Newsletter | October 2025

Upcoming Events - DHRC News - From the Blog - News From Our Partners

OUR UPCOMING EVENTS

October 17 @ 3:30-5:30pm (drop-in): No Kings 2.0 Pre-Rally Sign Making Party, Old Chem 201

October 21 @ 12:30pm: Human Rights in Practice: Marginalization and Human Rights (Center for International and Comparative Law, International Human Rights Clinic at Duke Law*), Law School 3037

October 23 @ 5-7pm (drop-in): Human Rights Certificate Student Mixer, Wellness Center 144

November 8 @ 2:30pm: Queer History of Durham Bus Tour and Fundraiser (Preservation Durham, Pauli Murray Center*)

November 10 @ 5:30pm: Seeking Human Rights for the Dead: The Case of Massachusetts (Human Rights for the Dying and Dead Initiative*), Durham County Main Library Auditorium

*co-sponsored by Duke Human Rights Center

DHRC NEWS

Juan E. Méndez Book Award 2026

Submissions period closes November 30

The Méndez Award recognizes an outstanding book of non-fiction, including graphic works, published in English on human rights, democracy and social justice in contemporary Latin America.

The award is given in conjunction with the Human Rights Archive at Duke's Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

More info about submission process ->

EXHIBIT: Rooted in Shared Soil: Refugees & the Triangle Grow Together

Two vertical banners with educational information about refugee resettlement displayed at the foot of stairs in a community center building

Have you spotted our educational exhibit out in the community? These informative banners were recently displayed at Durham City Hall and the Durham Center for Senior Life for the Hispanic Heritage Month celebration!

Learn more about this exhibit and how to bring it to your community space ->

From the Duke Human Rights Blog

Facing Death Otherwise: Dr. Anne Allison on Japan’s Changing Relationship with Dying

Allison did not set out to be an anthropologist of death. Her career began with studies of Japanese nightlife, media, motherhood and even Pokémon. But while doing fieldwork in Tokyo, she kept encountering the same haunting phrase: “I don’t know where I’m going to go.”

Keeping reading on the Duke Human Rights Blog ->

White woman with short grey hair smiling at the camera

NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS

Queer History of Durham Fundraiser

Organized by Preservation Durham and Pauli Murray Center

November 8, 2pm @ Pauli Murray Center

Preservation Durham and the Pauli Murray Center are excited to present a Queer History of Durham Tour fundraiser! Discover the many individuals, organizations, and activism that have transformed Durham into the LGBTQ+ safe haven it is today.

This engaging tour features a 1.5-hour bus ride, during which participants will explore the significance of physical spaces for the protection, celebration, and community building within Durham’s LGBTQ+ community.

Preservation Durham is also partnering with the Duke Human Rights Center to create a zine about the importance of preserving Queer spaces. Two incredible, local artists, Kelsey Graywill of Hyperlocal Durham and cartoonist Meg Lentz, are working on designing the zine, which will highlight the importance of preserving queer spaces. We are excited to offer these and some merchandise from the Pauli Murray Center to our visitors. We will also be putting a digital copy of the zine on Open Durham.

Learn more about the event and tickets here ->

Immigration Justice Weekend

Organized by ERUUF (Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship) Latin American Migrant Action Group

The ERUUF (Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship) Latin American Migrant Action Group is hosting an Immigration Justice Weekend on November 14-16 in coordination with the Community Church of Chapel Hill UU and Judea Reform Congregation of Durham. The weekend will feature Cristosal, a Central American NGO whose mission is to defend human rights and promote democratic rule of law in Central America.

The weekend goals are to learn about the roots of migration from Central America to the US and how this has become a global issue, and to identify local advocacy opportunities in order to affect political change.

Events are open to all, but registration is required for the workshops and the fundraising dinner. Volunteers are needed to make the weekend a success!

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