History News Network Originally Posted: July 11, 2021 By: Rick Halperin, director of the Human Rights Program at SMU Dallas. Eighty years ago last month Adolf Hitler unleashed almost 3 million soldiers along a 1,500-mile front, with the intent to utterly and militarily destroy the Soviet Union. It was the largest assembled army the world had […]
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History News Network by Rick Halperin Rick Halperin is director of the Human Rights Program at SMU Dallas He writes frequently on death penalty policy at the state and federal level. Given all the crises the nation has been dealing with in the last year, it is easy to overlook a major human rights accomplishment and […]
Fox 4 Originally Posted: July 24, 2018 WATCH Filmmaker Byron Hunter says he just finished editing the documentary this weekend. Monday’s private screening will be followed by a public showing on Tuesday on the 45th anniversary of a killing that marked a very dark day in Dallas. The killing of 12-year-old Santos Rodriguez was national […]
SMU News Originally Posted: July 12, 2017 Three hundred students, educators and community-outreach leaders will gather at SMU on Saturday, July 15, for the first “Human Rights Youth Summit” set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Martha Proctor Mack Ballroom of Umphrey Lee Center, 3300 Dyer St. “High schoolers shouldn’t have to wait until […]
FWD.US Originally Posted: June 20, 2017 SMU alumnus José Manuel Santoyo was first inspired to channel his advocacy goals into a career of public service because of the SMU Embrey Human Rights Program. SMU is one of only seven universities in the nation to offer an undergraduate degree program. READ MORE: https://www.smu.edu/News/2016/commencement-dec-jose-santoyo DREAMER STORIES • DALLAS, […]
Advocate Originally Posted: May 22, 2017 Young voices from Forest-Audelia area heard at Dallas City Hall On a regular basis homeowners, city officials, law enforcement experts and press discuss the Forest-Audelia area and its problems related to crime, poverty, density and code compliance. This is the first time I know of that children who live in the neighborhood’s […]
SMU News Originally Posted: May 9, 2017 Sunday, May 14, will officially launch a week of celebrations for SMU senior Dominique Earland. Not only is that her birthday, but it will fall on Mother’s Day – just as it did in 1995, the year Dominique was born. And after she receives two undergraduate degrees at […]
Daily Campus Originally Posted: March 22, 2017 While spring break often marks a time of relaxation and rest from the busy semester, for some SMU students, faculty and community members it was a lesson in humility. A small group embarked on the annual civil rights trip through the American South. James Samuel stands in front […]
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, […]