasium, 1011 Chestnut St. Alameda on Thursday April 27 Spring Concert 6:30.  Admission is free. 

The song includes recitations of all 30 articles of the UDHR and will include various languages to be prepared by the students. 

This is the first time the orchestration will be performed by a High School orchestra working in tandem with the choir.

Ohanessian Chair & Mass Violence Research: The Next Generation

Four doctoral advisees of Joachim Savelsberg, and co-advisees with Alejandro Baer, will present their research on the legal, cultural, and political processing of mass violence. Each presenter will speak for 15 minutes, followed by a Q&A period.

Virtual and in person at CHGS Library, 710 Social Sciences Building, University of Minnesota

Thursday, April 27, 5:30-7:30 PM CST

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HRE USA TAAS Event: Multiculturalism and Beyond: Reflecting on the intersection of Intercultural Learning and Human Rights

APRIL 27, 2023: 5:30 PM CT

What is intercultural learning? How does it advance human rights? In this session, participants will learn how to create impactful intercultural learning experiences to cultivate a culture of peace and human rights in their schools and communities. We will explore examples of how intercultural learning is applied and its connection to human rights in both formal and informal education. See workshop flyer for more information.

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HRE USA TAAS Event: Knology Evaluation & Impact Workshop


APRIL 12, 2023: 6-7:00 PM ET
This training will cover basic evaluation terminology and approaches, offering several tools that can be easily implemented by HRE practitioners. At the end of the hour- long session, participants will be able to think strategically about how to design and measure HRE initiatives to maximize impact.
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HRE USA TAAS Event: Book Banning Online Discussion

MARCH 30, 2023: 6-7:00 PM ET

This presentation will give a short overview of the history of book banning and focus
on current issues that face schools, libraries, families, teachers, and students.
Together we will explore the relevance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
and strategies that can be used to ensure that children have a right to access
information in today’s complex world.


REGISTER NOW: https://presidiohillschool.zoom.us/j/84544735582?
pwd=NXE2N2pSSUJoU1VzQzY5SU9BOTZsZz09

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Brainstorming Workshop: New and emerging humanrights programs and initiatives

March 17th at 11am ET/8am PT
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At academic institutions across the globe, new programs are being launched to integrate human rights pedagogy, knowledge and practice into the curriculum and community via a variety of pathways: undergraduate human rights majors, minors, and concentrations; masters and doctoral programs; crossdisciplinary initiatives; and free-standing human rights institutes, among others.

This brainstorming session will feature presentations by leaders of new and emerging programs, followed by discussion and input from UCCHRE members.


Presenters:
Grace Cheng, Director, Center for Human Rights, San Diego State University
Carrie Cuthbert, Project Advisor, (Re)Visioning Human Rights, Democracy and the Liberal Arts, Smith College
Golam Mathbor, Professor and Program Director, Doctor of Social Work (DSW) in Human Rights Leadership, School of Social Work, Monmouth University

How To Do Human Rights Education: Online workshop by global scholar Audrey Osler

Mon, 27 March 2023, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT

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Improve Children’s Lives Through Human Rights Education at a free workshop by international human rights education scholar Dr. Audrey Osler
Do you ever wonder about what we can do to change attitudes of intolerance and advocate better for peace and justice?
We can’t do what we don’t know.
We can’t teach what we’ve never been taught.
Solutions can be found in this workshop on how to integrate Human Rights Education (HRE) into your courses, organizations, and life.
Dr. Audrey Osler is one of the world’s experts in human rights education (HRE) and is coming to conduct a workshop for educators and public leaders. Her publications include: Teachers, Human Rights and Diversity: educating citizens in a multicultural society, Changing Citizenship: democracy and inclusion in educationGirls and Exclusion: rethinking the agenda.
Come and find out about all the resources that exist to help you be a human rights defender!

HRE USA at Civic Learning Week 2023

Protecting Democracy through Civic Learning & Human Rights Education

Educator Voices on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Date: March 8, 2023
Time: 3pm PT/6pm ET – 4pm PT/7pm ET

This webinar features educators from across the United States who are successfully integrating human rights education (HRE) into the civic learning experiences of students at diverse grade levels.  They will share their experiences of using HRE concepts and instructional practices to help students connect with the skills, values and practices that are essential for participants in an inclusive, democratic society. Strategies for engaging youth participation and fostering youth leadership are a particular theme of the webinar.

Key questions addressed:

  • What are democratic civic values and behaviors?
  • What is human rights education and how does it support the understanding and practice of democratic civic values and behaviors?
  • How can HRE be effectively integrated into an overall program of civic education at all grade levels?
  • What are some strategies for engaging youth participation and fostering youth leadership in building a human rights supportive civil society?

The presenters and facilitator will share resources for putting HRE/democratic infused civics lessons into their programs with attenders. The webinar will be presented via Zoom and will be recorded so it can be shared with those who sign up for the webinar. There will be an opportunity for attendees to dialogue with the panel.  

This presentation is part of Human Rights Educators USA’s year of Human Rights, honoring the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights  with the theme Protecting Democracy, Promoting Human Rights.

Panelists

  • Rosemary Blanchard, founding member of Human Rights Educators USA (hreusa.org) and the Human Rights Education Community of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
  • Sandy Sohcot, founding director of The World As It Could Be Human Rights Education Program (TWAICB)
  • Natalia Anciso, visual artist and educator in Oakland, CA
  • Jessica Terbrueggen, international education specialist with over fifteen years of experience working globally with diverse populations in the United States, China, Ecuador, and South Korea at the intersection of human rights and the literary arts
  • John Terry, Supervisor of Social Studies for the Bernards Township School District in Basking Ridge, N.

Special thanks to University of San Francisco and the Department of International & Multicultural Education for Co-Sponsoring and providing the webinar platform.