The Good Trouble Handbook: Your Guide to Protecting the Vote |
Congressman John Lewis’ life’s work has changed the very fabric of this country. Born in the heart of the Jim Crow South, in the shadow of slavery, he saw the profound injustice all around him and knew, from a young age, that he wanted to do something about it. Read the Handbook.
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Why the Human Rights Certificate? Interview with De’Ja Wood |
As a Saint Louis native who bore witness to the Ferguson uprising in August 2014, the Human Rights Certificate peaked my interest, as I sought interdisciplinary studies that helped me make sense of the things happening around me and support the work in the ongoing fight for Black lives and human rights. Read the complete interview.
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Teaching for Equity Fellowship Welcomes Two Faculty Cohorts |
In August, 50 faculty from across Duke were selected for the Teaching for Equity Fellowship. Fellows will participate in a year-long series of workshops that give them tools to better engage all students in virtual classrooms, labs, and learning spaces. Learn more. |
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Submit your Book for the 2020 Juan E. Méndez Book Award |
The Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America honors the leadership and legacy of Juan E. Méndez, a champion of justice who has devoted his life to the defense of human rights. We are accepting book entries until November 15, 2020.
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Update from the Human Rights Archive |
The Human Rights Archive welcomes Hannah Ontiveros as the 2020-2021 Marshall T. Meyer Human Rights Intern. She is a seventh-year Ph.D. candidate in the History Department. Her dissertation focuses on American-led humanitarian relief in Korea in the 1950s. Hannah served as graduate student mentor for the “Stone by Stone” Story+ project, based in the University Archives.
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The Race Workshop: A Student-Run Workshop Exploring Issues of Race at Duke and Beyond |
The Sociology Department’s Race Workshop celebrated its twelfth year anniversary in the Spring of 2020. It was created in 2008 by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva and his students as an intellectual space for those interested in the study of race and ethnicity. Learn more.
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Story+ Call for Research Project Proposals |
Duke faculty, archivists, Labs, Centers, Institutes, and other campus and community members are invited to submit applications for the Summer 2021 edition of Story+. Projects must be anchored in humanities research methods and questions with well-defined project goals that can be feasibly completed in six weeks. See full call.
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Call for Bass Connections Projects |
Bass Connections is now accepting proposals for 2021-2022 projects that engage faculty, undergraduates and graduate/professional students in the interdisciplinary exploration of complex societal challenges.This year, the focus is on racial injustice and inequality, systemic racism and social justice. Please see the project proposal guidelines.
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Kyra Josephson graduated from Duke University in 2018 and is currently pursuing her J.D. at the George Washington University School of Law. She recently co-founded Let’s Not Forget – an organization dedicated to helping people stay informed and active in the fight against racial injustice.
My dedication to shaping Let’s Not Forget into a platform for education, activism, and Black voices stems from my experiences at Duke. Attending college in the American South quickly exposed me to a side of America that my hometown had not. After a noose was hung on campus during my first semester, I became committed to learning more about systemic racism’s deep roots in our country’s history. While my professors and classes were remarkable resources for taking an academic approach to this issue, my conversations with peers were invaluable. I hope to continue harnessing the power of social media and the internet to spark important conversations between people of diverse backgrounds and experiences and ensure that the conversations do not stop even when the headlines do. Read more.
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Career Resources for Duke Alumni |
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Duke University provides multiple resources and opportunities for alumni searching for jobs. They host educational, social, and career-development events throughout the year, in cities across the country and around the world, and offer numerous services to help alumni connect with one another. You can follow them on LinkedIn. You can also follow #DukeAlumniJobs on Twitter to get access to job and internship opportunities.
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2020 Science, Technology, and Human Rights Conference |
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Human rights are increasingly relevant to science and technology. The important roles of scientific methods, tools and knowledge for advancing human rights are also more visible today than ever. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Human Rights Coalition, Human Rights Educators USA, and the University and College Consortium for Human Rights Education invite students to submit an e-poster and presentation video for the upcoming 2020 virtual Science, Technology, and Human Rights Conference. Learn more.
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Why Vote? Video Challenge |
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Duke is participating in the NC Campus Challenge, a competition to see which school can get the most students registered and voting in 2020. As part of the Challenge, the Hart Leadership Program is running the Why Vote video challenge again for the 2020 general election. We are looking for the best pitches from students attending any college across the Challenge that would motivate peers to vote. To read about the criteria for your video, click here. All entries due on Friday, October 8th.
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Remote Internships Available |
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Sign up to find out more about NCPIRG Students’ remote internships and volunteer opportunities. NCPIRG Students is a student organization here at Duke that works to protect the environment, and promote civic engagement. Young people make up the largest and most diverse group of potential voters in the country, with our own values, ideas and issues that we care about. That means we can make a big impact in the November Election, but only if we vote! NCPIRG has virtual volunteer and internship opportunities doing outreach, organizing events, and spreading the world through media and social media. Apply today.
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You Can Vote: Student Resources and Opportunities |
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Welcome to College, Welcome to Voting Videos: 73 summer fellows and YCV staff are producing several campus-specific videos to teach college students how to register and make their plan to vote! Check out and share the general Welcome to College, Welcome to Voting video with all students you know to ensure they have all the info they need. You can visit the YouTube page from here.
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PauliTalks: The Black Queer Ballot |
Community Conversation hosted by Desmera Gatewood of DurmTalks with guests Quinton Harper and Mandy Carter about voting laws, the ballot and issues that impact Black Queers and Black femmes. Visit the event webpage.
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Session One: Home/Homelessness in Precarious Times
Session Two: The Fight for Housing
This is two-part event that will be moderated by Brian Goldstone, and Anne Allison, Duke anthropologist who has worked on precarity, lonely death, and homeless dead in Japan. Visit the event website.
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Fragile Democracy: The Struggle Over Race and Voting Rights in North Carolina |
Fragile Democracy tells the story of race and voting rights from the end of the Civil War until the present day. It shows that struggles over the franchise have played out through cycles of emancipatory politics and conservative retrenchment.
Register in advance here.
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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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