Episode 29: Lina Lenberg, Part One

Human Rights Education Now!

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Dr. Lina Lenberg has been an educator for 20+ years. Lina works as a middle school classroom teacher and a part-time professor in the International and Multicultural Education Department at the University of San Francisco (USF). Lina serves on the editorial board for the International Journal of Human Rights Education. Her latest project is the Uyghur Genocide Online Resource Center.

In Episode 29, Lina Lenberg shares her origins of interest in human rights and human rights education, and how she sees herself as an educator/activist. She shares the influences of her family’s exile experience on her HRE work, and the importance of identifying and confronting biases and celebrating universal human attributes. Next, Lina discusses how she integrates HRE curricula and pedagogy into her daily teaching, and about the formation of a human rights club and developing volunteer opportunities for students. Lina discusses how she helps teachers include HRE content and strategies in their daily practice, and seeks to center the voices of marginalized groups in her daily teaching. She discusses her work with graduate students in HRE at USF. She explains her doctoral study work of the Uighur genocide, and her public advocacy work on behalf of the Uighur community. She explains how little has been done to hold China accountable for their genocidal policies against Uighur communities, and her work at the International Journal of Human Rights Education.
Topics discussed:

• Origins of interest in human rights and human rights education
• Influences of her family’s exile experience on her HRE work
• Importance of identifying and confronting biases
• Celebrating universal human attributes
• Integration of HRE curricula / pedagogy into daily teaching
• Formation of human rights club and developing volunteer opportunities for students
• Helping teachers Include HRE content and strategies in daily practice
• Work with graduate students in HRE at University of San Francisco
• Doctoral study work of the Uighur genocide
• Work at the International Journal of Human Rights Education

Full topic listing available for PDF download HERE.
Listen on our HREUSA podcast website HERE.

Introduction and Closing Music Credit: “Awakening-Spring” by Ketsa, from the Album Night Vision. Available at the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/night-vision/awakening-spring/

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