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The HRE USA Edmonds Fellowship Committee is seeking proposals for 2023 fellowship projects. This year, the Committee has selected a theme, Protecting Democracy, Promoting Human Rights, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognize the necessity of protecting a democratic and civil society. The theme this year seeks timely and topical fellowship proposals that demonstrate human rights education (HRE) as essential for participation in an inclusive, democratic society. The committee welcomes diverse ideas for fellowship projects and offers suggestions for proposals to address areas such as: 

• increasing youth participation in human rights education, 
• training and other opportunities to engage in HRE and/or civic action,
• improving, creating, or compiling HRE resources,
• implementing a collaborative project(s) among HRE USA members and other organizational partners, 
• increasing capacity to further the mission, guiding principles and values, and priorities of HRE USA. 

Fellows will commit 100 hours over roughly 10 weeks to address the topic identified in your proposal. The Committee is exploring summer and fall fellowship opportunities, with dates to be determined. With this year’s theme in mind, as well as the goals and priorities of HRE USA, we invite you to submit your Edmonds Fellowship Project Proposal using the application form by February 10, 2023 to kristi@hreusa.org.

The approved Edmonds Fellowship projects and application process will be online March 1st. The fellowship submission deadline will be March 24, 2023.

The HRE USA Edmonds Fellowship Committee
Edmonds Fellowship Project Proposals

The HRE USA Edmonds Fellowship Committee is seeking proposals for 2023 fellowship projects. This year, the Committee has selected a theme, Protecting Democracy, Promoting Human Rights, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognize the necessity of protecting a democratic and civil society. The theme this year seeks timely and topical fellowship proposals that demonstrate human rights education (HRE) as essential for participation in an inclusive, democratic society. The committee welcomes diverse ideas for fellowship projects and offers suggestions for proposals to address areas such as: 

• increasing youth participation in human rights education, 
• training and other opportunities to engage in HRE and/or civic action,
• improving, creating, or compiling HRE resources,
• implementing a collaborative project(s) among HRE USA members and other organizational partners, 
• increasing capacity to further the mission, guiding principles and values, and priorities of HRE USA. 

Fellows will commit 100 hours over roughly 10 weeks to address the topic identified in your proposal. The Committee is exploring summer and fall fellowship opportunities, with dates to be determined. With this year’s theme in mind, as well as the goals and priorities of HRE USA, we invite you to submit your Edmonds Fellowship Project Proposal using the application form by February 10, 2023 to kristi@hreusa.org.

The approved Edmonds Fellowship projects and application process will be online March 1st. The fellowship submission deadline will be March 24, 2023.

“In relationship with organizers for justice, educators can co-create radically different experiences for students to feel and be whole in their classrooms.” — Riley Drake, Ph.D. 

In this new LFJ article, school counseling professor Riley Drake, Ph.D., outlines a model of social and emotional learning. Drake explains that “‘feeling safe’ is contextual,” especially for Black and Brown children whose needs are often overlooked in our nation’s classrooms. Relying on community partnerships, promoting mutual aid to foster solidarity and advancing restorative justice are strategies educators and other adults can employ to increase children’s feelings of safety and well-being. 

In this excerpt from the article, Drake describes how a teacher enlists the help of local organizers: 

Solidarity as safety was an approach Staci used in collaboration with Imani, Jada and Nova to honor the experiences of students familiar with and vulnerable to structural harm. By listening to children’s lived experiences, Staci recognized a fear of policing and punishment. Rather than dismissing students’ fears or silencing and “regulating” emotions through a decontextualized calming technique, Staci sought community wisdom in efforts to transform the source of the harm.

Learn how to conduct research for humanitarian practice from University of Geneva, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Aga Khan University.

Researchers make sure that the work of humanitarian organizations is based on well-established facts. They are essential for humanitarian operations. Operational research plays a vital role in humanitarian organizations, as it helps to identify and solve problems that can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of humanitarian practice. The application of operational research techniques can help to optimize resources, plan for and respond to emergencies, and enable better ways to conduct humanitarian operations.

In this course by University of Geneva you will develop fundamental knowledge and skills to engage in humanitarian research. The course will cover humanitarian research methods, study design and outline how operational research can advance humanitarian practice. 

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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights has been selected as a charity partner of the 2023 United Airlines NYC Half Marathon on March 19, 2023! Apply now to become one of our five team members by February 1, 2023. We will select our runners from the pool of applicants.

When you join our team, you’ll be running for human rights. The funds we raise will support our work to realize social justice for all!

The deadline to apply to be one of our runners in the 2023 United Airlines NYC Half Marathon has been extended to February 1. Running with us guarantees entry to the race on March 19, and the funds you raise support our work to realize social justice for all! A spot on the team also includes connections to participants and experienced marathoners who can offer race-day strategies.

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There are 13 guiding principles of the Black Lives Matter movement. We seek to expand student understanding of these principles through the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action (February 6-10, 2023) and beyond.

Teaching for Change has compiled lists of recommended titles that center each of the Black Lives Matter 13 guiding principles, as well as additional recommended booklists. 

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Wed, January 25, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM CST

The DePaul University Institute for Daisaku Ikeda Studies in Education is pleased to welcome Monisha Bajaj to give the 2023 Ikeda Lecture, “Peace, Creative Coexistence, and Human Rights Education.” Professor of International and Multicultural Education at the University of San Francisco, Dr. Bajaj is an internationally renowned author and educator. Her scholarship on peace, human rights, migration, racial justice, and education has been recognized with multiple prestigious awards, including the Ella Baker/Septima Clark Human Rights Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA).  

In this lecture commemorating Ikeda’s 40 years of annual peace proposals, Dr. Bajaj brings her influential work and perspectives into dialogue with Ikeda’s, engaging especially with his 2013 proposal on the transformative power of education to bolster human dignity, agency, and the wisdom of courageous empathy to build a global society of peace, creative coexistence, and human rights. This event is free and open to the public. Please register here to receive the event Zoom link and please forward this email to students, colleagues, and friends who may be interested.