SMU News Originally Posted: April 20, 2016 SMU Aluma in Ecuador and SMU police officer dad grateful for far-reaching support after quake DALLAS (SMU) – Everything Lisa Walters learned from earning recent SMU degrees in human rights and Spanish is being put to the ultimate test in Ecuador. She was about to board a plane back […]
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SMU News Originally Posted: April 20, 2016 DALLAS (SMU) – During World War II, the Japanese military abducted, tricked or coerced as many as 200,000 women for use as sex slaves, euphemistically called “comfort women.” Most were from occupied Korea, with others from China, Southeast Asia and Europe – and two-thirds were killed or died […]
Huffington Post Originally Posted: April 5, 2016 Worldwide use of the death penalty rose sharply last year, with 2015 tallying the highest number of executions in 25 years, according to a report released Tuesday by Amnesty International. At least 1,634 people were executed last year, according to available data as well as executions corroborated by […]
SMU Magazine NFL offensive tackle, and Dedman College alumnus, Kelvin Beachum ’11, ’12 will talk about the role sports play in furthering the conversation on American human rights issues during a panel discussion on Thursday, April 7 at 7:15 p.m. in Dallas Hall’s McCord Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. “A […]
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 […]
What will you support at SMU? Make a gift on March 24, 2016 and be a part of Mustangs Give Back, our one-day giving challenge. Below is a list of Dedman College projects: 1. Support Dedman College Scholars for a semester. Help us fund one semester for a Dedman College Scholar student next year! CLICK […]
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 […]