I love being part of the @UConnHRI community!

What will it take to culturally re-indigenize Connecticut? Find out from my The News Station feature, which spotlights the bright minds of @KimTallBear, @DMihesuah, Glenn Mitoma and Dr. Jason Mancini CT Humanities. #IndianCountry thenewsstation.com/re-indigenizin…

Tomorrow, 10/12 two members from the Land Grab CT team will be speaking on Connecticut Public Radio’s “Where We Live” to discuss the Land Grab CT project, and what the future holds. Tune in at 9am ET! ctpublic.org/show/where-we-… #landgrabct #landgrabu

Some politicians are using Holocaust imagery and references to criticize pandemic policies. Today, we talk about why these analogies are harmful. Avinoam Patt, Director of UConn Judaic Studies joins us. ctpublic.org/show/where-we-…

With the presidential helicopters gone and the stage put away, we can’t forget to thank all those UConn behind the event and the daily work of @UConnHRI and #DoddImpact. If you missed the event you can now view the recording at s.uconn.edu/doddcenterdedi…

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The feeling is mutual, Dan!

Join us for our next Encounters program hosted in tandem with @UConnHRI Wadsworth Atheneum The Amistad Center @HPLCT Htfd History Center Akomawt Educational Initiative Register for FREE here: bit.ly/3AnqzEm

I & my POLS 3202 (Comparative Political Parties & Electoral Systems) students are looking forward to Secretary Cardona's Secretary Miguel Cardona keynote speech & the ensuing panel @UConnHRI later today on the key role of civics & human rights education in defending democracy.#HumanRightsDay

Laura Chapman Rubbo ’91 (CLAS) has worked with many dedicated business professionals who work day in & day out on advancing respect for #HumanRights—& has now established an endowed fund to help widen the field & support UConn students: bit.ly/3yj7Drg #HumanRightsDay

On Friday afternoon, Senator Chris Dodd joined Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona in a discussion hosted by UConn Neag School of Education and @UConnHRI about how schools can drive democracy through civics and human rights education. courant.com/opinion/op-ed/…

In the short film called "Letters from Nuremberg," students enrolled in Visual Storytelling through Human Rights Archives tell the story of Thomas Dodd's experiences at the Nuremberg Trials through his many letters home during his 18 months away. today.uconn.edu/2021/12/studen…

With apologies for a tech glitch, we've had to change the registration link. The new one is here: tinyurl.com/4ckxma8c Please use this even if you signed up with the old one (i.e. we all have to re-register 🙁). Thanks for your understanding, and see you there!

Tsuru For Solidarity & other activist orgs gathered @ Fort Sill in June '19, a former Japanese American internment camp, American Indian boarding school & Apache POW camp, to protest its use as a migrant detention center. Join us on Feb 23 to learn more: s.uconn.edu/dor2022

Feb 19 marks the 80th anniversary of #EO9066 which enabled the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during WW2. Today, Feb. 23, join us and Asian and Asian American Studies Institute to learn how activists are using their history to advocate against migrant detention: s.uconn.edu/dor2022

Law, not war.

Dr. Sandra Sirota (UConn) & Glenn Mitoma reflect on the past and imagine the future of #HumanRights teacher education. They examine the struggles educators face in not just teaching and learning, but in advocating & promoting HR and social justice. 📓 repository.usfca.edu/ijhre/vol6/iss…

So glad to see #IndigenousPeoplesDay thriving at UConn. Missing my amazing friends like Sandy Grande and the crew at UConn NACP !

Can’t thing of a better way to spend a Saturday! (Apparently I also can’t think about a comb…) Grateful for the chance to talk with some amazing students and the legendary Monisha Bajaj is now at @monishabajaj.bsky.social - HRE is alive and well on the West Coast.