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Seminar Series on SNCC and Grassroots Organizing

Zinn Education Project

The series, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is focused on six themes that are at the heart of SNCC’s history of grassroots organizing: the organizing tradition, voting rights, Black Power, women and gender, freedom teaching, and art and culture in movement building.

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How Water Insecurity Impacts Women’s Health

Sapiens

Working in Indonesia and Peru, we also use this research, and our close partnerships with local communities and organizations, to spur action that supports gender equality and the basic human right to water. WATER INSECURITY AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE The statistics on rising water insecurity are distressing. An estimated “1.8

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Edtech Should Be More Evidence-Driven

ED Surge

Perhaps most critically, edtech also has potential to provide children with a personalized learning experience tailored to their own context, interests, and abilities—something that a new UNESCO report calls a human right. This type of shift however, will require the edtech sector to undergo a dramatic culture shift.

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Want More Innovation? Try Connecting the Dots Between Engineering and Humanities

Digital Promise

As the American Academy of Arts and Science’s 2013 “The Heart of the Matter” report observes, connecting these fields is necessary to solve the world’s biggest problems such as “the provision of clean air and water, food, health, energy, universal education, human rights, and the assurance of physical safety.”.

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4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians

Studies Weekly

13, 2024 • By Studies Weekly History would not be the same without the inspiring lives of Black humanitarians. For Black History Month, we honor four heroes who advocated for civil rights, fought for the underserved, and spoke out for the welfare of others. 4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians Feb.

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Latin American Solidarity in Changing Times  

Anthropology News

There is a long history of US imperial politics in Latin America and the Caribbean. Throughout the Cold War, campaigns of discreditation against capitalist alternatives flourished in the United States, and identity-based and human-rights-focused campaigns became more prominent.

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Civics U: Natural Rights

Civics U

Natural rights are rights that are considered to be universal human rights that are granted by nature or God, not granted by society or government and thus not to be revoked by society or government. They are an intrinsic part of human existence. They are an intrinsic part of human existence.

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