human rights

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University will present its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Awards 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, in the CUB Senior Ballroom.

By Emma Epperly, Undergraduate Education PULLMAN, Wash. – Academy Award-winning documentary director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will show film clips at a free, public presentation about human rights at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in Beasley Coliseum.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Five finalist teams will present their solutions to real cases of arbitrary detention in the United States at the free, public Sixth Annual Global Case Competition. The event will take place today at 3 p.m. April 8, in CUE 202. 

By C. Brandon Chapman, College of Education PULLMAN, Wash. – Human rights and state-sponsored political violence will be addressed by Luz Rivera Martinez, an organizer with Consejo Nacional Urbano y Campesino, in a free, public discussion at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, in Cleveland 121 at Washington State University.

By C. Brandon Chapman, College of Education PULLMAN, Wash. – Two representatives from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will train education students to teach about genocide on March 8 at Washington State University.

Pullman, Wash.—The third annual Finding The Center Human Rights Conference will take place at The University of Idaho in Moscow, April 12-14. It is billed as an action-oriented conference that will focus on “The Power of Transformation.” Randie S. Gottlieb will kick-off the Conference with a keynote address. Gottlieb is the founder of UNITYWORKS—an organization […]

Pullman- Registration is now open for the third annual joint Idaho-Washington regional “Finding the Center: An Action-Oriented Human Rights Conference,” April 12-14 at the University of Idaho. The theme of the conference this year is “The Power of Transformation.” It is designed to provide new tools, techniques and skills for furthering the cause of human […]

Registration is now open for the second Idaho-Washington regional “Finding the Center” Human Rights Conference for the Inland Pacific Northwest March 24-26 at the University of Idaho and University Inn Best Western in Moscow.The conference is designed to provide new tools, techniques and skills for furthering the cause of human rights and dignity for all. […]

Among recent initiatives at the Center for Human Rights (CHR) is a Quarterly Human Rights Report, which will share information with WSU employees, students and others about complaints received by CHR. The first report, covering April-June, can be accessed from http://www.chr.wsu.edu. Raul Sánchez, CHR director, said among his highest priorities is strengthening communication between his […]

The Center for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Associated Students of WSU, will facilitate a series of roundtable discussions this semester to engage the community on topics of human rights. The first discussion, scheduled for noon on Wednesday, Sept. 7, in Lighty 405, will focus on the topic of free speech. “I am hoping […]