NEWSLETTER | AUGUST 2025

DHRC Digest - From the Blog - Archive Spotlight - Back to School

DHRC DIGEST

Welcome our new DHRC Director, Adam Rosenblatt!
So! Many! Student! Stories! Our Duke Human Rights Blog is overflowing with guest posts from students doing human rights related research this summer.
Spotlight: Duke Human Rights Certificate. As a new school year is upon us, consider making the Human Rights Certificate part of your Duke education!

From the Duke Human Rights Blog

STUDENT STORIES: SUMMER RESEARCH SERIES

Seven students received our Human Rights Summer Research Grant this year, and they've been sharing their experiences from the field on our Duke Human Rights Blog!

So far, the series has featured stories of sapphic online slang in China, lessons from the Lavender Scare, piloting small-scale detention houses in Europe, union organizing in an Amazon facility in NC, formerly incarcerated people getting creative with clay, and building community with previously deported people in Mexico City.

Explore the full Student Stories: Summer Research Series ->

ARCHIVE SPOTLIGHT

How would the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, who possessed a broad vision of justice, equity, and human rights, react to our dwindling American democracy today? In 2024, this panel of distinguished colleagues discussed the lessons that Pauli's legacy holds for progressive struggle in the 21st century.

A white man with shoulder-length brown hair and facial hair. He is looking directly into the camera with a serious facial expression.

Watch Pauli Now! Lessons from Pauli Murray’s Radical Progressive Legacy

COMING SOON... BACK TO SCHOOL!

First day of classes will be here before you know it! We're working hard to prepare a variety of opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and community members to engage with human rights work. Follow us on your preferred social media platform(s) to stay up to date on events and programming this fall!