Dallas Morning News Originally posted: Nov. 18, 2014 Thursday night vigils will be held in support of Mexican families of 43 missing college students Forty-three. Cuarenta y tres. It’s the figure growing in protest symbolism in Mexico. It represents the number of students from a rural teachers college in southern Mexico who are missing — […]
Category: Embrey Human Rights Events
Event date: November 4, 2014 Event time: 5:00 p.m. Event location: Hughes Trigg Student Center, The Varsity Event Contact: Michelle Anderson Event Description: Are your electronic products fueling the deadliest war in the world? Find out about the issue of conflict minerals and the Conflict-Free Campus Initiative. Add your voice to the conversation! For more […]
Event date: 10/23/2014 Event time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Event Contact: Maddie Chardmchard@smu.edu Event Description: Meet and greet! Come get to know human rights majors and minors! For more information: www.smu.edu/humanrights
Event date: October 19, 2014 Event time: 1:00 p.m. Event Contact: Sherry Aikman saikman@smu.edu Location: Dallas Hall/ Basement Lounge Event Description: Travel with the Embrey Human Rights Program to Holocaust Hungary. Find out all about the trip at an Information Session this Sunday!
Event date: October 23, 2014 Event time: 5:00 p.m. Event Contact: Roberto Corona rcorona@smu.edu Event Description: Travel with the Embrey Human Rights Program to protest the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia on November 21-23, 2014. Attend information session to find out all about the trip and to sign up! Meeting in […]
Event date: October 18, 2014 Event time: 6:15 p.m. Event Contact: Sherry Aikman, 8-8347 Event Description: Tells the stories, through community murals, of important issues faced by communities in the West Bank, Northern Ireland, Liberia, El Salvador, Argentina, Australia and the Unitied States. Screening at the Dallas VideoFest – Angelika Theater. READ MORE
DALLAS (SMU) — Peruvian champion of indigenous women’s rights Eliana Elias and innovative global-minded local educator Bhavani Parpia will be honored at SMU Nov. 12 as the first two recipients of Embrey Human Rights Program Triumph of the Spirit Awards. The awards carry a combined $30,000 in funding for the recipients made possible by an […]