Book Talk with Catherine Coleman Flowers | "Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret" |
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By Liyu Woldemichael, '22
Catherine Flowers, the founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, shared her powerful story and path to becoming a renowned environmental justice advocate in Lowndes County. Her experiences are detailed in her new book Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret. Flowers explains, “In order for people to understand why I chose this particular subject matter, they had to understand who I was.”... Read more.
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Interview with 2021 Rights and the Humanities Speaker H. Timothy Lovelace Jr. |
Interview conducted by Gargi Mahadeshwar, '24
TL: The United Nations Race Convention, the world’s most comprehensive treaty on race, contains many provisions that mirror U.S. civil rights law and policy. This is not an accident. In 1964, as the U.N. was drafting the Race Convention, the U.S. was drafting the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the primary drafters of the Race Convention were U.S. lawyers who also helped to draft the Civil Rights Act...More.
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The Center for Death Penalty Litigation Records: Practical and Intellectual Lessons of Archival Processing |
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Why the Human Rights Certificate? Interviews with Zara Porter and Multy Oliver |
Zara: "I decided to pursue the Human Rights Certificate after my Story+ experience working on the Allen Building Takeover project. During the six-week program, my research team and I explored the Duke Archives to learn more about the monumental Duke event."...Read more.
Multy: "I’ve always had a passion for how human rights interact with civil rights. I admired the work human rights organizations do to guarantee individuals their basic human rights through legislation and was fascinated by how many rights are recognized by the UDHR but not all governments."...Read more.
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#FreeThemAll: Decarcerating Disability with Liat Ben-Moshe |
By Zac Johnson, ’22
Liat Ben-Moshe’s book Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition adds layer upon layer to what we have previously understood about mass incarceration and disability in the United States. A book which she describes as written in community, Ben-Moshe has sought to unpack the intertwining processes of ableism, deinstitutionalization, and mass incarceration... Read more.
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Producing the Documentary "My Name is Pauli Murray" |
Barbara Lau, Director of the Pauli Murray Project, interviewed Talleah Bridges-McMahon, the producer of the documentary My Name is Pauli Murray.
TBM: Pauli's story is so rich and it has so many segments and so many components, there are all these different phases, different parts of Pauli's life. We started off by making a list of all of the stories that we could tell. Then we had a meeting to talk through why we would be telling those stories...Read more.
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North Carolina Public Radio presents Pauli, a podcast about the power of one person to change what's possible for us all. This series explores the bravery and brilliance of a tireless hero for social justice. WUNC's Leoneda Inge takes listeners through three chapters of Pauli's journey as a battle-ready soldier against racism and sexism and a spiritual mentor for today's justice advocates.
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Bridging the Gap Episode 1: Diversity, Discomfort, and Discrimination (Part 2) |
Part 2 presents discrimination as a nuanced problem, delving a bit further into the issue on campus & discussing potential solutions as outlined by the Duke community. This episode highlights “mutual conversations” for discriminatory tensions plaguing individuals across identities: race, sexual orientation, gender, and nationality. Learn more. |
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Is Fascism Back? Trans-Atlantic Perspectives on the History of the Present |
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Identity and Cultural Centers: Spring 2021 Trainings |
The Identity & Cultural Centers have announced a list of events and training for Spring 2021. Most of these are open to Duke students, faculty and staff.
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Women's Center, Ain’t It #MeToo: This session will introduce participants to how gender violence affects women of color, how it is has been part of history, and how women of color are often at the forefront of movements but rarely receive credit.
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Center for Muslim Life, Been Here, Still Here: This introductory training includes a presentation and facilitated discussion about the history and presence of Muslims and Islamophobia in the US.
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Center for Multicultural Affairs, Race 101: Participants will define and deconstruct race and racism and learn how race and racism informs our daily lives.
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Jewish Life at Duke, Anti-semitism 101: Learn more about historic anti-semitic tropes, how to identify modern harmful stereotypes, and how to address anti-semitism when you encounter in on social media and in person. Undergrads only.
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Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, Trans 101: Learn about identities related to sex, gender, gender identity, and gender expression; about the vast experiences of members of the trans community; and begin exploring systems of privilege and oppression resulting in transphobia and cissexism
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Co-Director Erika Weinthal in The Washington Post: Saudi-led attacks devastated Yemen’s civilian infrastructure, dramatically worsening the humanitarian crisis |
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After 2015, the United States played a critical role in sustaining the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen. U.S. support provided Saudi Arabia with intelligence, targeting data, in-air refueling of Saudi aircraft (this ceased in 2018), sales of precision-guided munitions and other arms, and ongoing maintenance and support for Saudi aircraft. Read the rest of the article here.
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BBC News: Who are the Uyghurs and why is the US accusing China of genocide? |
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China is facing mounting criticism from around the world over its treatment of the mostly Muslim Uighur population in the north-western region of Xinjiang. Rights groups believe China has detained more than a million Uighurs over the past few years in what the state defines as "re-education camps". There is evidence of Uighurs being used as forced labour and of women being forcibly sterilised. The US has accused China of committing genocide and crimes against humanity through its repression of the Uyghurs. Read more.
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Durham Sunrise Movement in the Duke Chronicle: Duke should hold its speakers to its own standards |
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Duke has positioned itself as a leader in advancing science, environmentalism, and tackling climate change. Yet, as climate chaos reverberates around the world, proving climate scientists right (and they certainly wish they were wrong), Duke is using its resources and platform to elevate the interests of fossil fuel companies and their investors via an academically dishonest guest lecturer. Read the rest of the article here.
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Submissions for 2021 Koonz Human Rights Prize |
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Current undergraduates are invited to enter essays or projects related to human rights in our annual Oliver W. Koonz Human Rights Prize competition.The Duke Human Rights Center@FHI awards one $500 prize to the winners in each category. You can learn more about the Prize and previous winners by visiting the website. All submissions are due by April 1, 2021.
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Duke University Libraries Summer Research Fellowship for LIFE Students |
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The Duke University Libraries Summer Fellowship is awarded to first-generation and/or low-income undergraduate students to support library research. The goal of the Summer Research Fellowship is to strengthen opportunities for 1G and low-income students by providing financial support for original research projects. Qualified projects can be at any stage of completion and research may be conducted utilizing resources within Duke University Libraries. The deadline for the same is 15th March 2021.
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Human Rights Research Grant - Deadline extended |
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Currently enrolled Duke undergraduate and graduate students are invited to apply for summer research funding from the Duke Human Rights Center@FHI. The goals of the grants are to strengthen research opportunities for students interested in developing, implementing, and working in human rights. Read about previous grant recipients and their projects. Grants are available for up to $2,000. Students from all backgrounds and academic disciplines are encouraged to apply. All applications and letters of support due by March 15, 2021. Learn more.
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Global Fellows Program: A Leadership Program for Duke Students with A Global Mindset |
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Democracy Summer Internship |
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At Democracy North Carolina, they believe that the fight is ongoing until every person has a voice. This summer, you could be a part of getting us closer to that reality. Democracy Summer is a life-changing, hands-on internship experience for college students from across the state. All interns earn a $3,700 stipend (taxable) while building relationships and receiving training that will help you start a career in social and political change. Now in its 22nd year, Democracy Summer is ideal for college students interested in working in social and economic justice, community-based advocacy, research, politics, law, nonprofits, or public service. Applications are due by 7 p.m. on Monday, March 15th. Learn more and register
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A Genocide in Our Time? China’s Internal Campaign Against a Muslim Minority w/Sean Roberts & Mustafa Tuna |
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More than one million members of China’s Uyghur ethnic minority, who are largely Muslim, are now being held in so-called reeducation camps, victims of what has become the largest program of mass detention and surveillance in the world. In his new book, Professor Sean Roberts, Director of International Development Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs of The George Washington University, describes how the Chinese government successfully implicated the Uyghurs in the US-led global terror war―despite a complete lack of evidence―and branded them as a dangerous terrorist threat with links to al-Qaeda.
Join us for a conversation between Dr. Roberts and Duke Professor Mustafa Tuna, whose research focuses on social and cultural change among the Muslim communities of Central Eurasia, about the humanitarian catastrophe that China does not want you to know about. Professor Nancy MacLean will moderate this crucial conversation.
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The Duke Human Rights Center @ the Franklin Humanities Institute brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, staff and students to promote new understandings about global human rights issues. |
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