November 19 to 25

The November New Tactics on-line dialogue features “Human Rights in Higher Education: Incorporating practical experience”. This dialogue specifically features ideas, experiences and methods from human rights higher education programs for incorporating practical experience into human rights curriculums to better prepare human rights advocates for doing “on the ground” and “in the trenches” human rights work.

The featured resource practitioners (biographical information) include:

• Abigail Booth, Programme Manager, Head of Nairobi Office, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Kenya
• Alice Nderitu, Fahamu (Kenya) in coordination with the University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Jadwiga Maczynska, Project Manager, Jagiellonian University Human Rights Centre, Krakow, Poland
• Mingzhen Ge, Shandong University, Human Rights Center, Law School, China
• Diane Sisely, Director, Australian Centre for Human Rights Education at RMIT University
• Barbara Frey, Director, Human Rights Program, University of Minnesota, USA
• Robin Kirk, Director, Duke University Human Rights Center, North Carolina, USA
• Nicole Palasz, Center for International Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Amy Weismann, Deputy Director, University of Iowa Center for Human Rights
• Susan Atwood, Instructor, University of Minnesota’s Leadership : Leadership for Global Citizenship.

Main themes of this dialogue:

• Stories of Practice: examples of how practical experience is being incorporated in human rights education programs
• Challenges: ethical issues with incorporating practical experience in human rights education programs
• Curriculum Resources: creating and simulating practical experience