Yesterday I hiked on the Miwok trail from the shoulder of Mt. Tamalpais back to my boat in Sausalito. As I passed through Muir Woods National Monument, I witnessed an early casualty of the administration’s assault on public history.
A sign celebrating the role of wealthy Californians and civil society organizations in the preservation of this old growth redwood forest had been stripped of signage added by Park Service professionals (2021) that had provided visitors with important legal and social historical context.
Backpacker, Go! Winter 2025 NewsletterEva Benzan- EditorAngelina Cicchini, Co-EditorGigi Ginocchio, Co-EditorYeabu Sesay, Co-EditorUC Davis Backpack Guide CollectivePublished by the Article 26 Backpack team at the University of California, Davis, Human Rights Studies Backpacker, Go! provides resources, news, and relevant information to Backpackers to support them in protecting their human right to education. Welcome to the Winter 2025 Backpacker Go! Newsletter.
The incredible interdisciplinary and public scholarship opportunities of Human Rights Studies at UC Davis were demonstrated by the participants — faculty, graduate students, education professionals and undergraduate Human Rights Studies Minors — of the 3rd UC Davis Human Rights Studies Spring Research Symposium, May 26, 2023 – International House, Davis.
During 2021-2022, UC Davis Human Rights Studies faculty, staff, and students collaborated with Kepler to facilitate higher education access for over 2,200 university-age refugees in Rwanda using Article 26 Backpack. Article 26 Backpack, or "Backpack", works to meet the needs of young refugees and displaced people to achieve document safety and security.
I’m Dheera Dusanapudi, a Human Rights Studies student and second-year International Relations major. I am also one of the four UC Davis students in Buenos Aires presenting at the third Foro Mundial de Derechos Humanos, alongside Emma Tolliver, Valerie Lima, and Ella Ross.
British-Ghanian architect David Adjaye’s design of the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, DC grabs you by both shoulders and demands that you not look away as it draws you down into the painful story at the heart of America’s past.
