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Fall 2024 UConn ECE Human Rights Workshop

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On Thursday, November 14th, certified ECE Human Rights Instructors met on the UConn Storrs Campus, thanks to the efforts of Dr. Sandra Sirota, our ECE Faculty coordinator for Human Rights. The day’s main event was a lecture entitled “Creating Change for Children in the U.S. and Around the World”, delivered by Professor Jo Becker of Columbia University. Becker serves as the advocacy director for the division for children’s rights at Human Rights Watch, an organization which bridges research and political action to expose human rights abuses around the world, and fight for policy change to prevent further harms. Additionally, she serves as a founding chairperson for the international Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, and helped negotiate a landmark 2011 treaty to ensure labor rights for domestic workers.

Her lecture on Thursday delved into the current state of children’s rights globally, including the fight to end child marriage and child labor both domestically and around the world. Becker ended her talk with several action items for students, including engaging with their local representatives and signing petitions or open letters. This left our instructors equipped with several strategies to encourage their students to join the fight for change.

To learn more about the organization, and Jo Becker’s work, please visit hrw.org, or check out the following UConn Today article detailing the lecture she shared with our ECE instructors!

Investigate, Expose, and Change – Jo Becker on Advocating for Children’s Rights

We are so grateful to Professor Becker for taking the time to share her incredible advocacy work with us. And, as always, thank you to all who joined us for an enriching experience!

UConn Human Rights courses offered through Early College Experience.

 

Fall 2023 UConn ECE Human Rights and Genocide Studies Workshop

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Fall 2023 UConn ECE Human Rights and Genocide Studies Workshop

On Thursday, October 26th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Human Rights and Genocide Studies, Sandra Sirota, EdD met with certified HRTS Instructors for their annual professional development workshop. The ECE meeting was held in conjunction with UConn’s Human Rights Summit. Details about the summit can be referenced at: https://summit.humanrights.uconn.edu/2023-summit/. Instructors listened to the Keynote Address by Oleksandra Matviichuk a Ukrainian human rights and civil society leader based in Kyiv. They also heard from a panel of speakers as they discussed "Legacies of Babyn Yar: Preserving Memory and Identity in Ukraine" among other sessions

UConn Human Rights courses offered through ECE.

Spring 2022 UConn ECE Human Rights Workshop

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Spring 2022 UConn ECE Human Rights Workshop

On Monday, April 4th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Human Rights, Assistant Professor in Residence, Sandra Sirota, met with certified ECE Human Rights Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The Keynote presentation was given by Nancy Flowers – “HRE: Building on the Past, Looking to the Future”. Nancy Flowers is a writer and consultant for human rights education. She has worked to develop Amnesty International’s education program and is a founding member of Human Rights Educators USA, a national human rights education network. As a consultant to governments, nongovernmental organizations, and UN agencies, she has helped establish national and international networks of educators, develop materials, and train activists and professionals in many countries. She is the author and editor of many articles and books on human rights education.

ECE Faculty Coordinator, Sandra Sirota also shared a presentation and led a discussion on Human Rights advocacy from the classroom and instructors had time to share resources and discuss the courses they are teaching (or plan to teach) as well.

UConn Human Rights courses offered through ECE.

Spring 2021 UConn ECE Human Rights Workshop

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Spring 2021 UConn ECE Human Rights Workshop

On Wednesday, June 2nd UConn Early College Experience and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Human Rights, Dr. Glenn Mitoma met with certified Human Rights Instructors for their professional development workshop.

The theme for the event was: “A year to remember, not to forget – The Three Pandemics: COVID, Racism, and Denial”.  The morning began with a discussion about how COVID has impacted their teaching over the last year.  After a short break the group reconvened to collaborate in a group discussion with Dr. Mitoma about “Dealing with Denial– Historic and Current trends: Responding to claims of cancel culture, Holocaust Deniers, Armenian Genocide, and other conspiracies in the classroom.

UConn Human Rights courses offered through Early College Experience.

Educational Leadership and Human Rights Professional Development Workshop

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On Monday, October 21st, UConn Early College Experience and UConn's Educational Leadership and Human Rights Departments hosted their annual professional development training.  This year the theme was "Centering Youth Voices in Human Rights Education and Advocacy."  Certified ECE Human Rights and Educational Leadership instructors were joined by other educators and community-based practitioners for a day of discussions and activities. A group of UConn student activists held a panel discussion led by ECE Faculty Coordinator for Educational Leadership, Danielle DeRosa, and the group discussed how to integrate these topics and conversations into their classrooms.

Many thanks to ECE Faculty Coordinators, Glenn Mitoma (Human Rights) and Danielle DeRosa (Educational Leadership) for putting together such an informative day.

Human Rights and Educational Leadership classes offered through UConn ECE.