Learning for Justice is hosting a series of virtual professional development workshops starting in March and going into May 2022. The workshops are open to current K-12 classroom teachers, administrators and counselors, and for anyone who coaches classroom teachers and administrators. Check out the full workshop schedule here and register now—space is limited!
Youth are invited to the virtual Youth Climate Justice Summit 2022! It is hosted by Climate Generation’s Youth Environmental Activists program and partners on February 25-26, 2022
Virtually meet with elected officials • Make new friends in the youth climate movement • Learn about climate justice • Find out how to get involved with what you care about
Workshops will include:
Climate Change & Imperialism in the Middle East
Disability Justice and the Climate Crisis
Earth Emergency documentary
How to plan an action!
Solar for Schools
…and lots more!
On the International Day of Education (Jan 24), Amnesty International launched Rights Arcade, a free human rights game app which aims to educate the next generation of human rights defenders. The game is available on Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Amnesty.RightsArcade ) and IOS store (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rights-arcade/id1593637186 ) .
The game’s stories, which are fictionalized experiences inspired by real world events, are driven by a player’s choices. The player gets to play the role and navigate the experiences of the three central characters, making decisions based on their own understanding of human rights and unpacking how human rights concepts apply in daily life.
People around the world will be able to access a collection of three games currently available in four languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Thai and Korean. Rights Arcade will be regularly updated to accommodate learning in more languages, and with new game offerings.
Sponsored by Citizens for Global Solutions, Minnesota
Date: Thursday, February 17, 2022
Time: 7 pm-8:15 pm (Central Time – USA)
Where: Zoom (register at link below)
Cost: FREE and open to the public
Watch the film, then join the discussion with the guest speaker, Diana Quintero. YouTube ( or copy and paste it: https://youtu.be/ftFbCwJfs1I)
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqcOyprzIsE9YLn46sbTjJdP0GNE7Zn2eM
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Description: ALUNA is made by and with the Kogi people, a genuine lost civilization hidden on an isolated triangular pyramid mountain in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, nearly five miles high, on the Colombian-Caribbean coast. The Kogi have made this amazing documentary to help us understand how to avoid the destruction of the world that they are trying to protect, and of ourselves. Learn more about the movie in its website: https://www.alunathemovie.com/
Guest Speaker: Diana Quintero is a Visiting Human Rights Engaged Scholar at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs. she has been teaching since 2008 a Human Rights Law Clinic focused on legal defense to vulnerable communities and groups such as armed conflict victims and people living under environmental risks. She participates in different professional nets working on sexual and productive rights of women and in women’s equality as well.
You can find this information, as well as upcoming events, on the CGS-MN website: https://www.globalsolutionsmn.org/upcomingevents
Past events and recordings: https://www.globalsolutionsmn.org/pastevents
The HRE USA Innovations & Partnerships Committee is working on developing language that clarifies the importance of diversity, inclusion and equity (DEI) from an HRE perspective in order to support educators who are dealing with challenges to bringing this orientation to their schools and/or other forums.
To that end, they are seeking your input to the following questions:
1. What is your experience with being trained or with doing training in DEI?
a. What has been positive?
b. What has been negative?
c. What perceptions do you see relative to DEI?
2. How have you seen DEI related to HRE?
a. In what ways does HRE inform efforts to further DEI?
3. How would language connecting HRE to DEI be helpful to your efforts?
Please send your responses to Sandy Sohcot by Tuesday, February 15: sandy@theworldasitcouldbe.org
Inspired by the real time conversations our facilitators, friends and communities are having around COVID vaccines, we invite you to dialogue across the divide and find a shared meaning behind vaccines and mandates
February 9th at 12pm PST on Zoom
In dialogues, we go beyond right or wrong. We explore experiences, how you arrive there and how you move forward. Let’s share a conversation!
More about this event: This dialogue offering emerged from a small group dialogue held recently, where we began to understand the spectrum of vaccine willingness. We also filtered the mandates through a human rights lens. For example, how are mandates affecting movement and employment status, and whose rights are affected when we don’t vaccinate ourselves? Explore the fundamentals of dialogue as we take on a difficult subject.
Dr. Keith David Watenpaugh, Professor and Founding Director of Human Rights Studies at the University of California, Davis, is the recipient of the 2021 O’Brien Award for individual achievement. On January 31, 2022, Nancy Flowers of HRE USA joined Professor Watenpaugh’s class at UC Davis and presented him with the award. Congratulations again, Dr. Watenpaugh!
The Human Rights Watch Student Task Force (STF) has curated resources to help students and teachers advance climate change education at their schools. The STF team is eager to introduce the Climate Education Toolkit page, providing students and teachers with educational activities and resources!
STF defines climate change education as the inclusion of climate crisis discussions, information, activities and/or teaching across all subject areas. The best way to fight the human rights impacts of the climate crisis is to make sure everyone is educated about them. If you are a student or teacher interested in getting more resources or creating a climate crisis unit for your class, contact Student Task Force Liaison, Jordan Todd (M.A. Education, Licensed California Single-Subject Social Science Teacher).
Visit this page to get up to date on the latest HRE USA news.
The Humphrey School of Public Affairs is proud to welcome Malala Yousafzai, internationally known advocate for global education and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, as the next speaker in its Distinguished Carlson Lecture series.
Yousafzai will discuss her ongoing campaign to improve access for girls’ education in conversation with Faiza Mahamud, a reporter for the Star Tribune newspaper and a Humphrey School alumna, on February 1, 2022, at noon CST. The event will be presented virtually. Register here!
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