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 – Newsletter
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)
Human Rights Education NOW! Episodes 9 & 10
Our director, Sandy Sohcot, was interviewed for Human Rights [...]
Perspectives on the world as it is, and the world as it could be
May 2023 Dear TWAICB community, Greetings! This [...]
Breaking Through Limiting Narratives About The Worlds We Navigate: As Bob Marley’s Redemption Song Implores, “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, only ourselves can free our minds!” GalleryBreaking Through Limiting Narratives About The Worlds We Navigate: As Bob Marley’s Redemption Song Implores, “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, only ourselves can free our minds!”
Breaking Through Limiting Narratives About The Worlds We Navigate: As Bob Marley’s Redemption Song Implores, “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, only ourselves can free our minds!”
April 2023 Dear Friends and Colleagues, As [...]
I Am Me and I Am Part of Us, 2022-2023 Project
The I Am Me And I Am Part of Us Project was carried out from September 2022 [...]
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 – Newsletter
Gaining more perspectives on being human December 22, 2022 [...]
From Futility to Possibilities Revisited
The Potential of Personal Connections November 21, 2022 [...]
Collaborations
Presentation: Three Decades of Human Rights Education
The University of San Francisco MA in Human Rights Education [...]
Reaching for the Stars: Arts Learning and Social Justice Forum
We're delighted to pass along this invitation to human rights [...]
You’re Invited: USF School of Education Open House
We're happy to share this invitation from our friends and [...]
Listen to Our Stories: Illuminating Children’s Rights through Oral History
We are pleased to announce an event on June 14th [...]
Alameda County Office of Education Announces TWAICB-Based Class
Last year's collaboration of The World As It Could Be [...]
Video: Arts and Human Rights Institute, Minneapolis 2013
Last August (2013), the Rex Foundation had the pleasure of [...]
