{"id":3380,"date":"2017-05-30T15:28:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T15:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=3380"},"modified":"2023-06-08T21:46:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T21:46:34","slug":"book-group-engages-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/news\/2017\/05\/30\/book-group-engages-human-rights","title":{"rendered":"Book group provides space to engage with human rights issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/book-group-engages-human-rights.jpg\" alt=\"book group engages human rights\" class=\"wp-image-24388\"><\/figure>\n\n<p>\n\tThis fall, IAS Professor Emeritus <a href=\"\/ias\/faculty-and-staff\/diane-gillespie\">Diane Gillespie<\/a> will facilitate a discussion of the book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/However-Long-Night-Melchings-Millions\/dp\/0062132792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">However Long the Night<\/a>, by Aimee Molloy.  However Long the Night  chronicles the work of Gillespie&rsquo;s sister, Molly Melching, founder of the Senegal-based community development organization, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tostan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tostan<\/a>.  Molloy&rsquo;s account details Melching&#039;s beginnings at the University of Dakar and follows her journey of 40 years in Africa, where she became a social entrepreneur and voice for the rights of girls and women.  All are invited to attend &ndash; be added to the <a href=\"mailto:iasalum@uw.edu\">email list<\/a> and stay tuned for details!<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHuman rights have been a core area of study and practice since UW Bothell opened in 1990.  Founding Faculty Member and Professor Emeritus Bob Schultz instituted the <a href=\"\/ias\/undergraduate\/experiential\/dc-seminar\">Washington D.C. Human Rights Seminar<\/a> in 1991, providing students the opportunity to engage with human rights policy at national and international levels.  While in D.C., students participate in intensive seminars and briefings with a variety of institutions and policy makers.  Since 1991, more than 400 students have participated, and alumni often reference it as one of their most formative learning experiences.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAlumni of DC Seminar gathered for a reunion in 2015, and an outcome was the formation of the Human Rights Book Group.  Several alumni discovered a shared desire to continue digging into human rights issues, as they did through the D.C. seminar and other courses at UW Bothell.  Alum Anna Legaspi commented, &ldquo;I realized that this [book group] could be the perfect way to stay current and dive into the myriad human rights issues in the world today. Some of the deepest and best intellectual conversations I&rsquo;ve ever had took place in the Human Rights Seminar in D.C.  This book group could continue those conversations with the same (and other like-minded) people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhile started by D.C. alums, the group is open to anyone concerned about human rights.  Past reads have included: I Am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai; 足彩app哪个是正规的 New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander; Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates; and In the Light of Justice: 足彩app哪个是正规的 Rise of Human Rights in Native America and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Walter Echo-Hawk.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTo receive information on upcoming Human Rights Book Group discussions, email <a href=\"mailto:iasalum@uw.edu\">iasalum@uw.edu<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\n\t<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/however-long-the-night.jpg\" alt=\"However Long the Night (cover)\" class=\"wp-image-24389\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tThis fall, IAS Professor Emeritus <a href=\"\/ias\/faculty-and-staff\/diane-gillespie\">Diane Gillespie<\/a> will facilitate a discussion of the book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/However-Long-Night-Melchings-Millions\/dp\/0062132792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">However Long the Night<\/a>,<\/em> by Aimee Molloy.  <em>However Long the Night<\/em>  chronicles the work of Gillespie&rsquo;s sister, Molly Melching, founder of the Senegal-based community development organization, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tostan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tostan<\/a>.  Molloy&rsquo;s account details Melching&#039;s beginnings at the University of Dakar and follows her journey of 40 years in Africa, where she became a social entrepreneur and voice for the rights of girls and women.  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