[hr-education] Re: Fourth Listserv anniversary and support

Congratulations!!

It seems like good and promising beginnings.  There is such a long way to
go to move human rights education and learning to the people across all
sectors of society -- for them to understand human rights as a way of
life.

  --and when we fully understand human rights education as political
education that we can make a real and vengeful difference in people's
lives, and their futures, women, men, youth and children alike. Human
rights is about people's lives .. and human rights education is a strategy
for empowerment ...

It is indeed a good time to quote Prof. Upendra Baxi:

"No single phrase in recent human history has been more privileged to bear
the mission and burden of human destiny than [the phrase] "human rights".
-- the greatest gift of classical and contemporary human thought is the
notion of human rights. Indeed, more than any other moral language
available to us at this time in history, the language of human rights is
able to expose the immorality and barbarism of the modern face of power".  
>From "Inhuman Wrongs and Human Rights" -Prof. Upendra Baxi

You are performing an necessary service and for that we should thank you
all. We must take this wagon further.

With much appreciation,

Shulamith Koenig


PDHRE
People's Movement for Human Rights Education
526 West 111th Street, Suite 4E
New York , NY 10025
Tel 1-212-749-3156
Fax 1-212-666-6325
Website: http://www.pdhre.org



On 12 September 2003, Felisa Tibbitts <ftibbitts@hrea.org> wrote:

 > 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.
 >




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