This week's postings: 1. Global Libraries Outreach Campaign: Upcoming Events in Portland, Oregon! 2. Library Project: Your School Can Start a Library in Africa 3. International Human Rights Day Writing Contest 4. International Education Week Statement 5. Meet the World: Flags Campaign Dear Subscribers, Next week, we will be sending out our annual request for support of Global TeachNet’s programs and services. We hope that you will consider contributing to GTN, as we rely on your support to provide global education news and resources to educators around the country. Please keep an eye out for next week's message, and thanks as always for your commitment to global education! Ellen Frierson Program Associate National Peace Corps Association mailto:teachnet@rpcv.org http://www.globalteachnet.org -------------------------------------------- 1. Global Libraries Outreach Campaign: Upcoming Events in Portland, Oregon! Service in the Peace Corps provides volunteers with a new perspective on the world. Educators in the Portland, Oregon region can join local Peace Corps volunteers as they bring the world back home and tell about their travels, work experiences, language and activities. Upcoming events will be held at the Woodstock Library, 6008 SE 49th Ave, Portland, Oregon. Events include: Sunday, November 5, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Erik Vidstrand presents "Life Under the Bedouin Tent" and his experiences in Mauritania, West Africa. Sunday, November 12, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Rich Ireland tells about his experience in Haiti and gives some history and background about this rich culture. Sunday, November 19, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Vicki Crumpacker tells about her experience living in a rural Muslim village in Central Asia during 9/11 and being evacuated. These events are presented by the Columbia River Peace Corps Association as part of the Global Libraries Outreach Campaign, a National Peace Corps Association initiative to connect community Returned Volunteer groups with local public libraries. -------------------------------------------- 2. Library Project: Your School Can Start a Library in Africa Posted by request: The African Library Project offers a hands-on activity for American students to learn about Africa while contributing to African literacy. Here’s how it works: In the U.S., schools and other organizations run book drives for gently used, unwanted books to meet the specific needs of a school in sub-Saharan Africa. The African Library Project shows you how to collect, sort, pack and ship books directly to Africa and how to raise modest funds for shipping (about $400 for a 1,000 paperback book library). In Africa, the African Library Project partners with Peace Corps Volunteers and African nationals who provide the space, shelving, staffing, training and community support for a library. For complete guidelines on how your school can participate, and to find support materials for teaching about Africa in the classroom, visit: http://www.africanlibraryproject.org -------------------------------------------- 3. International Human Rights Day Writing Contest >From the UN Cyberschoolbus website: Poverty is frequently a consequence as well as a cause of human rights abuses. More than one in six people in the world live in poverty -- that is, on less than $1 per day. But poverty is not only about having no money. It is also about not having the materials and resources to fulfill a person’s basic needs -- it is about human rights. Human Rights Day 2006 will focus on fighting poverty as a matter of obligation, not of charity. The topics for the 2006 Human Rights Day writing contest are: 1. Pick one article from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and use an example from real-life to illustrate how the violation of this right is a consequence of living in poverty. Include any suggestions you may have on how poverty can be reduced so that this right is not violated; Or, 2.Pick one article from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and use an example from real-life to illustrate how the violation of this right can cause poverty. Include any suggestions you may have on what can be done to protect this right so that it does not lead to poverty. Entries should be one page only (maximum 800 words). Writers must be between the ages of 8 and 18. Entries for the Human Rights and Poverty Writing Contest 2006 must be received by email no later than International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2006. For more information, visit http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrightsday2006/guidelines1.asp -------------------------------------------- 4. International Education Week Statement >From the International Education Week mailing list: The International Education Week 2006 statement from Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings is now online at http://iew.state.gov/statements/sec_education.htm International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education. IEW promotes programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States. To learn more and to get involved, visit http://iew.state.gov/about.htm. To view International Education Week events, and to submit your own events for inclusion, visit http://iew.state.gov/events.htm. -------------------------------------------- 5. Meet the World: Flags Campaign >From www.brazilianartists.net: Check out this project from Grande Reportagem, a Portuguese news magazine that is recognised for its investigative reports and excellent photo-journalism. The “Flags Campaign” focuses on the concept of "Meet the World." The creative team for this project used the colors on flags to transmit statistics about social and political issues relevant to various countries. The statistics were thoroughly researched and come from information given by the United Nations, Amnesty International, and other national institutions. To see all eight flags, visit: http://www.brazilianartists.net/home/flags/ ======== North American Human Rights Education listserv ======= Send mail intended for the list to < >. Archives of the list can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/hr-education-na/ **You are welcome to reprint, copy, archive, quote or re-post this item, but please retain the original and listserv source.
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