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A Turning Point For People and Planet

Digital Promise

Since its launch in 2018, MY World 360° annual selections have screened for and inspired people across the world at the UN General Assembly, UN SDG Global Festival of Action, film festivals, schools and community events, and cultural institutions. A Community of Content Creators.

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OPINION: Betsy DeVos’ slippery slope of religion, ethnicity and race

The Hechinger Report

May 2, 2018, Washington D.C. Responses usually include: a religion, a race, an ethnicity, a culture and a country. Others separate out Israel as a legal issue or a human rights issue. Education Secretary Betsy Devos at the Teacher of the Year ceremony at the White House. Photo: Alex Edelman/CNP via ZUMA Wire.

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STUDENT VOICE: ‘Then one day a bomb exploded during my geometry class’

The Hechinger Report

MAFRAQ, Jordan — Syrian refugee children at a settlement near the Jordan-Syria border on April 26, 2018. It is also a country that, culturally, places a high value on education. The need for and importance of education was so well understood, it seemed as much a basic right as good health or personal safety.

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Learn how Political Science Students are Improving Wikipedia

MPSA

While Wikipedia’s breadth and depth are staggering, it still consists of glaring content gaps, and no where is this more evident than in historically underrepresented areas, such as women, minorities, and non-Western peoples and cultures. They expanded the entries on the Constitution of Ghana as well as Human rights in Ethiopia.

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OPINION: Palestinian American educators deserve support from their peers

The Hechinger Report

As a pediatric speech-language pathologist, I often find myself in settings where discussing Palestine, or even mentioning my identity as a Palestinian American, presents more challenges than when I worked in the field of human rights and law. Even using their own experience doesn’t protect teachers from attacks.

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Qatar 2022: Controversial geographies And data

Geogramblings

Looking back at the resources that I created (below), I attempted to highlight the issues surrounding human rights alongside logistical controversies such as the climate and resources. Qatar’s laws and cultural norms are based on traditional gender roles and norms. Homosexuality is seen as a violation of these norms.

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Thousands of students cross the U.S.-Mexico border every day to go to college

The Hechinger Report

With one foot in each country, these students have the linguistic and cultural capacity to navigate both the U.S. Our entire economy, our way of life, our culture is very contingent on this very specific border relationship. Some started crossing in elementary school. and its largest trading partner. trade with Mexico exceeds $1.7