Past HRE Events


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UDHR Fundamental Freedoms Teacher & Student Workshop: October 7, 2010

A delegation of Student Task Force leaders presented to 20 educators and human rights activists at the Facing History & Ourselves Teachers Workshop on October 7. Students demonstrated how human rights education leads to action by highlighting their campaign work on the Fair Sentencing for Youth Act (SB 399) and Juvenile Justice reform in California.

Event Slideshow 

Facing History and Ourselves: UDHR Lesson Plans




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Training HRE Trainers: August 6 and 7, 2009

Workshop Agenda and Presenter Bios

Workshop Resource Binder Readings

Presesnter Powerpoints

Event Slideshow & Video




UDHR Symposium: October 4, 2008

The Student Task Force invited LA-area educators to Wildwood School to discuss the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The symposium involved an interactive panel of experts as well as workshops on how to incorporate human rights education into any subject matter. Participants left the symposium with various materials and lesson plans on the UDHR.

Download the PDF of the Symposium Agenda

Ten UDHR Lesson Plans

View a slideshow of the Symposium





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HRE Conference: May 3, 2008

Felisa Tibbitts, founder and executive director of Human Rights Education Associates, addresses educators at HRW STF sponsored Human Rights Education Conference on May 3, 2008 at UCLA.

Conference Agenda

Video of Opening Sequence

Video of Closing Remarks

Conference Slideshow




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