The Spring/Summer edition of the official newsletter of the UC Davis Article 26 Backpack, Backpacker, Go! has hit the stands. Last night, our team shared information about our new Backpack Guide BadgeMicro-credential, scholarship and support opportunities, a user survey, and a short bio of a Backpack Guide with over 5000 displaced and refugee young people, educators and allies in the Backpacker community.
As Azerbaijan has seized control of the territory of NKR, it is has destroyed cultural heritage, eliminated civil society, and terrorized the local population. It is likely that this will continue, putting higher education institutions, students — primarily men of military age or those engaged in activism — and scholars and human rights advocates under increasing threat.
The University of California, Davis students of the Article 26 Backpack Collective with the support of the UC Davis Human Rights Studies Program condemn Israeli attacks on schools and higher education institutions in Gaza and stand in solidarity and support with Palestinian students. As the academic and humanitarian organizations at UC Davis most involved with issues of human rights education and the rights of students in conflict, we issue this statement with grave concern for the well-being of Palestinian students and their educational journeys.
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.
Hola, me llamo Valeria Lima, y soy una estudiante de UCD estudiando Sociología y los Derechos Humanos. La semana pasada fui a presentar en Buenos Aires, Argentina para el Foro Mundial De Derechos Humanos con mis compañeras Dheera Dusanapudi, Ella Ross, y Emma Tolliver.
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 knew someday I would need to write this. Benjamin Ferencz, the last living Nuremburg war-crimes prosecutor has died at 103. He was one of the first Americans to conceptualize the Holocaust as a coherent and pre-meditated crime and was an
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.
Historias Desobedientes: Reckoning with Genocide’s Aftermath
Hi everyone–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 attending the third Foro Mundial de Derechos Humanos, alongside Emma Tolliver, Valerie Lima, and Ella Ross.
March 24 is Argentina’s Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Día Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia). This day is a national holiday honoring the victims of state terrorism during the Dirty War, and the date was selected because March 14, 1976 was the day the coup d’ètat that would go on to enforce state terrorism occurred. We were fortunate in being able to attend the Buenos Aires parade commemorating the 2023 Día Nacional de la Memoria, which was at the Plaza de Mayo.
The greatest concentration of Syrian refugees in the world is in the zone of destruction created by this week’s earthquake in Turkey.
Already living on the political and economic margins and often in substandard housing, refugee communities in the region will disproportionately suffer from this natural disaster. At Article 26 Backpack we stand with them and all those harmed by the quake.
