Crossing Borders: Human Dignity and the Refugee Experience
When our educator colleague Pedro Mena recently shared his “Human Rights on Record” art project, he also introduced us to Laurie VanBalen, a colleague from Columbus, Ohio. [...]
UDHR Presentations: You’re Invited!
Student members of Balboa High School's Polynesian Student club, rehearsing a dance reflecting their culture, choreographed by the students with the help of a [...]
NCSS Adopts Resolution in Support of Human Rights Education
At its annual conference in San Francisco last week, the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) unanimously approved the resolution attached below. Rosemary Blanchard reports: [...]
Human Rights on Record: Art With a Conscience
We were delighted to get this update from longtime TWAICB colleague Pedro Mena about his art education work at Columbus Academy in Columbus, Ohio. 8th [...]
If You Get Confused, Listen to the Music Play
TWAICB Director Sandy Sohcot writes: With the constant barrage of disturbing news, I have found myself calling upon the familiar Grateful Dead refrain "If you [...]
UDHR As an Antidote to Student Stress
In response to a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle, in which teachers describe the daily stress in their students' lives in these turbulent [...]