HRE USA Strategic Priorities Mtg Padlet Jan 9th 2025 by Jacob Skrzypiec

CHECK-IN: Your Name, Your Role & Institution, what motivated you to attend our strategic planning process this evening?

jacobskrzypiec — 2025-01-08 21:48:15 UTC

2025-01-10 00:13:03 UTC

Jess Westhoff

Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, Education Programs Manager

I am excited to be a part of this group of incredible human rights education leaders. I look forward to deepening my learning and contributing whatever I can to support your efforts.

Elana Haviv, Co-Chair HRE USA, ED Generation Human Rights, I'm excited to see everyone and for this upcoming brain storming

2025-01-10 00:13:05 UTC

2025-01-10 00:13:33 UTC

Sandy Sohcot, I want to help HRE USA strategize positively amid the fears of the political environment

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2025-01-10 00:13:33 UTC

Hi all! I’m Arianna Marucci, I teach high school Social Studies in Dolgeville, NY and I’m here because I want to help strengthen HR education and collaborate with you :)

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2025-01-10 00:13:36 UTC

Liz Schwab (HRE USA and Boston College). I am excited to see how we can improve going into next year!

2025-01-10 00:13:44 UTC

Kristin Ghazarians, Human Rights Watch Student Task Force, Looking for potential collaboration opportunities in the coming calendar year.

2025-01-10 00:13:49 UTC

Bill Fernekes

Independent Scholar/Activist

HRE USA is a great organization--I'm here to help keep it vibrant and relevant as we face challenging times in our country and globally.

Maddy Wegner, Child Friendly Cities Minneapolis

2025-01-10 00:13:51 UTC

Now, more than ever, it seems more incumbent on us to be in schools. I'm excited for the possibilities, following a great time with many of you in Boston at NCSS this fall.

Inspiration

2025-01-10 00:13:55 UTC

Kristi - Director/Co-Chair of HRE USA. I am here because of all of you who inspire me to empower myself and others as human rights learners and educators! Thank you!

Hallie McRae, SC Member @ HRE USA (and recent grad from UC Berkeley). I am eager to connect with you all to prioritize collaboration and community in anticipation of challenging times for human rights advocates.

2025-01-10 00:14:08 UTC

Yvonne Vissing, Salem State U, hoping to team up to further human rights ed

2025-01-10 00:14:18 UTC

Hi everyone! This is Felisa, working in both the NGO sector (HREA) and higher education (Utrecht U). Kristi and Elana invited me to join and think together with everyone about HREUSA's strategic planning. So here I am! :-)

2025-01-10 00:14:41 UTC

Lina Lenberg, 6th grade teacher and part-time professor at USF; also head of the Uyghur Genocide Online Resource Center.

I'm looking forward to being among HR-minded folks and consider how we can move forward during these very challenging times.

Brian Shmaefsky - Professor of Env Science

2025-01-10 00:16:30 UTC

I am excited to work on new opportunities using environmental justice community engagement activities in my teaching and teacher training.

Brian Farrell - Univ. of Iowa

2025-01-15 20:58:17 UTC

I teach at Iowa Law - both law and undergraduate human rights classes - and am associate director of our Center for Human Rights. A big part of my work over recent years has been to connect students and faculty at colleges and universities in our region.

Check-In -- computer trouble made me late - Rosemary Blanchard, Retired university educator, corporate representative to American Friends Service Committee from Intermountain Yearly Meeting (Quakers)

rblnchrd — 2025-01-21 06:31:23 UTC

Hoping to see HRE USA push the boundaries of HR discourse allowed in the US, both in educational settings and as a pillar of freedom of expression in public settings. I am concerned that the HR and IHL communities of education and advocacy not go silent or employ an excess of caution in the coming difficult years. Where will HRE USA stand?

Marissa Gutierrez-Vicario (she/her)

2025-02-07 20:04:43 UTC

Doctoral Fellow / Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City

Adjunct, The City College of New York

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2025-02-08 01:08:09 UTC

Sabrina Sanchez; Steering Committee & Podcast Team Member; MA from USF; Looking forward to strategizing on how to protect and promote human rights while mobilizing from the grassroots.

John Terry

2025-02-13 11:19:31 UTC

Thank you to HRE USA for all the work you do, which will become even more relevant in the coming years here in the U.S. with the changing direction of political winds. I look forward to jumping back into my work with all of you as soon as I am able.