Interview with Catherine Coleman Flowers, 2020 MacArthur Fellow |
"I think the lesson for me is: persistence pays off and there’s always more to do. And I’ve been fortunate to have had success in the midst of a pandemic where things could have been very different. And at the same time, you know that we have suffered losses, too. But this just gives me encouragement to continue to move forward so that we won’t continue to have the kind of losses that we have suffered in Lowndes County as a result of COVID"...Read more.
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Student Book Giveaway Waste by Catherine Flowers |
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Pauli Murray and the Need for Racial Reckoning |
"In recent years, North Carolina has seen dozens of protests tied to the renaming of buildings and the removal of racist statues. In 2018, after decades of marching, UNC students finally dragged down 'Silent Sam,' a statue of a Confederate soldier at the campus entrance..." Read the complete article by the Robin Kirk and Barbara Lau.
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Fragile Democracy: The Struggle Over Race and Voting Rights in North Carolina |
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A convenient one-stop early voting station is open at the Karsh Center for students, staff, faculty, alumni and visitors from October 15th through the 31st. Durham residents will be able to early vote as well as same-day register when bringing a form of identification. To learn more about the voting process at Duke, visit this page.
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Spring '21 RIGHTS Courses |
If you are interested in pursuing the Human Rights Certificate, we recommend taking Introduction to Human Rights, which is only offered in the Spring. Additional RIGHTS courses include: War, Slavery and Revolution; Farmworkers in NC; The University as a Culture; Documenting Black Experiences; White People and more!
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Why the Human Rights Certificate? Interviews with Eritrea Temesghen and Allayne Thomas |
Eritrea: "I decided to pursue the human rights certificate after taking a class called Human Rights & Legal Redress during my first semester at Duke. The course content sparked my interest in better understanding the history of human rights as it related to international geopolitics and its potential to help advance the fight for equity in diverse global contexts"...Read more.
Allayne: "This certificate is unique because it’s the only one that will really provide a comprehensive understanding on of some of the most important social moments for change in the last few decades and give a template to how to bring about the change you wish to see in the world."...Read more.
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Racial Equity Learning Arc |
On September 16, the DHRC@FHI and Duke Civic Engagement kicked off the 3rd annual cohort of the Racial Equity Learning Arc, designed and facilitated by The Equity Paradigm. The program brings together 41 staff and faculty from across the university to participate in a 6-session series to learn, reflect, and develop action plans to advance racial equity. Learn more.
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Dr. Carrie Bourassa, “Protecting Our Home Fires Strategy as a Driver for Self-determination” |
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New Collections in the Human Rights Archive |
The following new collections have been added to the Human Rights Archive:
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Submit your Book for the 2020 Juan E. Méndez Book Award |
Entries for the 2020 Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America will be accepting until November 15, 2020. Please visit the website for further details.
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Duke Alumni in Human Rights on Linkedin |
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The Duke Human Rights Center @ FHI has a LinkedIn group for alumni working in human rIghts. This is a resource for current students to reach out to alumni and for Duke graduates working in human rights to connect with one another. Please feel free to post jobs, internships and any other opportunities in human rights. Join the group by clicking this link.
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ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships: Call for Fellows |
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The Southern Coalition for Social Justice is pleased to partner with the American Council of Learned Societies to be selected as one of 11 nonprofits across the U.S. that will host a paid fellow for one year! The fellowships provide support for placing talented, entrepreneurial recent PhDs in religious studies, theology, ethics, and related fields in organizations around the country, to help communities respond to issues caused by the COVID-19 crisis and advance public understanding of the pandemic.
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Princeton Energy Conference 2020 |
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Princeton University Energy Association will hold their third annual fall conference virtually: Where Will We Go From Here? Energy Implications and Futures Beyond COVID-19 from November 13th to 14th. Some of the key note speakers include: Dr. Daniel Kammen (Professor of Energy at UC-Berkeley & Chair Goldman School of Public Policy), Colette Honorable, Esq. (Partner at ReedSmith, Former Commissioner at FERC) and Kelly Speakes-Backman (CEO of Energy Storage Association). Learn more.
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Post-Election Reflection: A Community Conversation |
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Join us for a virtual, community-led conversation about the 2020 election. This discussion will be facilitated by the Pauli Murray Center’s Executive Director, Barbara Lau, and board chair Mayme Webb-Bledsoe. To register, click here.
This event is co-sponsored by the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice and the Franklin Humanities Institute’s Duke Human Rights Center.
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Book Event with Catherine Coleman Flowers, author of Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret |
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In this powerful book, Catherine Coleman Flowers tells the story of systemic class, racial, and geographic prejudice that foster Third World conditions, not just in Alabama, but across America, in Appalachia, Central California, coastal Florida, Alaska, the urban Midwest, and on Native American reservations in the West. Learn more about the book and register for this event.
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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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