Human Rights Academy
Human Rights Academy
October 24, 2018
October 24, 2018
9:00 to 12:30 (doors open at 8:30 am)
Lower School Gym
Cape Cod Academy
Draft Program
Registration & Welcome
8:30 - 9:00 ---- schools arrive / registration (light refreshments available)
9:00 - 9:15 ---- Welcome by Mr. Chad Small (Interim Head of School, CCA) and Alan Milsted (Chair, BCHRC), followed by school roll call
9:15 - 9:30 ---- "human rights voices" read by (5) students from BHS, CCA, & NRHS
Session I: The UN Declaration of Human Rights: What motivates you? by Larry Brown
9:30 - 9:45 ---- A Brief History of Human Rights and the 70th Anniversary of UN Declaration
9:45 - 10:15 ---- "What motivates you?” discussion in small mixed groups
10:15 - 10:45 ---- Share "What motivates you?” with whole group
10:15 - 10:45 ---- Share "What motivates you?” with whole group
BREAK
Session II: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere": What will you do locally to work for justice?by Members of the Nauset Interfaith Association
11:00 - 11:15 ---- A Brief History of “The Letter from Birmingham Jail” on it's 55th Anniversary
(Nauset Interfaith invites students to consider how they can work together with their school group to build justice locally.)
11:15 - 11:45 ---- “What will you do locally to work for justice?” discussion in school groups
11:45 - 12:15 ---- Share “What will you do locally to work for justice?” with whole group
12:15 - 12:30 ---- closing
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