Essays & Articles
Another Time to Keep in Mind: “If You Get Confused, Listen to the Music Play” 🎶
May 2022 Dear Friends and Colleagues, On April 7, 2022 I watched Ketanji Brown Jackson deliver her Supreme Court confirmation acceptance speech surrounded by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. In addition to being inspired by Justice Jackson’s words about her life story and the [...]
Oral history interview with Lois Stein on meeting Eleanor Roosevelt
In early 2022, The World As It Could Be's Sandy Sohcot sat down with her cousin Lois Stein about meeting Eleanor Roosevelt at the 1943 Women's International Exposition of Arts and Industries in New York City. Sandy and Jazzmin (communications administrator) chatted with Lois about the Exposition, how her [...]
Best Wishes for a New Year Filled With the Will to Keep Moving Forward
As we learned from our youth: Where There’s A Will There’s A Way! December 2021 Dear Friends and Colleagues, Earlier this month – December 7-8 – marked the 15th anniversary of the presentations of our first youth-created production The World As It Could Be – A Declaration [...]
From Futility to Possibility
Inspired by the Grateful Dead’s Playing in the Band 🎶 November 2021 Dear Friends and Colleagues, I’ve heard the Grateful Dead perform Playing in the Band many, many times. Recently, while listening to a live-concert version, I heard one particular phrasing in a whole different light: Some [...]
TWAICB & Andrea McEvoy Spero, EdD
In 2010, University of San Francisco EdD candidate Andrea McEvoy Spero conducted her dissertation research on our three-day professional development workshop. Her dissertation, "This is a Public Record": Teaching Human Rights: Through The Performing Arts provides an overview of the history and field of human rights education (HRE) as [...]
A story about how one person’s actions can make a major difference
Mark Heutlinger next to the Harry T. Burleigh Place street sign Shown here is a photograph of my dear friend Mark Heutlinger, who in his professional life, is an Administrator for New York City’s Temple Emanu-El. Mark is standing in front of the newly named Harry T. [...]
NCSS Human Rights Education Position Statement Revision (2021)
Human Rights Education: A Position Statement of National Council for the Social Studies Approved and published 2021 Learn about the inaugural statement here. Introduction The principles and practices of human rights support the universal values of equal justice, democracy, and dignity. Events such as the Covid-19 pandemic, [...]
Our Name, Our Story and Why This Matters
September 2021 Dear Friends and Colleagues, When I recently read the opinion piece “Optimism is Not Ignorance” by Charles Lewis III, I felt renewed conviction that we must retain our sense of hope, even as we feel fear and dread. The references Lewis makes to Civil Rights champions [...]
A Perspective In honor of July 7th National Tell the Truth Day
Pursuit of the Truth: Can we make this go viral? July 2021 Dear Friends and Colleagues, Thanks to some clever work by National Today, we learned that this past July 7th was National Tell the Truth Day. This inspired some reflection on what Truth is all about [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Another Time to Keep in Mind: “If You Get Confused, Listen to the Music Play” 🎶
May 2022 Dear Friends and Colleagues, On [...]
Collaborations
The World As It Could Be Joins the Human Rights Educators USA Network
Since 2006, partnerships between The World As It Could Be [...]
Announcing Arts and Human Rights Institute in Minneapolis August 12-14
The Rex Foundation is pleased to collaborate with The Advocates [...]
Course Offering: Integrated Learning for Human Rights and Social Justice
Collaboration Between the Alameda County Office of Education and The [...]
SF Board of Education Honors The World As It Could Be
We are proud and honored to announce that on the [...]
Art Show Benefits The World As It Could Be
Tote bags and t-shirts with Pedro Mena's original art [...]
Curriculum and Resource Guide Now Available at Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
The World As It Could Be Curriculum and Resource Guide [...]
