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From the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of Apartheid to the revolutions in the Arab World, immense change has been sparked by citizens speaking in the language of human rights who challenged the brutal régimes that oppressed them for generations. More recently, larger issues of diplomacy, Neoliberalism, environmental degradation and climate change have put additional stress on human rights ar
06/27/2024
On behalf of UC Davis Human Rights Studies I am pleased to invite my University of California colleagues — faculty and graduate students — to participate in a series of conferences and symposia next year to explore the ways in which our research, teaching and public scholarship individually and through collaboration can confront violence, oppression and impunity; promote and protect fundamental human rights; and imagine and articulate radical solidarities that will foster just and lasting peace. Please follow the link below for more information on the work we are doing at UC Davis and learn about ways you can participate. UC Davis College of Letters and Science UC Davis Global Affairs UC Davis Public Scholarship and Engagement
06/20/2024
"On it's important to think about how we can support communities that have been displaced, and undergraduate involvement in Backpack demonstrates that students have so much to share even as they learn."
Dheera Dusanapudi UC Davis Article 26 Backpack
UC Davis Human Rights Studies UC Davis Global Affairs
UC Davis Article 26 Backpack Marks World Refugee Day 2024 As of May 2024, 120 million people worldwide have been forcibly removed from their homes due to persecution, conflict, violence, and human rights violations. Today, on World Refugee Day, The Article 26 Backpack stands in solidarity with refugees across the globe, helping others to safely organize, s...
05/30/2024
At the heart of the Article 26 Backpack are the members of the Global Backpack Guide Collective. Drawn from UC Davis Human Rights Studies students, they build relationships with displaced and refugee young people globally to make the human-digital ecosystem work. Last night at the Davis Farmers' Market, we celebrated three graduating leaders of the collective, Kayla Garcia-Pebdani, Rai, and Stehlin.
When we began Backpack, we never imagined the role it would play in providing opportunities for professionalization in action, becoming the largest UC Davis College of Letters and Science -based experiential learning program...and they got our super-cool mug as a send off.
On a personal note, I'm so proud of these young people and know how much better the world is with them in it.
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