D Magazine Originally Posted: March 21, 2017 This is an excerpt from a DMagazine article posted on March 21. You can read the full article here: https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2017/03/what-will-happen-to-dallas-dreamers-daca-trump-dream-act/ What Will Happen to North Texas’ Dreamers? Five undocumented Dallasites share how former President Obama’s immigration order, DACA, impacted their lives, what’s wrong with it, and what they’ll do […]
Category: Human Rights Events
SMU Adventures Originally Posted: March 2017 Twenty-eight members of the SMU and DFW community are traveling throughout Germany March 9-18 to study the Holocaust. The trip is sponsored by the SMU Embrey Human Rights Program. Follow along via SMU Adventures.
What will you support at SMU? Make a gift on March 7, 2017, and be a part of Mustangs Give Back, our annual one-day giving challenge. Here are some of the Dedman College projects on the #MustangsGiveBack list: Bring International Film Festival to Campus: SMU’s spring international film festival brings the best of foreign cinema to campus. Films from […]
Overheard @SMU Originally posted: February 16, 2017 “The Embrey Human Rights High School Chapters project is in its infancy, but we’re cultivating it based on the energy we get from DFW youth, who really want meaningful human rights education.” Lisa Walters-Vargas – Lisa Walters-Vargas, new community outreach coordinator for the Embrey Human Rights Program. After earning B.S. degrees in […]
Preston Hollow Advocate Originally Posted: February 3, 2017 *Shirin Tavakoli was one of the first SMU students to graduate with a major in Human Rights from the SMU Embrey Human Rights Program. Last year, we shared the stories of SMU students and faculty who came to the US in search of the American dream. […]
Overheard @SMU By: Denise Gee Originally Posted: February, 1, 2017 With humorous and outspoken charm, actor-activist George Takei will speak at SMU Thursday, Feb. 2, at 6:30 p.m. at McFarlin Auditorium. The sold-out “Upstander” Series show is being sponsored by SMU’s Embrey Human Rights Program and the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance. (For event details, […]
North Dallas Gazette Originally Posted: January 9, 2017 Five SMU scholars recently tapped as Community Outreach Fellows are pursuing yearlong human rights-focused projects “to put cutting-edge ideas into practical action,” says Bradley Klein, associate director of the fellowship’s sponsor, SMU’s Embrey Human Rights Program (EHRP). So far, the EHRP has financially supported 15 Community Outreach Fellows, who collectively have worked with a variety of Dallas-Fort Worth human rights groups to […]
The George Takei lecture is sold out. Please visit www.smu.edu/takei If you are registered for the lecture, please bring a printed copy of your confirmation email and present at the door for admission to McFarlin Auditorium. Please plan to arrive early; doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and seating is not reserved. Parking is available in […]
FOX4 News Originally Posted: December 7, 2016 Dr. Rick Halperin is the director of the Embrey Human Rights Program at Southern Methodist Universityin Dallas. He talks about the Alt-Right movement and whether it’s a small, vocal minority or a larger trend. WATCH