WELCOME BACK! It's that time of year! Welcome back to Partners in Human Rights Education! We hope you had a wonderful and energizing summer. This year will be filled with new opportunities for all involved. Two exciting follow-up workshops are being planned:
In addition, the Partners Project will begin a pilot project in Madison, Wisconsin in October 1995. TRAININGPlease let your colleagues and friends know about the Partners Project's training for new members. For more information and to register for a training, please call the Partners Project at (612) 626-0041. We look forward to seeing you! Greater Minnesota Bemidji An introductory training will be held at the New Library in Bemidji on Thursday, September 28, 1995 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Everyone interested in becoming part of the Partners Project is invited to attend the training. Grand Rapids A training will be held on Saturday, October 14, 1995. New team members will have a training from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Continuing team members will join the new team members as well as have a follow-up training session from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. St. Cloud A training for new team members will be held on September 23, 1995 at the Court House from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. A follow-up training will be held at the Court House in St. Cloud on Wednesday, November 15, 1995 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. A second follow-up training will be held on Wednesday, March 20, 1996 at the Court House from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Twin Cities Training will be held for new team members on Saturday, September 30, 1995 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and on Thursday, October 19, 1995 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The training will take place at the U of M Law School. The cost will be $15 for materials and food. A follow-up training for all continuing team members will be held on Saturday, September 30, 1995 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the U of M Law School. The cost will be $10 for materials and lunch. Wisconsin Outreach An introductory training will be held on Saturday, October 21, 1995 in Madison, Wisconsin from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Please contact the Partners Project at (612) 626-0041 for more information. Human Rights and the ARTS
The Partners Project needs your journalism, creative writing, and artistic efforts! Encourage your students to be creative. Each student may submit two works. Please send any copies of writings and art to the Partners Project offices by December 15, 1995. The collections will be available at the Human Rights and the Arts Workshop on January 24, 1996. Let's have some fun with the ARTS! Lesson Plans To generate ideas for lessons and share classroom experiences, each issue will highlight a lesson plan designed and used by a Partners Project team. The lesson plan can be an activity for one class or an entire unit. We ask each team to send in at least one lesson by December 15, 1995. Please send in any lessons that you feel were successful. Enclosed in this newsletter is a "Lesson Planner." Please fill it out and fax it to the Partners Project at (612) 625-2011, mail it, or drop it at the Partners Project office. Look for the first lesson in the October issue of the Explorer. Lessons will be compiled in a three-ring binder and available in the Human Rights Education Library. The Partners Project hopes to publish the lessons in Fall 1996. Let's share our successes and ideas with each other! Community ACTION! Projects Please send a short description of your community action project(s) including planning steps and results, the name of your school, grade level or class, team names, and any news articles or notes on other media coverage to the Partners Project. Enclosed in this Explorer is the Community Action! Project Planner. Send in your Community Action! Project by October 20, 1995. Take A Look at A Book! Please share with us a brief description of any book about human rights that you or your students have found inspiring.
Curricula/Resources Please let us know about sources for human rights education posters, bookmarks, etc. that you find helpful.
Partners Project Fellowship Meeting for Interested 1995-1996 Fellows Information for the 1995-1996 Human Rights Fellowship Grants will be available on Wednesday, October 11, 1995 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the U of M Law School. Come hear the exciting national and international human rights experiences of 1995 summer Partners Project Fellows!
Volunteer Opportunities Partners in Human Rights Education The Partners Project has several part-time volunteer opportunities. Please call Johanna Ronnai at (612) 626-0041 for more information. Recruitment: A volunteer will contact organizations and individuals in the Twin Cities about joining the Partners Project. Curriculum: A volunteer will review materials in the Partners Project library and order new materials as well as work on copyrighting the present Partners Project curricula. Partners Training Manual & Training Program for 1995-1996: A volunteer will work on assembly and copyright permission of the training manual for 1995-96 training. North American Partners in Human Rights Education Volunteer Coordinator & Outreach: A volunteer will assist with the Human Rights Education: Fourth R, an Amnesty International newsletter. Other Volunteer Opportunities Chrysalis
Volunteers are needed as phone/resource counselors, group facilitators, L.A.W. Program facilitators and attorneys, speakers bureau, child care providers, in-home volunteers, newsletter volunteers, office specialists, and committee members. Internships in phone/resource counseling, support groups, mental health, and chemical dependency are also available to students in academic programs related to these fields. Contact Chrysalis at (612) 871-0118 for more information and the fall volunteer training schedule. Human Rights Events Calendar September 16 Mexico Human Rights Update. Cliff Rode, Director of the Mexico Project of the Minnesota Advocates will report on his August fact finding trip to Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Mexico City. His investigations included the June 28, 1995 massacre of peasants in Guerrero. Resource Center of the Americas. 10:30 a.m. FFI (612) 339-9840. 23 Education -- Human Rights-- 50th Year Celebration of the United Nations. League of Minnesota Human Rights Commissions 24th Annual Conference. Conference activities include a plenary session, workshops, exhibits, video presentations and idea exchanges. FFI (612) 341-3302. 30 Report on Haiti. Haiti Justice Committee members, Neil Elliot and Elizabeth Bruch, will report on their July fact-finding tour in Haiti and discuss the current human rights situation. Resource Center of the Americas. 10:30 a.m. FFI (612) 339-9840. October 16 Hindu-Muslim Conflict in India, Prospects for Harmony. Asghar Ali Engineer, a human rights activist from India, will speak. U of M Westbank Union Auditorium. 12:00 noon. FFI (612) 625-4577. 21 Grassroots Organizing in Poor Communities in Mexico. Clara Brugada from the grassroots effort Equipo Pueblo in Mexico will discuss the situation of women in marginalized communities surrounding Mexico City and their attempts to organize and respond to the worsening economic situation. Resource Center of the Americas. 10:30 a.m. FFI (612) 627-9445. International
Human Rights Law Course Mark Your Calendars for the Human Rights Fair! On Friday, May 10, 1996, Partners in Human Rights Education will hold a Human Rights Fair to celebrate the efforts of the students and team participants! Students will display their poems, posters, class projects, and other artwork. The Human Rights Fair will be held at Como Park Pavilion in St. Paul from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Watch for more details throughout the year! Changes at the Partners Project.... We've moved . . . one door down! The Partners Project and Human Rights Education Curriculum Library is located at the U of M Law School, Room 439. THANK YOU!
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Night Flying Woman. Ignatia Broker
recounts the life of her Ojibway great-great-grandmother,
Oona. Forced off their lands by white
settlers, Oona and her family moved
to Minnesota's White Earth Reservation.
There they continued to practice traditional
ways as well as new customs. This is
a story of enormous loss but also of
great strength and continuity. Minnesota
Historical Society Press, 1983. Available
from the Resource Center of the Americas,
(612) 627-9445.
