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Students Travel To Selma For 50th Anniversary Of Civil Rights Marches

KERA Originally Published: March 7, 2015 Today, March 7, marks the 50th anniversary of a bloody milestone in the Civil Rights Movement – when marchers in Selma, Alabama were attacked by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. On Friday, a busload from SMU began retracing the route a group of students, faculty and staff took […]

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SMU Students Mark History Milestone With Trip To Selma

CBS DFW Originally Published: March 6, 2015 DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – They are marching back in history to mark a major milestone. Students from Southern Methodist University loaded into buses Friday and set off — bound for Selma, Alabama. They know it will be an emotional trip and it’s one they’ve planned for more than a […]

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SMU’s new commercial features the Embrey Human Righs Program

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYcywKYckjw[/youtube] Originally Published: Feb 5, 2015 At SMU, students and faculty work hand-in-hand to shape answers to real-world challenges. You can learn more about the programs shown in this video by using the following links: – SMU’s Embry Human Rights Program: http://smu.edu/humanrights

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Student Leadership Initiative in Costa Rica: Research in Action 2015

SMU Adventures Blog Twelve students in SMU’s Student Leadership Initiative (SLI), sponsored by the Embrey Human Rights Program, participated in a service-learning trip to Costa Rica Jan. 2-12, 2015. The SLI students were led by Dr. Howard J. Recinos, Professor of Church and Society at SMU Perkins School of Theology, and Dr. Joci Caldwell Ryan, […]

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An Epidemic of Misunderstandings: Public Perception and Ebola in Dallas and West Africa. An Event Sponsored by DCII’s “Global Africa” Annual Fellows Seminar and The Embrey Human Rights Program

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SMU Daily Campus article highlights the impact of EHRP travel on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

SMU Daily Campus This Tuesday, individuals around the world participated in International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. Around 300 survivors of Auschwitz returned to the concentration camp to share stories, provide words of encouragement and honor those lives that were lost over 70 years ago. […]

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Rick Halperin, Embrey Human Rights Program, in NY Times commenting on Rick Perry legacy

New York Times Originally Published: Jan 15, 2015 AUSTIN, Tex. — Gov. Rick Perry leaves office here next week not so much as a man but as the face of an era — a 14-year reign in which he became the state’s longest-serving chief executive and was widely regarded as the most powerful governor in […]

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Human Rights in Budapest

SMU students, faculty and staff are visiting Budapest, Hungary, with SMU’s Embrey Human Rights Program Jan. 7-13, 2015. Led by program director Rick Halperin, 12 undergraduate and master’s level students are traveling to the country along with Vicki Hill, SMU’s Assistant Dean for the University Curriculum. In an effort to address past, present and future […]

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Human Rights in Poland 2014

Twenty members of the SMU community participated in a study tour of Holocaust sites in Poland Dec. 18-30, 2014. Led by SMU Embrey Human Rights Program (EHRP) Director Rick Halperin, 16 SMU students traveled with two SMU staffers and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor James K. Hopkins, who teaches European history in SMU’s Dedman College of […]

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Embrey Human Rights Program will host the International Conference on Education as a Human Right March 28th

Event date: March 28, 2015 Event time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Event Contact: Sherry Airman Event Description: The Embrey Human Rights Program, in partnership with ConnecTeach and the World Affairs Council Dallas-Fort Worth, will host four panels of international and national experts to discuss critical educational themes including poverty, race, gender, and disability. The event will run […]