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North American Partners for Human Rights Education: An Update

North American Partners for Human Rights Education (NAPHRE) is a group of organizations collaborating on the following shared educational goals: (1) ensuring that every child is prepared to live in a global community where human rights and democratic principles are understood and realized in daily life; (2) establishing human rights as an essential ingredient in the professional education of every teacher and in the curriculum of every school in the U.S. and Canada; (3) providing a framework of universally accepted human rights values for students to begin questioning how to make the world a better place; and (4) supporting teachers in facilitating an environment that encourages students to respect human dignity and become agents of change.

Membership in NAPHRE ($20 for individuals, $35 for schools and community organizations, and $100 for national organizations) includes a subscription to Human Rights Education: The Fourth R, access to the materials and consultants of the K -12 Human Rights Education Curriculum Library located at the University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, newsletters of many other NAPHRE member organizations, and information on conferences and courses in human rights education. NAPHRE also encourages members to become involved in human rights education curriculum development and training programs with educators throughout North America.

Currently, the following organizations are members of NAPHRE: Alberta Human Rights Commission, Alliances Benefiting Children, Inc., AIUSA, AI-Canada (English speaking), Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights - Harvard School of Public Health, Bahai Community of Canada, Canadian Human Rights Foundation, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Educating for Peace, International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IHRAAM), National Institute for Citizen Education in the Law (NICEL), Network of Educators on the Americas, Organizing Committee of the People’s Decade of Human Rights Education, South House Exchange, University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, and University of Vermont Center for World Education. Individual and community organizational members are from the U.S., Canada, Uganda, Bangladesh, India, and other countries.

For more information and to request a brochure and membership form, contact NAPHRE, University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, 229-19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, tel. 612-626-0041, FAX 612-625-2011.