{"id":97,"date":"2022-03-15T17:44:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T17:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stgschoolcraft.wpengine.com\/international-institute\/events\/focus-series-2\/"},"modified":"2023-02-10T14:36:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T14:36:14","slug":"focus-series-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/international-institute\/events\/focus-series\/focus-series-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Focus Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2021 Focus Series<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"deck\">Explore our 2021 theme:&nbsp;<strong>Human Rights Around the Globe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2021 Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion\"><details><summary class=\"gb-accordion-title\"><strong>Thursday, September 30, 2021<\/strong><br\/>Dr. Noura Erakat, \u201cPalestinian Freedom, Israeli Apartheid, and Transnational Solidarity\u201d<\/summary><div class=\"gb-accordion-text\">\n<p>Dr. Noura Erakat, \u201cPalestinian Freedom, Israeli Apartheid, and Transnational Solidarity\u201d<br>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This lecture is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Watch video: <\/strong> <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/schoolcraft.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=086a41b4-4350-407e-a0a4-ae2b012e84a8\" target=\"_blank\">\u201c<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/schoolcraft.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=15d6c216-6eb6-492b-af22-adb3018956a5\" target=\"_blank\">Palestinian Freedom, Israeli Apartheid, and Transnational Solidarity<\/a>\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion\"><details><summary class=\"gb-accordion-title\"><strong>Monday, October 11, 2021<\/strong><br\/>Mr. Sonyanga Weblen, \u201cFemale Genital Mutilation as a Violation of Human Rights\u201d<\/summary><div class=\"gb-accordion-text\">\n<p>This presentation&nbsp;will explore what female genital mutilation (FGM) is as a form of human rights violation meted on women and young girls globally.&nbsp;<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NwiCpoExXx8&amp;t=7s\" target=\"_blank\">The Maasai women&#8217;s cricket team<\/a>&nbsp;is helping to fight FGM, and educate attendees about the harm it does to communities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Watch video: <\/strong> \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/schoolcraft.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=450e5413-aa68-415d-a447-adbe011cf075\" target=\"_blank\">Female Genital Mutilation as a Violation of Human Rights<\/a>\u201d <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sonyanga-m-weblen-30467923\/\">About Mr. Sonyanga Weblen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion\"><details><summary class=\"gb-accordion-title\"><strong>Thursday, October 14, 2021<\/strong><br\/>Ms. Zubayra Shamseden, \u201cFrom Repression to Genocide: China&#8217;s Uyghur phobia\u201d<\/summary><div class=\"gb-accordion-text\">\n<p>This presentation will discuss China&#8217;s genocide against Uyghur people and why it is happening now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Watch video:<\/strong> \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/schoolcraft.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=47764100-a342-4516-b8a1-adc1012e23be&amp;start=0\" target=\"_blank\">From Repression to Genocide: China&#8217;s Uyghur phobia<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zubayra-shamseden-99100744\/\" target=\"_blank\">About Ms.&nbsp;Zubayra Shamseden<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion\"><details><summary class=\"gb-accordion-title\"><strong>Thursday, November 11, 2021<\/strong><br\/>Dr. Mark Huston, \u201cMaking Sense of Human Rights\u201d<\/summary><div class=\"gb-accordion-text\">\n<p>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 &#8220;makes sense&#8221; of human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mark-huston-569125\/\">About Dr. Mark Huston<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-accordion gb-block-accordion\"><details><summary class=\"gb-accordion-title\"><strong>Friday, November 19, 2021<\/strong><br\/>Professor Samer Hariri, \u201cBreathing Rights\u201d<\/summary><div class=\"gb-accordion-text\">\n<p>This presentation highlights air pollution as a human rights issue. 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