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TAAS Module 3: Difficult Conversations in Polarized Spaces

by hreusaOctober 2, 2026October 2, 2026Leave a comment

The 2026–2027 Training as Action Series will center on the theme, “Voices for Justice: Human Rights, Civic Action & Creative Resistance.” This year’s sessions will explore urgent issues such as immigration reform, protecting democracy, protest rights, and various forms of creative resistance, highlighting how human rights education can equip communities to respond with clarity, courage, and collective action.
Those who attend six or more sessions will receivea certificate from HRE USA. 2026-27 TAAS Flyer

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

TAAS Module 2: Election Protection Training: Protecting Access to the Right to Vote

by hreusaSeptember 22, 2026Leave a comment

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The 2026–2027 Training as Action Series will center on the theme, “Voices for Justice: Human Rights, Civic Action & Creative Resistance.” This year’s sessions will explore urgent issues such as immigration reform, protecting democracy, protest rights, and various forms of creative resistance, highlighting how human rights education can equip communities to respond with clarity, courage, and collective action.
Those who attend six or more sessions will receivea certificate from HRE USA. 2026-27 TAAS Flyer

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

Greater Than the Sum of our Parts: Lessons from an Inter-field Collaboration in Parkersburg, WV

by hreusaSeptember 17, 2026Leave a comment

Sep 23, 2026 12:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada)

Join us to explore how bridging, organizing, and participatory democracy can add up to more than the sum of their parts. What happens when bridging, community organizing, and participatory democracy work together? The Civic Action Lab (previously known as the SHIFT Action Lab) put this question to the test through a year-long pilot in Parkersburg, West Virginia. The Parkersburg Engagement Project leveraged these three approaches to engage hundreds of residents to take on the issue of substance use. This webinar builds on a recent article in the National Civic Review, which explores the pilot in depth — including key moments where each field’s unique skills proved indispensable. In this webinar, we’ll explore lessons from the Parkersburg Engagement Project and how bridging, organizing, and participatory democracy helped strengthen leadership, navigate challenges, gather community input, and turn more than 500 ideas into a community-driven action plan.

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

Masterpeace Foundation & SIMA Academy: International Day of Peace 2026

by hreusaSeptember 16, 2026Leave a comment

Every September 21st, people across the world pause for something rare: a shared moment dedicated purely to peace.

This year, MasterPeace Foundation and SIMA Academy are joining forces to mark the International Day of Peace with something a little different — a global film screening initiative that uses the power of storytelling to bring people closer together.

Movies have a strange kind of magic. A story told well can make a stranger’s struggle feel like your own, can turn statistics into faces, and can open a conversation that would otherwise never happen. That’s the idea behind this year’s campaign: instead of just talking about peace, we want communities to sit down together, watch, feel, and talk — really talk — about what peace means where they live.

This isn’t a one-city event. It’s designed to happen in living rooms, community centers, schools, and public squares, wherever people are willing to gather. Local partners and MasterPeace clubs will choose films that speak to their own context — stories about reconciliation, climate resilience, gender equity, migration, or simply what it looks like when ordinary people choose dialogue over division.

>> Learn more and join the campaign

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

Teaching for Black Lives Study Groups: Apply Today!

by hreusaSeptember 12, 2026Leave a comment

Are educators at your school or district looking for meaningful professional development and a supportive learning community?

Form a Teaching for Black Lives study group in your school, district, or statewide! You’ll receive support, resources, and encouragement to teach young people honestly about systemic racism and how to organize for justice. Educators report that the study groups not only deepen their knowledge and improve their practice — they also increase their resolve to continue teaching honestly. And they provide a community of accountability and mutual support.

Every group receives:

Teaching for Black Lives book copies
Rethinking Schools subscriptions
Study guides
Access to a network of social justice educators
and more!

Here are a few comments from past participants:

This Teaching for Black Lives study group is a place of refuge and also a source of strength to fight back.

Having a space where a group of us dedicate time and energy to tending our anti-racist and anti-bias muscles in service of our students and families, ourselves and our communities, is life-sustaining work! It’s one of the most meaningful parts of my work.

This Teaching for Black Lives book study was an important entry point to starting difficult conversations when facing the realities of our students. We read, we learned, we confronted realities, we identified barriers, and we brought our learnings together to develop solutions we could implement at our school.

These study groups are a project of the Zinn Education Project, coordinated by Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change.

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

HRE USA September Newsletter is out!

by hreusaSeptember 10, 2026Leave a comment

Visit this page to get up to date on the latest HRE USA news.

See past issues of the newsletter here.

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

TAAS Module 1: Campus Organizing and Resistance Mechanisms

by hreusaSeptember 8, 2026Leave a comment

>> Register here

tinyurl.com/taas-2026-27-m1

Module 1 Flyer

SUMMARY
Current and past university students will discuss their recent and past efforts to organize around human rights issues in a university setting as well as where their organizing has taken them beyond the university.

OBJECTIVES
Participants will understand past and ongoing efforts by university students to address contemporary human rights abuses.
Participants will gain knowledge about campus organization models for organizing around human rights abuses.
Participants will learn about how university students approach their activism and organizing beyond their undergraduate years.
Participants will learn from Minnesota youth about the ICE occupation of Minnesota, how they have been and continue to be affected by it, and their response to it.

The 2026–2027 Training as Action Series will center on the theme, “Voices for Justice: Human Rights, Civic Action & Creative Resistance.” This year’s sessions will explore urgent issues such as immigration reform, protecting democracy, protest rights, and various forms of creative resistance, highlighting how human rights education can equip communities to respond with clarity, courage, and collective action.
Those who attend six or more sessions will receivea certificate from HRE USA. 2026-27 TAAS Flyer

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

The 2026-2027 Training As Action Series (TAAS) is back in September!

by hreusaSeptember 4, 2026Leave a comment

Human Rights Educators USA’s annual Training as Action Series (TAAS) is a virtual training series focused on bridging personal and collective action on some of the most critical human rights issues of today. TAAS creates an educational space to connect and collaborate with others in human rights education and training. It also gives participants the skills and information needed to take action on rights issues of today.

The 2026–2027 Training as Action Series will center on the theme, “Voices for Justice: Human Rights, Civic Action & Creative Resistance.” This year’s sessions will explore urgent issues such as immigration reform, protecting democracy, protest rights, and various forms of creative resistance, highlighting how human rights education can equip communities to respond with clarity, courage, and collective action.
Those who attend six or more sessions will receivea certificate from HRE USA. 2026-27 TAAS Flyer

Monday, September 14th, 7 pm ET
Module 1: Campus Organizing and Resistance Mechanisms
Register here

SUMMARY
Current and past university students will discuss their recent and past efforts to organize around human rights issues in a university setting as well as where their organizing has taken them beyond the university.

OBJECTIVES
Participants will understand past and ongoing efforts by university students to address contemporary human rights abuses.
Participants will gain knowledge about campus organization models for organizing around human rights abuses.
Participants will learn about how university students approach their activism and organizing beyond their undergraduate years.
Participants will learn from Minnesota youth about the ICE occupation of Minnesota, how they have been and continue to be affected by it, and their response to it.

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

KHRC Book Club: No Justice in the Shadows by Alina Das

by hreusaAugust 28, 2026Leave a comment

September 16 at 12 p.m.—KHRC Book Club: No Justice in the Shadows by Alina Das:

Das’ provocative account of our immigration system’s long, racist history reveals how it has become the brutal machine that upends the lives of millions of immigrants today. Through the stories of those caught in the system, Das traces the ugly history of immigration policy to explain how the U.S. constructed the idea of the “criminal alien,” effectively dividing immigrants into the categories “good” and “bad,” “deserving” and “undeserving.” Learn more and register for the conversation.

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

Amnesty International’s Freedom Pages Art and Literature Competition

by hreusaAugust 13, 2026Leave a comment

As part of Amnesty International’s 2026 Banned Books Week Action, we invite you to help spread the word about our Youth Art & Literature Competition, an opportunity for young people to explore human rights and freedom of expression through creative expression.

Each year during Banned Books Week, Amnesty International highlights the stories of individuals around the world who have been threatened, imprisoned, disappeared, or otherwise targeted because of their writing, art, journalism, advocacy, or other forms of creative expression. This year, we are spotlighting individuals from Algeria, Mali, Iran, Russia, the Philippines, the United States, and Palestine who have faced human rights violations for speaking out.

To engage youth in these important issues, we are inviting them to create and submit an original work of art or piece of literature inspired by one of the creative prompts featured on our submission form. Through this project, young people can examine themes of freedom of expression, censorship, and human rights while raising awareness about the experiences of individuals at risk and the importance of defending the right to speak, create, and share ideas freely.

We would greatly appreciate your help in sharing this opportunity with your networks, especially students, educators, libraries, youth groups, after-school programs, and community organizations.

Learn more and submit an entry here!

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.