Nov 11 2014
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November 11, 2014: STF students and teachers joined over 700 other dinner guests to honor human rights defenders and celebrate the dedication of Human Rights Watch’s longtime supporter, Sid Sheinberg. STF contributed to the evening by hosting a preview of the traveling Children’s Rights Camp during the reception for the annual HRW Voices for Justice Dinner…
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Sep 22 2014
September 22, 2014: Lewis Mudge, HRW Researcher on Rwanda, Burundi and Central African Republic, met with current STFers and alumni to discuss life in Africa and what it is like being a HRW researcher. After discussing Lewis’s path to HRW, the group focused on his role in documenting the violence in the Central African Republic and political disappearances in Rwanda. Students asked pointed questions to help them develop ideas for their spring efforts to raise awareness about genocide…
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Sep 10 2014
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Sunday, September 21, 2014
3:00 pm Doors open – Meet & Greet with HRW Research Lewis Mudge
4:00 pm Film screening and panel discussion
6:00 pm Reception with light hors d’oeurvres
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Sep 06 2014
September 6, 2014: With the help of 60 students, teachers and friends, STF kicked off the 2014-2015 Traveling Children’s Rights Camp during the Fall Leadership Workshop at Wildwood School. Bede Sheppard, Deputy Director of the HRW Children’s Rights Division, joined participants via Skype from Jerusalem to discuss the growing international attention for EMUS…
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Aug 25 2014
August 20, 2014: While many of us were vacationing, STF student delegations met with representatives from Finland, New Zealand, the Philippines and Australia to raise awareness of and support for the EMUS Campaign. Students from New Roads, Oakwood, Palisades Charter, Santa Monica and Sierra Canyon schools asked Consul Generals to encourage their governments to step …
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Aug 05 2014
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Who: You, your fellow STF leaders, teachers, advisors, and speakers
Where: Wildwood School
When: Saturday, September 6
Time: 12:30-4:00pm
Campaign: US Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), accompanied by STF’s traveling Children’s Rights Camp
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Aug 02 2014
August 2, 2014: At the third HRE USA Southern California Regional HRE Gathering, 20 educators, students and community members met at the Human Rights Watch Los Angeles office to establish a local Human Rights Education (HRE) collaborative community. Participants shared human rights resources, curricula, and methods, and discussed how to create opportunities to observe HRE best practices in all subject areas. The group was joined by special guests Nancy Flowers and Bill Fernekes…
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Jun 23 2014
June 23, 2014: In February, Mexican Consul General Carlos M. Sada learned about the End Military Use of Schools (EMUS) Campaign during a community presentation by STF Co-President Karina Duarte at Palisades Charter High School. He welcomed a follow-up meeting with STF. On June 23, representatives from Academy of the Canyons, Canyon, Golden Valley, New Roads, …
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Jun 22 2014
June 22, 2014: In honor of STF’s 15th anniversary, more than 30 alumni gathered at the Second Alumni Reunion Party held at longtime STF friend Ann Kerr’s home.
Participants updated each other on their activities since leaving STF and discussed future plans, including moves to Cambodia, Singapore and New York City. Linda Gordon, outgoing STF Co-President from Santa Monica HS, explained this year’s STF campaign: End Military Use of Schools (EMUS). Attendees paired up, created slogans and took pictures for EMUS…
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May 19 2014
May 19, 2014: It has been a year of firsts for STF: created and launched an international social media campaign; was featured in an ABC News Flash; met privately with UN Ambassador Samantha Power; gained approval and support from Hart School District Governing Board to establish human rights education electives in district public high schools, and so much more…
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May 13 2014
May 13, 2014: Six members of the Carson STF chapter introduced Congresswoman Janice Hahn to the EMUS campaign on Tuesday. Congresswoman Hahn was enthusiastic to spread the word about EMUS, offering to send letters of support to government representatives and is also willing to make a statement on the House floor, entering the EMUS campaign into the Congressional record…
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Apr 30 2014
April 30, 2014: STFers from Oakwood and Sierra Canyon schools discussed EMUS with John Alford, the Senior Policy Deputy to Congressman Brad Sherman. After explaining the finer points of the campaign and the Draft Lucens Guidelines, participants explored some of Congressman Sherman’s priorities and brainstormed ways they could help him continue working for a peaceful world. Mr. Alford promised to introduce the congressman to EMUS and figure out how his office can assist the campaign…
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Apr 29 2014
April 29, 2014: Reaching out to more than 500 students, the Golden Valley STF chapter presented a history of genocide with the aid of the film “The Last Survivor.” Over three class periods, the audience learned the stories of survivors of the Holocaust and Rwanda genocides, as well as the conflicts in Darfur and the Democratic Republic of Congo. After the presentations, students were invited to write words of encouragement and friendship on red hearts for Darfuri refugees.
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Apr 28 2014
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Friday, May 16, 2014
6:00 pm Reception with hearty hors d’oeuvres
7:00 pm Film premiere and panel discussion
9:00 pm Reception with coffee and dessert
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Apr 24 2014
April 24, 2014: On the 99th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Pali STF showed “The Last Survivor” to engaged students. Participants learned about the genocides in Armenia and Cambodia, as well as mass atrocities in Chile and Sierra Leone. They discussed the steps to genocide and ways high school students can make a difference.
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Apr 10 2014
April 10, 2014: Members of AOC, Canyon and Hart Student Task Force chapters met with Congressman McKeon’s Deputy Director, Morris Thomas, and Scheduler, Heather Duncan, to provide background on the urgency to end military use of schools and to request a personal meeting with the Congressman…
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Apr 02 2014
April 2, 2014: Members from all five Santa Clarita Valley STF chapters presented the EMUS campaign, outreach efforts at school sites and recent community events to the William S. Hart District Governing Board on Education. To support the EMUS campaign, Board members posed for a picture with slogans made by AOC STF members.
STFers also made a pitch for human rights education (HRE), asking the Board to consider adopting human rights/global studies courses at each campus…
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Mar 26 2014
March 26, 2014: For the second year, SAMO STF members hosted teachers and administrators for a Human Rights Education (HRE) workshop during SAMOHI University. A dedicated group of educators and STFers discussed ways to incorporate HRE into English, science and foreign language courses. Students provided participants with suggestions and techniques for introducing HRE through specific lesson plans, reading lists, and other materials…
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Mar 18 2014
March 18, 2014: Human Rights Watch Student Task Force members from Oakwood, Palisades Charter, Santa Monica, Sierra Canyon and Wildwood chapters met with Congressman Henry Waxman of the 33rd District and presented background about the End Military Use of Schools Campaign….
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Feb 21 2014
February 21, 2014: Santa Monica High School STF hosted a simulation event for the End Military Use of Schools (EMUS) Campaign, “occupying” freshmen seminar classes in their Humanities Center.
Beginning as a membership recruitment effort, leaders introduced STF, human rights and the right to education. All of a sudden, the lights went off and the chaos started…
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Italy is erasing #lesbian moms from their children's birth certificates.
Part of a broader state attack on the rights of #LGBT families, 33 children in northern #Italy are having their birth certificates reissued with one parent's name missing.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/24/italys-mounting-attack-lesbian-parents
Monday at #HRC53: Looking forward to this great panel on how we can strengthen the right to free education and why it's so important. With @srpoverty @dsengeh @UNESCO @MalalaFund @hrw, SR on right to education.
UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres has failed Palestinian children again. From 2015-2020, the UN attributed over 6,700 child casualties to Israeli forces. He has just verified 975 more in 2022. Yet he still omits Israel from his "list of shame."
https://www.reuters.com/world/un-adds-russia-list-shame-killing-children-ukraine-2023-06-22/
Every child belongs in school - no matter their gender, country or means
It’s their right & vital for society's wellbeing
But 🌎 crises are forcing 1 in 10 into child labour
On #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour, I urge Govts: protect free/compulsory education for all
#SocialJustice
Today, members of US Congress are introducing legislation to help address the longstanding problem of child labor on US farms. Their move, on #NoChildLabour Day, comes as the US grapples with a rise in child labor. More from @MargaretWurth:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/12/us-lawmakers-move-protect-child-farmworkers
Today, members of Congress are introducing legislation to address the longstanding problem of child labor on US farms. Their move, on #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour, comes as the US grapples with a rise in child labor. 🧵👇https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/12/us-lawmakers-move-protect-child-farmworkers
The UN says Israeli defense forces have killed or injured over 6,700 Palestinian children from 2015 to 2020, yet the UN SG has never included the IDF on his "list of shame" for violations against children in armed conflict. Will he this year? NGO letter:
https://watchlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2023-open-letter-to-sg-guterres-caac.pdf
Russian politicians are trying to fully ban gender-affirming health services. And they've smuggled in an exception for medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children. Sounds a lot like right wing politicians in the US.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/02/russia-moves-ban-trans-health-care
This new op-ed from @Ezequiel_Heffes explains why its crucial that UN SG @antonioguterres includes a complete and accurate list of perpetrators of violations against children in his upcoming annual report on children and armed conflict.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/05/protecting-children-war-no-time-wait/
"The journalism students said they were disappointed in the adults who ran their schools, their city and the smoke shops & they hoped that bringing attention to the issue would finally prompt the authorities to act"
@nytimes on kids' on easy access
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/nyregion/nyc-marijuana-kids-schools.html
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