[hr-education-na] Seeking to meet with human rights educators in Boston and DC (Nov. 10-14, 2003)

My name is Jen Ciardelli, and I teach a Holocaust and Human Behavior class
at a high school in Vermont.  Part of this elective semester long class of
11th and 12th graders is to travel to DC and Boston to meet with
survivors, scholars and others on the topic of the Holocaust.  In
addition, we also explore issues including education (why and how should
we educate when we consider that Germany was such a well educated nation
at the time...), civic responsibility (what is my responsibility to those
around me), concepts of justice (what is it and "how is justice served").
We also consider the "Never Again" idea and think about the role of the
U.N and the concept of human rights in our current world.

I saw mention of Rutgers law students teaching about human rights.  This
is a shot in the dark, but does anyone have ideas on how my class might
meet with one of those law students or other on any of the above topics
while we travel (or if anyone is in the Vermont area and is
interested...).  We will be traveling Nov. 10 - 14.

I'm also in charge of our high school's Amnesty Chapter.  If there are any
other high school chapters around, it might be fun to share ideas and
maybe do some combined initiative effort.

Thanks for any thoughts.
Jen




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