Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Du Bois’ advocacy extended across the world through many Pan-African conferences and an appeal to the United Nations to recognize the suffering of Black Americans, according to the NAACP. He encouraged Black Americans to work as communities to create their own system of producers and consumers to fight against economic discrimination.

Museum 52

Museum Social Studies Advocacy History 52

MPSA

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In a course on African Politics , students created new articles on Voting rights in Nigeria as well as Child soldiers in Uganda. They expanded the entries on the Constitution of Ghana as well as Human rights in Ethiopia. They also updated the article on Hong Kong-United States relations with newer and more relevant sources.

Political Science 52

Political Science Human Rights History Economics 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Area Educators for Social Justice has secured the following co-sponsors for this year, in addition to the co-host, the African American Civil War Museum and Memorial.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2023

I entered college in 1989 with an interest in human rights advocacy, planning to be a lawyer. I am a poster child for the English major. I quickly fell in love with poetry in a class I’d somewhat randomly taken on John Keats and William Butler Yeats.

Humanities 93

Humanities Advocacy Human Rights Social Science 93

Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Human rights experts and activists have named the situation in Palestine “ scholasticide ” or “ educide ,” terms that refer to the systematic destruction of a people’s educational system. Protecting academic freedom and freedom of expression is crucial—especially given the widespread silencing of Palestinian human rights advocacy.

Anthropology 128

Anthropology Human Rights Humanities Cultures 128

The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2016

Thirty-eight religiously affiliated institutions have received exemptions from Title IX, according to a list released by the Education Department under pressure from Democrats in Congress after the gay rights organization the Human Rights Campaign used public-records laws to help expose the practice.

Government 50

Government Human Rights K-12 Advocacy 50

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Jews for Racial & Economic Justice’s “ Understanding Antisemitism: An Offering to Our Movement.” Created in 2010 and housed at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, the Costs of War project builds on the work of over 60 scholars, experts, human rights advocates, and physicians from around the world.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52