[hr-education] Fourth Listserv anniversary and support

Dear List members,

This year the Global HRE List is celebrating its four-year anniversary. We
hope that you have continued to enjoy the Global HRE listserv this year.
We have continued to serve 3,200 members from approximately 155 countries
around the world. Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) is pleased to
be able to host and moderate this list, and we thank you for your
participation and contributions over the past year. The List continues to
be a major source of information and networking. For example, over the
past twelve months, we posted 89 training opportunities, 21 internships,
fellowships, consultancies and other job opportunities, and 28
announcements of new publications in the field. We also had intense and
enlightening discussions on human rights education (HRE) and critical
pedagogy; if and how to evaluate the impact of HRE; and what constitute a
"human rights culture". Moreover, the List was also a platform for an
on-line consultation on possible follow-up to the UN Decade for Human
Rights Education, which resulted in report with policy recommendations
submitted to the UN Commission on Human Rights.

This is the first and last time in 2003 that we will be asking for
membership support. We would like to sincerely ask those listserv members
who are in a position to do so to make a contribution to the continued
operation of the List. These donations are tax-deductible in both the
Netherlands (41216486) and the United States (04 3428 879). Checks or
(international) money orders in U.S. dollars can be sent to the U.S.
office of HREA, P.O. Box 382396, Cambridge, MA 02238-2396 USA. On-line
donations via credit card are also possible at:
http://www.hrea.org/lists/hr-education/index.html.
All amounts are welcome and appreciated.

Because of the success of Global HRE list, partner organisations in
Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia and the Middle East are collaborating with
HREA in creating regional listservs in Arabic, French, Russian and
English. The Asian-Pacific HRE listserv was launched in June 2003 by the
Asian Regional Resource Center in Bangkok and we anticipate the launching
of an Arabic language HRE listserv by the Cairo Institute of Human Rights
Studies later in 2003. These complement the existing regional listservs in
Spanish/Portuguese (IIDH, Costa Rica), Russian (Moscow School for Human
Rights) and the newly established North American HRE listserv launched by
HREA in May. These listservs are interconnected and will be hosted on
HREA's website.

On behalf of the HREA staff, I would like to personally thank listserv
members for their excellent contributions. Every day we learn something
new from the ideas, questions and experiences that you share. HREA looks
forward to facilitating many more years of dialogue with this unique
community of human rights educators and advocates.

Warm regards,

Felisa Tibbitts
Director, HREA


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Felisa Tibbitts, Director
Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) - USA office
PO Box 382396
Cambridge, MA 02238
(tel) +1 978 341-0200 (fax) +1 978 341-0201
(e-mail) ftibbitts@hrea.org (Web) http://www.hrea.org



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