Human Rights Summer Institute: The Human Rights Summer Institute (HRSI) is an intensive scholarship program for international high school students in New York City.
The purpose of the program is to provide a forum for young leaders to explore local and global human rights issues.
Through out the program a range of concepts and methodologies relevant to the realization of universal human rights as expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) are utilised.
Objectives:
- To create a cadre of young human rights activists in New York City who will lead their generation in promoting respect for human rights in the new millennium.
- To provide students with an active, participatory learning environment in which everyone strives together to act in accordance with human rights principles.
- To provide a multi-disciplinary, critical and creative framework for approaching human rights principles, problems, and visions.
- To provide youth and leadership development through hands-on group activist training.
Scholarship:
Each participant will be provided with full program materials, transportation, daily lunch, and a $500 stipend.
Contact: International Center for Tolerance Education (ICTE), 25 Washington Street, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Tel: 718-237-6262. Fax: 718-237-6264.
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