DALLAS (SMU) – SMU’s Embrey Human Rights Program is accepting nominations for its 2016 Triumph of the Spirit Awards that will provide a $25,000 prize to a successful champion of human rights and social justice issues on a national or global scale, and $5,000 to a Dallas-area human rights defender. The deadline to submit nominations […]
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SMU News Originally Posted: March 17, 2016 DALLAS (SMU) – A professional athlete, a sports journalist and an athletics administrator will assemble for a panel discussion about the role sports play in furthering the conversation on American human rights issues at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, April 7, in Dallas Hall’s McCord Auditorium on the campus of […]
SMU News DALLAS (SMU) – SMU’s Embrey Human Rights Program is accepting nominations for its 2016 Triumph of the Spirit Awards that will provide a $25,000 prize to a successful champion of human rights and social justice issues on a national or global scale, and $5,000 to a Dallas-area human rights defender. The deadline to […]
SMU Forum This years travelers with the SMU Civil Rights Pilgrimage will experience a different kind of spring break. They’ll join 50 others on an eight-day bus journey (March 4-12) to experience the history of the civil rights movement firsthand. I will be one of those lucky travelers. This program, started in 2004, continues to […]
SMU Daily Campus Originally Posted: February 19, 2016 Passion and encouragement filled McCord Auditorium Thursday night as several SMU alumni gathered to talk to current students about careers in human rights. With the central theme of “there is no such thing as a lesser person,” the alumni made it clear to students that a career […]
Storify Originally Posted: January 3, 2016 Sign of Change for Holocaust Remembrance in Poland Dr. Vicki Hill, Assistant Dean for University Curriculum at SMU, recently assisted Embrey Human Rights Program Director Rick Halperin in leading 30 members of the SMU/DFW community on the program’s annual Holocaust study trip to Poland. The unique immersive two-week experience […]
SMU News Originally Posted: December 11, 2015 As tribute to 30 years of teaching at SMU and five-plus decades of social activism, the Dallas Peace & Justice Center has awarded Embrey Human Rights Program Director Rick Halperin with a Lifetime Achievement Award. During his acceptance speech at a celebration dinner Dec. 3, Halperin turned the […]
SMU Daily Campus Originally Posted: December 2, 2015 Rick Halperin, director of SMU’s Embrey Human Rights program, is being recognized by the Dallas Peace and Justice Center on Thursday, Dec. 3 at the Annual Peace and Justice Maker Awards Dinner. He will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award for his work defending people’s rights to dignity […]
Originally Posted: December 1, 2015 Congratulations to Rick Halperin, Director of SMU’s Embrey Human Rights Program Dr. Halperin will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award for his Human Rights work at the Annual Peace & Justice Maker Awards Dinner on Thursday, December 3. Dr. Rick Halperin has spent his entire life defending and advocating the idea that there […]
Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: November 12, 2015 Four pioneers of integration gathered at Southern Methodist University on Thursday night to discuss their experiences as the first African American students on southern campuses, current race relations and the importance of education. The panel spoke as part of the Embrey Human Rights Program, which on Thursday […]