Now that you've sorted out your course schedules, we hope you are looking forward to this semester. For those who celebrated Rosh Hashanah over the weekend- Shanah Tovah! For those who took time to mourn the passing of RBG, we are here for you.
Last week, we had a great HRHP Faculty Meet & Greet! For those unable to join, stay tuned for the recording in the next newsletter.
This panel will explore questions related to participation and civic education rights of youth and how youth engage in and influence elections.
For Zoom login information, please register here: http://bit.ly/election_youth
Moderator: Kunoor Ojha, Chief of Staff, Green New Deal Network
Panelists:
-Abby Kiesa - Director of Impact, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, Tufts University
-Ioana Literat - Assistant Professor in the Communication, Media and Learning Technologies Design Program, -Teachers College, Columbia University
-Katie Peterson, President of ColumbiaVotes - Confirmed
Andrew Wilkes - Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy, Generation Citizen
-Daniella Zlotnik Raz - PhD researcher at the University of Haifa
For speakers bios and more detail about the series, go to the following link: http://www.humanrightscolumbia.org/events/elections-and-human-rights-youth-engagement-and-influence
-SIPA students get free student passes!! To claim your ticket, register at https://transformation2020.org/ and use the promo code columbia20 at checkout.-
Given the pandemic - we got creative - we are going virtual - September 24th - 26th, The Center for Popular Democracy in partnership with the ACLU, Broadway Action Coalition, The Labz and Level Forward will virtually throw open our doors and welcome delegates to explore the existential question of what is popular democracy. Delegates from around the country will be treated to a multi-day convening of interactive programming at the nexus of award-winning art, activism, politics, and culture. Sessions will include fireside chats, debates, film, art, music, dramatic works, dance workshops, keynotes and talk forwards. This year there are eight tracks with the following themes:
ÔùÅ Building an Inclusive People-Powered Democracy
ÔùÅ Transforming Our Justice System
ÔùÅ Securing Fundamental Human Rights for Immigrants
ÔùÅ Investing in Equity and Repairing Historic Wealth Stripping
ÔùÅ Protecting Our Workers and Sustaining Our Communities
ÔùÅ Educating for the Future
ÔùÅ Healthcare for All
U.S. African American Redress Network - This summer, Morgan Nevins (MIA/MSW '21) was a research assistant supporting the launch of this pilot project of Columbia's ISHR in partnership with Howard University.
Internships and Opportunities
Columbia University, SIPA. Research Assistant (paid)Fall 2020 - Spring 2021
Application Due Date: September 18, 2020Professor Daniel Naujoks is looking for a research assistant for Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 to support the analysis of United Nations Development Plans. The research assistant will support Professor Naujoks to use the qualitative research software NVivo to apply automatic and manual codes; create a dataset that is supplemented by statistical data available from other sources and support the analysis. If interested, see more information here and apply by September 18.
Frenchtutoring (paid): CCSIis looking for a native French-speaking student to run informal remoteFrenchconversation classes with a CCSI staff member. The position will be paid, and due to the university's administrative constraints, the student must be in the United States. In addition to generally practicing French language conversation, we hope to focus on discussing work-related issues, which relate to agricultural investment in the global south, human rights, sustainable development and transparency. No specific background is needed in those fields but any familiarity would be an asset. The likely commitment would be 1 hour per week, beginning ASAP. Please email Sam Szoke-Burke (s.burke@columbia.edu) if interested, noting any relevant interests/background
Contact us!
Professor Elazar Bakan, Director of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Concentration, Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Rights
