2012 Human Rights Education Symposium

Saturday, June 9, 2012
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
(Pacific)
Stanford Humanities Center
Speaker: 
  • Felisa Tibbitts,
  • Jasmina Bojic

A day-long symposium to discuss, share, and learn about teaching human rights education in a wide range of world areas, disciplines, and classroom settings. Emphasis will be on methods of incorporating human rights education into the community college classroom. Sample lesson plans, pedagogic resources and materials, and strategies for reaching diverse student populations will be shared.

Human Rights Educator Fellowships
This symposium, organized by the Stanford Human Rights Education Initiative (SHREI), is the second event in a four-year collaborative effort to encourage the teaching of human rights in California community colleges. Participants are eligible to apply for year-long Human Rights Educator fellowships. Details about the 2012-13 fellowship and other
opportunities at Stanford will be available at the symposium.Attendance is free, but rsvp is required as space is limited.