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.

Conference Summary:

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.

Dispatches from #FMDH23: 

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.

Day of Remembrance Blog

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. 

My name is Ella Ross (’23 IRE/HMR). This week I’ve been part of the team representing UC Davis Human Rights Studies and the Article 26 Backpack at the UNESCO 2023 World Forum on Human Rights (FMDH) in in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Backpacker, Go!
Winter/Spring 2023 Newsletter 1.4

Emma Tolliver, Editor
UC Davis Backpack Guide Collective

This quarter, we have information about free academic credentialing resources and fellowship opportunities. 
 

First, we have an introduction from Backpacker #1: Keith David Watenpaugh, Professor and Director of Human Rights Studies. 

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.  

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.