Essays & Articles
A Renewed Perspective on Being Human
Seeing human-ness in what we say and do Dear Friends and Colleagues, In our current Arroyo High School Rite of Passage class, the students have identified Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as the one they want to focus on for their Community [...]
The Clean As You Go Rule: Good for Cooking and Communicating Across Differences
We can build good will toward each other during the holidays and beyond Dear Friends and Colleagues, Especially during the holiday season, many of us enjoy coming together with family and friends over home-cooked meals. These occasions often involve extensive food preparation with major cleanup afterwards. And, particularly [...]
The Very Idea Of Wilderness – Why This Matters
Dear Friends and Colleagues, During the month of October, participants in The World As It Could Be Is Within Reach Rite of Passage program gain information on, as well as direct experience with, the importance of recreation to their own health and well-being, as well as that of the [...]
2019-20 Class Of The World As It Could Be Is Within Reach Rite Of Passage Program at Arroyo High School
We will provide updates to this page, following up on the class presentations, as well as the reflections of the students themselves on what this process has meant to them. Arroyo High School just started our 6th Rite of Passage class! The class meets [...]
The Beatles sang, “We Can Work It Out” – A worthy endeavor to take on today!
Dear Friends and Colleagues, A few weeks ago, we posted this video of Professor Dewey Crumpler speaking about the power of art to teach the complexities of history, in connection with the controversial murals at San Francisco’s George Washington High School. We received a response [...]
Saving the Redwoods—Inspiration to Advance from Concern to Action
Dear Friends and Colleagues, A few weeks ago I had the gift of visiting the noble redwoods in Humboldt County, California. The photo here was taken in the Founders Grove of the Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Seeing these magnificent trees today is possible because of the efforts of John [...]
UDHR & ILSP (Alameda County Office of Education program)
UDHR & ILSP From: Louise Music Subject: UDHR and ILSP Date: June 25, 2019 at 11:25:26 AM PDT To: Sandy Sohcot Dear Sandy Hope you are well I am in San Ramon where 30 educators are in course a this week They have just come in from [...]
From the Grateful Dead’s Uncle John’s Band, “Wo-oh, what I want to know is are you kind?”
Dear Friends and Colleagues, In 2006, listening to the words “Got some things to talk about here beside the rising tide,” as the Grateful Dead sang Uncle John’s Band, I was inspired to bring forward to the Rex Foundation community ideas about the human rights framework. This led to [...]
2018–19 Class Of The World As It Could Be Is Within Reach Rite Of Passage Program at Arroyo High School
Since Mid-September 2018, Arroyo students that are part of our now 5th Rite of Passage session have met every Tuesday from 3:30 to 5:00 pm, under the leadership of teacher Jorja Santillan. We have presented and discussed information about different elements that nurture healthy people and a healthy community, [...]
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A Perspective In honor of July 7th National Tell the Truth Day
Pursuit of the Truth: Can we make this go [...]
“The America I Know”
Arroyo High School students reflect on their life experiences [...]
Consider Robert Hunter’s words: “See here how everything lead up to this day!”
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Strange Fruit: The Power of Poetry, Music, and Solidarity
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights lays out the [...]
Teaching Guide on Racial Justice by Examining the Right to Vote and Participate in One’s Government
The World As It Could Be Human Rights Education [...]
Onward to 2021 and putting more human back into being
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In the face of rampant stress, some knowledge to nurture our health and resiliency
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