CCPA Human Development at Binghamton University

Are you interested in a Master's Program in Human Rights?
The next info session is on June 20, 2024, 12-1pm
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https://www.binghamton.edu/ccpa/prospective-student-hub/mshr.html

Juneteenth activist Opal Lee honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom Opal Lee spent years fighting for the recognition of June 19 as a national holiday.

June is Pride Month, honoring the LGBTQIA2S+ community's history, achievements, and ongoing fight for equality. Pride is not just a celebration, it's a call to action. This month reminds us of the struggles and triumphs that define the LGBTQIA2S+ rights movement, highlighting the importance of human rights and social justice for all. Let's celebrate the legacy of an iconic figure in the Pride movement. Marsha P. Johnson was a black transgender woman, a key figure in the Stonewall Uprising of 1969, and a co-founder of Gay Liberation Front and the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) who played a pivotal role in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality. Together, we can create a world where everyone can be their authentic selves. +

An Awesome lecture (and an awesome lecture series)

Binghamton University Students Learn from Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist Binghamton University students get the chance to learn from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Farah Stockman at the final installation of the Master of Science in Human Rights lecture series on Thursday, April 11. 

Master of Science in Human Rights Lubna Chaudhry Memorial Spring Speaker Series
Thursday, April 20, 6:30 p.m., University Downtown Center, DC 220
THE LEGACY OF GENOCIDE & HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES IN COLOMBIA’S NEW POLITICAL PERIOD with Francisco Ramirez Cuellar, Colombian layer, labor & human rights activist, & author of The Profits of Extermination: Big Mining in Colombia
Co-Sponsored by the Human Rights Institute; The Citizenship, Rights and Cultural Belonging Transdisciplinary Area of Excellence, Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies, and the Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention.

Congratulations to our Fall 2022 Graduate!!

In October 2019, after a decade of mobilizations, working and poor Chileans erupted in mass rebellion. Workers, students, feminists, the elderly and marginalized youth demanded fundamental social and political change, including the provision of basic welfare protections and services. Under fire, the government agreed to hold a referendum on whether a new constitution should be drafted. Chileans responded by voting overwhelmingly to discard the dictatorship-era charter and to elect an entirely new body of representatives to write a new one. The elected convention produced what many consider the most progressive constitution in the world. Yet in a surprising reversal, a large majority went on to reject the proposed charter. Why did Chileans reject the proposed constitution? What does the defeat mean for ongoing struggles for justice in the country?

Human Rights Institute, Speaker Series: The Futures of American Democracy
Redrawing the Empire State: Politics and Institutional Competition in the 2020 Redistricting Process
Featuring: Peter Miller, Researcher at the Brennan Center for Justice
10/27/22, 6:30p, LN 1106, Binghamton University
Co-Sponsored by Human Rights Institute and Citizenship, Rights and Cultural Belonging TAE

Join Binghamton alumnus and member of ACT UP NY Ron Goldberg '80 for a reading from his new book: "Boy with the Bullhorn: A Memoir and History of ACT UP New York" from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, in the COE-Symposium Hall at the Innovative Technologies Complex.

Goldberg will read from his new book and talk about his experiences as a member of the New York chapter of ACT UP. The reading will be followed by a conversation between Goldberg and Benita Roth, professor of sociology at Binghamton University and author of ”The Life and Death of ACT UP/LA.”

A self-described “nice gay Jewish theater queen turned AIDS activist,” Goldberg chaired committees, planned protests, led teach-ins, and participated in over a hundred zaps and demonstrations, becoming ACT UP's unofficial “chant queen,” as the group confronted politicians, scientists, drug companies, religious leaders, the media and an often-uncaring public to successfully change the course of the AIDS epidemic.

This event is being co-sponsored by Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, the Theatre and History departments, the Q Center, Binghamton University Alumni Association and the Southern Tier AIDS Program (STAP)

Join the Latin American Student Union for their Latin Heritage Month featuring Juan Gonzalez, Thursday, 9/15, 7 p.m. in Binghamton University's Mandela Room.
Co-sponsored by HDEV and LACAS