[hr-education-na] Re: World Program for Human Rights Education

Dear All, 

I also very much appreciate this dialogue. I would like to share what we
are doing at the University of San Francisco. I am in the department of
International and Multicultural Education in the School of Education,
which is a graduate program. We are developing an emphasis in Human Rights
Education for both our MA and Ed.D. degrees. I am currently teaching a new
course, "Human Rights Education: Concepts and Pedagogies". I decided to
choose case studies which focus on human rights violations post-9/11 in
the U.S. (or at least originating in the U.S.) to dispute the widely held
myth here in this country that we are the world's champion of human
rights.

Only 8% of people polled in the U.S. were familiar with the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights!! I imagine this is one of the lowest
percentages around the globe. My colleagues and I strongly believe it is
our responsibility to try to change this by providing this direction in
our program. Our students are mostly teachers and activists, who will then
hopefully take this knowledge to their own communities.

I look forward to more dialogue with you. 

Best, 
Susan Katz 




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