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Humanity Is Not Up For Debate!
What stands in the way of social justice, and how can we empower students to protect the basic rights and freedoms of others?
Empowering learners to take informed action for social justice promotes responsibility that goes beyond the classroom; it builds empathy to stand up for the rights of others.
"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Human Rights
People everywhere have the same rights which no one can take away. These rights are the foundation for freedom, justice, and peace in the world.
Human Rights Resources
Universal Declaration Of Human Rights
The Defenders: An Interactive Map
Exploring Issues - WE.org
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
weLEAD - website
Student Activities
What exactly are the basic human rights? Who gets to pick them? Who enforces them—and how? - Benedetta Berti, TED Educator
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Every man, women, and child on earth is born free.
How To Understand Power
People move and operate within systems of power, but understanding the sources of power are key to being an effective citizen and a person who can promote change.
Indigenous Rights
Indigenous people face hardships around the world. This includes the United States, Canada, and Australia and many others.
Indigenous Rights Resources
American Indian Removal - Native Knowledge 360
Essential Understandings About American Indians - Native Knowledge 360
Marchers In Washington Call For Indigenous Rights - January 2019Indigenous Rights vs Columbus Day
Zinn Education Project - Abolish Columbus Day Campaign
Teaching For Change - Abolish Columbus Day
Student ActivitiesPolitical Cartoon Analysis Handout
Symbolism Checklist
Political Cartoon PacketWhat is the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?
The plight of indigenous peoples spans the globe from sea to shining sea in America to the land down under in Australia.
How the U.S. Stole Thousands of Native American Children
Toward the end of the 19th century, the US took thousands of Native American children and enrolled them in off-reservation boarding schools, stripping them of their cultures and languages.
Support Indigenous Rights By Abolishing Columbus Day
Women's Rights
Gender equality benefits all humanity. Women and girls should have the same opportunities as others. Unfortunately, girls worldwide are denied these rights.
Women's Rights Resources
International Women's Day - IWD
Greatest Ever International Women's Day Videos - IWD WebsiteEqual Rights Amendment
Girls Not Brides - Global PartnershipA Global History Of Women’s Rights
Discover the noteworthy women, grassroots movements and historic milestones that have changed the world for women and girls.
International Women's Day 2018
Ending Child Marriage
International Women's Day
Statelessness
We all have the right to belong to a country. If we are frightened of being badly treated in our own country, we have the right to seek refuge in another country to be safe.
Statelessness Resources
iBelong - UNHCR
iBelong Minority Children and Statelessness - UNHCR
Stories of Statelessness - ENSWhat does it mean to be stateless?
To understand the enormity of statelessness, we need to look at the refugee crisis afflicting the global community. It is a massive humanitarian crisis faced by millions around the world.
Living As A Stateless Person
Stateless people live with an invisible barrier around them. Having no nationality, they cannot enjoy the rights most of us take for granted; work, education, legal protection.
About 60 million people around the globe have been forced to leave their homes to escape war, violence and persecution. Others, referred to as refugees, sought shelter outside their own country.
Everyone Has The Right To A Nationality
European Network on Statelessness is committed to ending statelessness and ensuring that people living in Europe without a nationality are protected under international law.
#StatelessKids - No Child Should Be Stateless
There is an urgent need to protect children from growing up without a nationality.
Modern Slavery
No one has the right to enslave another individual. Unfortunately, modern enslavement is faced by many around the world today.
Modern Slavery Resources
"One in 200 people is a slave. Why?" - The Guardian
Walk Free Foundation - WFF
What Is Modern Slavery? - Antislavery.org
People For Sale - CNN
Ravi Shanker Kumar's Story - End Slavery Now
Stories of Freedom - Antislavery.org
Modern Slave Narratives - End Slavery Now
The Freedom Project - CNNSlavery Footprint
Products of Slavery - PoS.orgYouth For Human Rights - No Slavery
Sold - The Movie
Gender Identity
Understanding LGBTQA+ is about accepting differences in order to not exclude people. It is about moving toward an inclusive society and beyond mere tolerance.
Stonewall National Monument
"I’m designating the Stonewall National Monument as the newest addition to America’s national parks system. Stonewall will be our first national monument to tell the story of the struggle for LGBT rights." - President Barack Obama
How the Rainbow Flag Became a Symbol of LGBTQ Pride
Artist, Gilbert Baker, created the iconic rainbow flag design; it quickly became a global symbol of LGBTQ unity and solidarity.
Harvey Milk's Radical Vision Of Equality
Harvey Milk believed in a personal approach to local government that led him to run for office in the heart of American gay culture, the Castro. He became California's first openly gay public official.
The Social Justice Blog
Thoughts, Comments, And Reflections
March 19, 2020To be enslaved is not something from the past that we study in history books; unfortunately, this modern problem continues today. In fact, enslavement is at its highest level in history. Knowing the scope of this issue, and how it can affect people of any age, gender or race, please draft a...Online Databases
Student Work
Social Justice Slam
The Power Of Student Voice!
The 2019 student performance and presentation of poetry and video.
Click here to read the 2018 Social Justice Slam book of poetry.
Educators For Social Justice
Learners instilled with a global vision forge deeper connections with their own sense of agency for social justice.
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