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"Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2001 by Dr. Mary Shuttleworth, an educator born and raised in apartheid South Africa, where she witnessed firsthand the devastating effects of discrimination and the lack of basic human rights. The purpose of YHRI is to teach youth about human rights, specifically the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and inspire them to become advocates for tolerance and peace. YHRI has now grown into a global movement, including hundreds of groups, clubs and chapters around the world. Youth for Human Rights International teaches human rights education both in the classroom and in nontraditional educational settings. We aim to reach people from diverse backgrounds, with materials which often appeal across generations. By teaching human rights through all means-from conferences and workshops to hip-hop and dancing-this message has spread around the world." Includes 30 short public service videos, anti-bullying messages...

See related wiki at http://hrpedia.wikispaces.com/

This guide to over 50 web sites was created to assist multicultural educators in locating educational resources on the Internet.

This website helps bring multicultural education into the classroom

Multicultural Education in Your Classroom

The relevance of culture on our education

Diversity and Educatuion

PPP about multicultural education and what it is.

ECRP: Early Childhood Research and Practice (MC) in Multicultural Education

Very informative, goes along with a chapter I read in our text book, regarding common misconceptions about multicultural education.

How to Incorporate Multicultural Education Activities Into Your Classroom

Diversity Activities

7 Key Characteristics of a Multicultural Education Cirriculum

Tells the importance of treating everyone equal and learning to communicate with everyone no matter what the race or culture.

Talks about why we need multicultural education and talks about teachers needing to better understand race, culture etc.

A lecture about teachers in multicultural education

This is a list of extra websites to help when teaching about other cultures

Multicultural Education and Culturally Competent Teaching

A full text handbook for Non-Hispanic Adult Educators.

Lots of articles and links on a range of important topics in education.

an article in Education Week, Oct. 18, 2000

information on what the group does, multicultural education projects, education and equality