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

Just in case you are unaware. There's a 6-12 grade public school in
Brooklyn, NY called The School for Human Rights. I work there. If you want
to discuss anything you can email me. The school's address is:

600 Kingston Ave., 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11203 

Good luck with you work! 

Respectfully, 

Sheila A. Klasovsky 




On March 2, 2007, Susan Katz wrote: 

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. 





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