Educator Workshop Centering Youth Voices in Human Rights Education and Advocacy Monday, October 21, 2019 8:30am – 3:00pm Storrs Campus Student Union Room 310 FREE for classroom educators and community-based practitioners In recent years, young people all over the world have become more engaged in advocacy and activism on human rights issues such […]
Oct. 16, 2019 – Teacher Workshop: HR through Interdisciplinary Inquiry
Educator Workshop Human Rights through Interdisciplinary Inquiry: Developing Our Social Scientists Wednesday, October 16, 2019 8:30am – 3:00pm Dodd Center FREE to Connecticut Educators Join us for a teacher workshop on that will introduce participants to an interdisciplinary curriculum designed to build student empathy and civic skills. Using human rights education approaches and methods, […]
Sept. 30, 2019 – Art, Education, and Social Movements
ART, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS PANEL DISCUSSION: Art, Education, and Social MovementsMonday, September 30 9:00am – 10:30am Konover Auditorium Join Nicolas Lampert, Paul Kjelland, and Meredith Stern of the artist cooperative Justseeds for a discussion of the role of art and artists in the struggle for educational justice. Meredith Stern is a printmaker and ceramicist […]
Oct. 15, 2019 – Commemorating the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda
A CHRONICLE OF HOPE Revisiting the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda Tuesday, October 15, 2019 4:00pm – 6:00pm Konover Auditorium Dodd Center Reception to Follow To mark the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, the Dodd Center welcomes four survivors to share their stories of survival and their message of hope for the […]
Oct. 2, 2019 – Patrick Kennedy on Mental Health and Addiction Recovery
PATRICK J. KENNEDY “Mental Health is Essential Health” Wednesday, October 2, 2019 4:00pm – 5:30pm Konover Auditorium Dodd Center Reception to Follow Former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) is a lifelong mental health advocate and served as a Commissioner on the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis. He is the […]
Sept. 17, 2019 – Human Rights Film Series: THREADS
THREADS screening & discussion Tuesday, September 17, 2019 4:00pm – 6:00pm Konover Auditorium Dodd Center A visionary leader in Bangladesh frees herself and hundreds of other women and families from poverty and social hardships by creating timeless works of art. Torn from her family, her paintings, and her beloved Calcutta after the partition of […]
Sept. 10, 2019 – Human Rights Film Series: FOR SAMA
FOR SAMA screening & discussion with Sana Mustafa and Kathy Libal Tuesday, September 10, 2019 4:00pm – 6:30pm Konover Auditorium Dodd Center Join us for a special screening and discussion of the PBS Frontline documentary FOR SAMA. FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A […]
Art Exhibit: Unknown, 1942-45
Shaun Rock: Unknown: 1942-45 On exhibit at the Dodd Center April 30 – May 31, 2019 Opening Reception 3:00pm – 5:00pm Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Dodd Center Atrium As a continuum, beginning with a collaboration through the 2018 Mansfield Middle School performance of the play, I Never Saw Another Butterfly, in Mansfield CT, […]
White Paper on Education Policy: edTPA in Connecticut
Confronting the edTPA in Connecticut: Recommendations for Teacher Candidate Quality, Sustainability, and Empowerment Co-authored by UConn faculty Cara Bernard, Douglas Kaufman, Mark Kohan, and Dodd Center Director Glenn Mitoma, the policy paper, Confronting the edTPA in Connecticut: Recommendations for Teacher Candidate Quality, Sustainability, and Empowerment, presents concerns and recommendations regarding the state’s adoption of the […]
Apr. 9, 2019 – Malka Penn Award Ceremony
Join us as we present the Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children’s Literature to Veera Hiranandani for her book The Night Diary Tuesday, April 9, 2019 4:00pm – 5:30pm Konover Auditorium Thomas J. Dodd Research Center The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani is set during one of the most tumultuous events in […]