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December 3, 2022 | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | BCNY Gerry Clubhouse: 321 E 111th St, New York, NY 10029
Sponsored by Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE), this full-day interactive, participatory arts workshop is recommended for: teachers, educators, non-profit leaders, artists, activists, social workers, youth leaders, teaching artists, and others!
Workshop registration and light breakfast will start at 9:30am. Participants will be responsible for their own lunch, but snacks will be served. As a follow-up to this workshop, we’ll be offering an optional, virtual check-in to put into practice what we’ve learned together.
For more information, including registration information, please see this website page: artejustice.org/professionaldevelopment
2022 O’Brien Award for Individual Achievement
Susan Katz’s personal commitment to HRE as a scholar, an advocate, and an activist has inspired a generation of students and established a rooted academic program that has deeply influenced HRE across the United States. She co-founded the first graduate program in HRE in the USA. which has served as a training ground for both activists, who bring human rights to their communities and classrooms, and professionals in the field, who have themselves become leaders and innovative researchers. USF began its doctoral concentration in HRE within the Department of International and Multicultural Education 15 years ago and launched a first-of-its kind Masters of Arts Degree Program in HRE in 2013
One nominator has said of her, “Susan Katz’s … passion for HRE is infectious. … [S]he has used her tremendous passion, energy, and experience as an organizer to advance HRE at the University of San Francisco and within academia in the US.” Another nominator emphasized her significant contribution as a catalyst for furthering HRE locally, nationally, and internationally, her influence in legitimizing HRE within the broader discipline of educatioal research, and her dynamic pedagogy and ground-breaking scholarship. Her co-edited book, Bringing Human Rights Education to U.S. Classrooms: Exemplary Models from Elementary Grades through University, (Palgrave McMillan, 2015) has become a classic in the field.
HRE USA is proud to honor Susan Katz for her commitment and service to human rights education in the United States.
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Saturday, November 19, 2022
11:00-1:00pm ET
Facilitators:
Kaylee Bradford
Kaylee Taylor Bradford is a global educator with over eight years of international training experience. She has a M.A. in International Educational Development from Columbia University, specializing in Peace and Human Rights Education. Throughout her career, she has worked in a variety of sectors including human trafficking prevention, refugee education, substance abuse rehabilitation, and research management. She is currently an independent educational consultant assisting a variety of organizations with curriculum development, teacher training, research, monitoring, and evaluation. Kaylee focuses her research on preservice HRE for teachers in the United States and currently serves as a Professional Development Consultant for HRE USA, leading their organizational training and resource development efforts.
Elana Haviv is the Founder and Executive Director of Generation Human Rights, Inc. She designs human rights education programs that include innovative multi-disciplinary curricula for children, youth and teachers in schools, refugee settings and humanitarian emergencies in the US and abroad. The programs enable youth to develop the skills they need to live informed and engaged lives as they navigate the circumstances of the world around them. She contracts independently with international agencies as a policy and curriculum writer around human rights issues. Most recently she worked on the Addressing anti-Semitism through Education: Guidelines for Policymakers for UNESCO and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. She holds a Masters of Historiography in Education from Antioch University and is an oral history fellow at Columbia University. She is currently a doctoral student in Leadership and Change. (Santa Fe, NM)
Sandy Sohcot is Director and originator of The World As It Could Be Human Rights Education Program. Sandy holds a California Lifetime Teaching Credential. In July 2001, Sandy became Executive Director of the Rex Foundation and served as in that capacity through 2013, to help renew the Foundation in the absence of direct Grateful Dead concert funding. In 2006, as part of her work, Sandy developed The World As It Could Be initiative to raise awareness about the human rights framework. The initial work evolved to become a full program with curriculum that includes the creative arts as a vital part of teaching about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since January 2014, Sandy has been Director of TWAICB, now a program of the Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs’ ActivitiesLeague (DSAL). Sandy has been active in the small business and women’s communities of San Francisco. She co-founded the Women’s Leadership Alliance, and is past president of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. In July 1999, the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women honored Sandy with their Women Who Make a Difference Award. Sandy served as a Commissioner on the San Francisco Human Rights Commission 2004 –2008.
November 15, 2022 from 7-8 pm ET/4-5 pm PT
How do you teach about migration and immigration in the classroom? In this webinar, we will introduce the principles of our approach and demonstrate how to use our resources, lessons, and toolkits in your teaching. Re-Imagining Migration staff will be joined by educators who have adapted our approach to their teaching.
REGISTRATION: bit.ly/hreusa-taas2022
Monday, November 14, 2022
7pm–9pm ET
Virtual Zoom Session
You have the right to live free from gun violence. The impact of the gun violence in the United States (US) has created a human rights crisis by denying people their civil and political rights, including their right to live, right to security of person, right to be free from discrimination and equal protection of the law. Gun violence also undermines the enjoyment of economic, social, and cultural rights, including the right to health and the right to education. The US has a legal obligation to respect, protect and fulfill these human rights as it has signed or ratified five International human rights conventions.
Facilitators:
Ernest Coverson serves at the End Gun Violence Campaign Manager for Amnesty International USA. In this capacity he works to eradicate all forms of gun violence plaguing our country especially in Black and Brown communities. This work is being done through the legislative process and direct community organizing. As campaign manager Ernest has been able to forge partnerships throughout the country that has allowed Amnesty to support and elevate organizations that typically don’t receive national recognition.
Ernest has committed his life to social justice throughout the country. He began his journey for justice as Regional Youth Director with the NAACP where he worked to develop youth leadership across the Midwest. The work and results during that time lead to his elevation to Regional Director on the east coast where he continued to organize, train activist and also lead national voter empowerment programs.
With over 20 years of experience in community empowerment work, Ernest continues to build bridges for those in challenging circumstances while making sure their voices are lifted. He is proud father of one daughter and servant to all.
Ebony McClease is a human rights activist and serves as AI’s Legislative Coordinator for CT Ebony is a non-profit organizer with experience at campus, regional, national and international levels. She is currently a Job Developer with Forensic Health Services and has also worked as a Sexual Assault Crisis Counselor with Women and Families Center. Ebony has an MS in Political Science: Public Administration/Policy; and an MA in Women’s Studies.
Cynthia Gabriel Walsh is the Director of Human Rights Education for Amnesty International USA. Prior to joining Amnesty International USA, she was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guinea, West Africa. Cynthia holds a Masters of Science in Dispute Resolution from the University of Massachusetts, McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies and an undergraduate degree in Anthropology, International Affairs, and Latino Studies from Northeastern University. Cynthia has lived and traveled extensively through the America’s, Europe, and West Africa. She is based in Massachusetts where she lives with her spouse and three sons.
The World As It Could Be sat down with representatives from Voice of Witness to discuss human rights education, the UDHR, and their work.
HRE USA Northern California Regional Rep and Steering Committee Member Lina Lenberg discusses her dissertation on the Uyghur genocide with (Radio Free Asia (RFA)
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