Category Archives: Rights & Solidarity

safe schools for all: LGBT & everybody

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

Maybe this has happened to you:  I remember in my first years of teaching two boys approached me, snickering, to ask if they could be a gay couple in the skits the students were creating about families.  Imagining the stereotype-filled … Continue reading →

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TUNZA: una revista ecológica internacional para jóvenes y por jóvenes

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

Tunza is a magazine produced by UNEP (United Nations Environmental Program) and written by and for young people across the globe.  Each magazine, available on their web site in PDF format, focuses on a particular environmental theme addressed from a … Continue reading →

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Getting around in the city

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

Las Franjas Blancas para peatones are a series of brief (some are 30 seconds) videos depiciting scenes from Lima, Perú in support of creating a more pedestrian friendly city.  The videos are captioned in Spanish and can be stopped to … Continue reading →

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Peatónman: pedestrian rights

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

Peatónman is the creation of the Asociación de Peatones de Quito.  This new superhéroe seeks to make streets safe and cities walkable for its citizens. This video shows a “live” Peatónman in action.  He stops cars from parking on the sidewalks … Continue reading →

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Children’s Rights: Un Minuto por Mis Derechos

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

Un Minuto por Mis Derechos is a program from UNICEF.   The Argentina office, starting in 2005, maintains a youtube channel of one minute videos created by argentine young people, ages 15-21. Each video depicts a right or rights of children from … Continue reading →

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