Human Rights Education Now!
Human Rights Education Now! is a podcast that aims to (1) inform a broader audience in the U.S. and internationally about human rights education (HRE) stories, practices, related issues and theories, (2) expand awareness and knowledge about HRE USA and its programs, and (3) engage partner individuals, groups and organizations in changing the conversation about rights in the U.S. to one employing a human rights education lens.
Human Rights Education Now!
Episode 1: Nancy Flowers Part One
Nancy Flowers discusses her early life interest in human rights and social justice as a prelude to her involvement in human rights activism through Amnesty International (AI). She also addresses the origins of human rights education (HRE) in the USA and its gradual evolution from work done by Amnesty International USA in the late 1980s to the present. Obstacles to the acceptance and institutionalization of HRE in the USA are discussed and contrasted with the more rapid development of HRE in Latin America, the Philippines, and Europe.
Topics discussed:
- Development & evolution of HRE
- Involvement with HRE in the U.S. and global
- HRE infrastructure
- Allies & efforts in the HRE field
Full topic listing available for download HERE.
Introduction and Closing Music Credit: “Awakening-Spring” by Ketsa, from the Album Night Vision. Available at the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/night-vision/awakening-spring/
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Human Rights Education Now! is produced and distributed in accordance with Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International. Information about this license is available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/