[hr-education] Students at School for Human Rights need your support to help ratify CRC

Dear Colleagues,

Over the past 1½ year we have reported several times about the amazing
things that are happening at the School for Human Rights. A combined
middle and high school, The School for Human Rights in New York offers an
integrated academic and social skills-based curriculum to challenge its
students to think critically and become compassionate, socially engaged
young adults committed to the practice of equity, dignity and social
consciousness. Human rights values are evident not only in classroom
teaching, but in the school's commitment to meeting the educational needs
of every student. HREA is proud to be the lead partner of The School for
Human Rights and supports teachers and other staff with resources and
professional development.

Currently students at the school are raising funds to participate in the
upcoming Summit on the Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child (CRC) (see http://childrightscampaign.org/crcsummit.htm). As you
probably know the United States and Somalia are the only countries that
have not ratified the CRC. The students have been studying the CRC in
Advisory class. You can read below what they have to say about this
themselves.

The school is in need of another $ 2,000 to be able to send eight students
to Washington DC. Please consider making a donation! You can make a
donation by going to the following link:
http://www.hrea.org/donate-SHR.html

Thank you very much in advance.

Warm regards,

Felisa

 
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Felisa Tibbitts, Director
Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) - US office
PO Box 382396, Cambridge, MA 02238 USA
Visiting address:
97 Lowell Road, Concord, MA 01742
(tel) +1 978 341 0200 (fax) +1 978 341 0201
(e-mail) <     > (Web) http://www.hrea.org

 

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Dear List Members,

We are small group of students from The School for Human Rights in
Brooklyn, New York and we need your help. We are writing this letter
regarding our trip to Washington, D.C. We want to go to our nation's
capital to attend the Summit on the Ratification of the Convention on the
Rights of the Child. By going to the Summit, we hope to raise awareness
about the Convention of the Rights of a Child (CRC) that we have been
studying in Advisory class. We have grown-up in problem areas of America
and see violations of Children's rights all of the time. We know how
important it is for all countries to ratify the CRC to protect children
like us. Unfortunately, only two countries (The United States and Somalia)
haven't ratified the CRC.

We are hoping for funding to send eight students to Washington D.C. The
total cost for each student is $450. Any donation amount will be highly
appreciated. The CRC is an international law that provides children with
many of their rights and we believe this is a cause worth fighting for.

Thank you for your time and please help us get to D.C.!!

You may donate, and learn more about our school, at the following link:
http://www.hrea.org/SHR-CRC-summit06.html

 
Sincerely,

Advisory 9.1
School for Human Rights
Care of Hope Boeve, ELA Teacher, and Jessamyn Waldman, HREA

 

 

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