This is My Home:
Human Rights Education and Community Building Workshop
(Rochester, November 1, 2006)
About the session: Human Rights Education contributes significantly to a full educational, cultural, and social development of the child. In partnership with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, the University of Minnesota Human Rights Center has developed, piloted, and launched one of the most innovative, emergent human rights education programs in the country. This is My Home: A Minnesota Human Rights Education Experience (www.thisismyhome.org) is a multi-faceted human rights education curriculum, and it is currently being distributed statewide to all Minnesota schools and globally via Internet free of charge. The goal of this project is to promote human rights and increase cultural competencies that will lead to long-term changes in students' attitudes and levels of engagement toward school, the family, and the community.
Pilot Project Opportunity: The University of Minnesota Human Rights Resource Center received a grant from the Education Minnesota's Foundation for Excellence in Teaching and Learning to conduct a pilot set of human rights education workshops and evaluate their impact on effective teaching practices. During the next two years, educators from several cities in Minnesota will be engaged in a pilot project of integrating This is My Home in their schools and communities. By attending workshops and using existing human rights educational resources, you will be exposed to the relevant knowledge, skills, and attitudes that we hope will foster a positive and dynamic classroom climate, implement inclusive curriculum, and create connections with students and the larger community. This project will also work to share effective practices in classrooms and schools throughout Minnesota , by documenting and evaluating ways in which teachers are integrating cultural competency and human rights education activities into the curriculum and school.
Workshop participants:
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| Gale Kall | Kim Johsrud | Ann Peterson |
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| Suzanne Druehl | Jeff Sampson | Margaret Brimijoin |
