2021 Focus Series

Dr. Noura Erakat, “Palestinian Freedom, Israeli Apartheid, and Transnational Solidarity”
This lecture will address the racial dimensions of Israeli settler colonization of Palestinian lands and how it is tantamount to apartheid as defined by the 1973 Convention, the legal dimension of apartheid, and the distinctions within Palestinian intellectual thought on the matter. The lecture will also explore how transnational solidarity has been a key source of Palestinian resistance and steady social justice transformation.

This lecture is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan

• Watch video: “Palestinian Freedom, Israeli Apartheid, and Transnational Solidarity”

This presentation will explore what female genital mutilation (FGM) is as a form of human rights violation meted on women and young girls globally. 
The Maasai women’s cricket team is helping to fight FGM, and educate attendees about the harm it does to communities. 

• Watch video: “Female Genital Mutilation as a Violation of Human Rights”
• About Mr. Sonyanga Weblen

This presentation will discuss China’s genocide against Uyghur people and why it is happening now.

• Watch video: “From Repression to Genocide: China’s Uyghur phobia”
• About Ms. Zubayra Shamseden

This presentation will examine the nature of Human Rights. More specifically, it will clarify the different ways Human Rights are understood (moral, political, etc.) and present how the Human Rights scholar James W. Nickel “makes sense” of human rights.

• About Dr. Mark Huston

This presentation highlights air pollution as a human rights issue. Global and local examples will be used to demonstrate the impact of low air quality on the health and well-being of people.

• About Professor Samer Hariri