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UC Davis report emphasizes a continuing need for refugees to safeguard their most important academic documentation as the digital divide grows in areas of humanitarian need.

  • by Karuna Sakya-Hooper, Nadya Shahabe

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.

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HMR Minor Brooke Morey is 2024's University Medalist

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The UC Confronts Hate, Violence and Mass Atrocity Conference Series

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