Episode 52: Human Rights Education Now! Podcast Team, Part One

Full description available on the HREUSA podcast website.

Elizabeth Schwab is a senior at Boston College. She interned at the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and is Vice Chair of the Executive Committee for Human Rights Education USA. She has led initiatives to promote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in education and expanded the global reach of the Human Rights Education Now! podcast.

Jazzmin Chizu Gota is a University of San Francisco doctoral student researching informal education and intergenerational knowledge within human rights and social justice frameworks. She is a multimedia arts, communications, and education consultant, co-manages the International Journal of Human Rights Education, and is a regional representative for Human Rights Educators USA. 

Jessica Terbrueggen is an international educator, researcher, and human rights practitioner focused on transformative learning and intercultural understanding. With an MA in English Education from Columbia University, she teaches at the District of Columbia International School, writes for the National Council for Teachers of English, and serves on itsStanding Committee on Global Citizenship.

Sabrina Sanchez is a human rights, education, and public health professional specializing in project management, research, and advocacy. She has led legal empowerment programs in Honduras, researched environmental and criminal justice in Central America, and supported anti-trafficking efforts in the U.S.  She holds degrees from the University of San Francisco and San Francisco State University.

Elizabeth, Jazzmin, Jessica, and Sabrina discuss the early development of Human Rights Education. They share their journeys into human rights advocacy and key events that shaped their involvement. They elaborate on their roles within HRE USA and contributions to the Human Rights Education Now! podcast. The conversation covers the design process for the podcast's logo, the selection of its theme music, and logistical consideration i.e. interview release forms, ownership rights, licensing, and copyright concerns. Episode concludes with final reflections.

Topics Discussed:

• Development of human rights education and its growth
• Personal journeys into human rights and human rights education
• Key events influencing their advocacy work
• Team roles and podcast production
• Logo design and theme music selection
• Legal considerations

Full topic listing available for PDF download HERE.

Listen on our HREUSA podcast website 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/