Dodd Human Rights Impact offers a variety of professional development opportunities for pre- and in-service educators interested in human rights curricula, pedagogies, and methods.
2019-2020
October 21, 2019
Centering Youth Voices in Human Rights Education and Advocacy
With the approaching 30th anniversary of the landmark international Convention on the Rights of the Child, we invite educators and community leaders to join us for a day-long workshop focused on creating opportunities for youth leadership and voice in classrooms and community-based organizations.
Partner: UConn ECE & Educational Leadership
October 16, 2019
Human Rights through Interdisciplinary Inquiry: Developing our Social Scientists
Join us for a teacher workshop on that will introduce participants to an interdisciplinary curriculum designed to build student empathy and civic skills.
2018-2019
March 14, 2019
Teaching Genocide with Film
Partner: Symposium on International Justice
November 12, 2018
Starting Conversations: Using Children’s Literature to Teach Human Rights
Partner: Middletown Library Service Center
Sept. 24, 2018
Principles and Practices of Taking Action
Partner: UConn ECE & Educational Leadership
Aug. 13, 2018
Holocaust and Genocide Education and Awareness Workshop
Partner: CT Department of Education & Voices of Hope
July 29 – August 3, 2018
UPSTANDER ACADEMY: Using Human Rights Education to Encourage Upstanders
Partner: Upstander Project
2017-2018
July 29 – August 3, 2018
UPSTANDER ACADEMY: Using Human Rights Education to Encourage Upstanders
Partner: Upstander Project
2016-2017
July 30 – August 4, 2017
UPSTANDER ACADEMY: Using Human Rights Education to Encourage Upstanders
Partner: Upstander Project
2015-2016
August 1-5, 2016
UPSTANDER ACADEMY: Intellectual Humility in Public Discourse Summer Institute
Partner: Upstander Project
May 5, 2016
2016 TEACHING THE HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Partner: UNESCO Chair and Institute of Comparative Human Rights
2014-2015
May 15, 2015
2015 TEACHING THE HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Partner: UNESCO Chair and Institute of Comparative Human Rights
April 10 & 11, 2015 (UConn Storrs)
SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER HUMAN RIGHTS CURRICULUM
Partner: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
October 17 & 18, 2014 (UConn Stamford)
SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER HUMAN RIGHTS CURRICULUM
Partner: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
2013-2014
May 16, 2014
2014 TEACHING THE HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Partner: UNESCO Chair and Institute of Comparative Human Rights