Essays & Articles
Questions – Why do they matter?
January 26, 2022 Dear Friends and Colleagues, A few months ago we conducted our first interview with our colleagues at Voice of Witness to launch our initiative The World As It Could Be Four Questions At A Time. The intention behind this initiative is to showcase the meaningful work [...]
I Am Me And I Am Part of Us – Our Project with Cesar Chavez Elementary School 2nd Graders
Gaining more perspectives on being human December 22, 2022 Photograph of Natalia and her 2nd grade class at Cesar Chavez Elementary, December 2022 Dear Friends and Colleagues, On December 9th Natalia Anciso’s 2nd graders got on stage to read out their first set of poems to an [...]
From Futility to Possibilities Revisited
The Potential of Personal Connections November 21, 2022 From the 2016-17 Arroyo High School Rite of Passage (ROP) Culminating Presentation, "We Are All Different, Yet We Are Equal. Difference Is Beautiful" Dear Friends and Colleagues, This recent New York Times Opinion piece about the New Pluralists offers [...]
TWAICB is Published! We’re Chapter 14 of Mindful Social Studies – Frameworks for Social Emotional Learning and Critically Engaged Citizen
Recognition for helping prepare students with the content knowledge, skills and dispositions needed to be equity-oriented and engaged citizens September 2022 Dear Friends and Colleagues, Last November, my Human Rights Educators USA colleague Rosemary Blanchard suggested we submit a proposal to have a chapter in a Social [...]
The Human Rights Portal to Teaching Mindfulness and Civic Engagement
Reprinted with permission from Rowman & Littlefield Mindful Social Studies: Frameworks for Social Emotional Learning and Critically Engaged Citizens Edited by Natalie Keefer and Tori K. Flint Rowman & Littlefield | 2022 | All Rights Reserved Mindful Social Studies: Frameworks for Social Emotional Learning and Critically Engaged Citizens situates [...]
I Have Wings/Yo Tengo Alas
"These young poets understand the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Their eloquent poems spark hope and inspiration for all of us." - Sandy Sohcot, Director of The World As It Could Be Human Rights Education Program The World As It Could Be is proud to share [...]
From Anger to Action: Youth show the way to move forward from frustration and concern
July 2022 Dear Friends and Colleagues, I just read psychologist Mary Pipher’s NY Times Opinion piece titled It’s Possible to Balance Despair With Joy. What intrigued me to read through it were such statements as: “Many of us feel we are walking through sludge. This strange inertia [...]
FROM ANGER TO ACTION: How Knowledge of the UDHR and Social Justice Advocacy Generate Positive Change
The World As It Could Be Human Rights Education Program (TWAICB) In Collaboration With Arroyo High School’s Future Leaders Of Social Change Small Learning Community February-March 2022 Project INTRODUCTION – HOW THE PROJECT DEVELOPED TWAICB has collaborated with Kay Zimmerman, the Arroyo High School Future Academy Co-Lead [...]
In Response to U.S. Gun Violence, Four Questions to Consider to Re-Envision the America We Want Where Could We Go From Here?
The Uvalde, Texas school shooting that resulted in 19 children and 2 teachers dying at the hand of an 18 year old with an AR 15 rifle has generated grief, outrage and discouragement about what is going on in our country. To offer some encouragement and ways of re-thinking [...]
(Email Correspondence)
Questions – Why do they matter?
January 26, 2022 Dear Friends and Colleagues, A few [...]
I Am Me And I Am Part of Us – Our Project with Cesar Chavez Elementary School 2nd Graders
Gaining more perspectives on being human December 22, 2022 [...]
From Futility to Possibilities Revisited
The Potential of Personal Connections November 21, 2022 [...]
TWAICB is Published! We’re Chapter 14 of Mindful Social Studies – Frameworks for Social Emotional Learning and Critically Engaged Citizen
Recognition for helping prepare students with the content knowledge, [...]
The Human Rights Portal to Teaching Mindfulness and Civic Engagement
Reprinted with permission from Rowman & Littlefield Mindful Social [...]
I Have Wings/Yo Tengo Alas
"These young poets understand the spirit of the Universal [...]
From Anger to Action: Youth show the way to move forward from frustration and concern
July 2022 Dear Friends and Colleagues, I [...]
Collaborations
I Have Wings/Yo Tengo Alas
"These young poets understand the spirit of the Universal [...]
TWAICB & Andrea McEvoy Spero, EdD
In 2010, University of San Francisco EdD candidate Andrea [...]
Meet Me At The Crossroads Features TWAICB
TWAICB FEATURED ON MEET ME AT THE CROSSROADS [...]
Business As It Could Be
Download the Worksheet Worksheet in Spanish [...]
Announcing Our Collaboration with Youth Unmuted
About Youth Unmuted Youth UnMuted envisions a [...]
Reclaiming Dignity, 2019
Each of our three Reclaiming Dignity events generated its own [...]
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