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Two HRI Affiliates announced as 2026-27 Humanities Institute Fellows
Eleni Coundouriotis and Camilo Ruiz, both active members of the HRI community, were recently selected as faculty fellows for their respective projects “History for the Future: Twenty-first Century African Historical Fiction” and “Participation and the Politics of Knowledge: A Collection of Multimodal Participatory Action Research Projects in Colombia and the United States.”
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Let’s call ICE violence what it is
“What we call a killing is not purely a matter of semantics. It is a matter of legal obligation to our own standards” | Dr. David Richards writes for the CT Mirror.
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Activist Pedagogy for Critical and Transformative Human Rights Education: A University Program for K-12 Teachers and High School Students
The Human Rights Close to Home (HRCH) enters its third year at the University of Connecticut focusing on activist pedagogy in both its student fellow program for high school students and teacher program for K-12 educators.
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New ‘People’s Migrant School’ in Hartford connects UConn to community
The University of Connecticut and Hartford Deportation Defense launched a new “People’s Migrant School” in Hartford to connect UConn students and research with the city’s immigrant communities through bilingual presentations and community engagement.