What does it mean to die well in a society where the family grave is no longer guaranteed? This is the question Dr. Anne Allison has spent the past decade exploring in her research on death and dying in Japan. Now available on the Duke Human Rights Blog! humanrights.fhi.duke.edu/news/facing-...

Our student guest blogger, Matthew Joo, is back this week! His new post, "The Safety in Militarism and the Routes for Resistance: Navigating Marginalization Through the Stories of Itaewon’s ‘Others’" is the latest in our Student Stories: Summer Research Series. Check it out on our blog!

Gloria Bao is our Student Stories: Summer Research Series guest blogger this week with her post, "Doing Research on Sapphic Communities in China 101." Gloria is reflecting on all she's learned from her research this summer on online sapphic slang in China. Check it out on the Duke Human Rights Blog!

Our student guest blogger, Ella Patterson, is back this week! Ella spent the summer exploring personal archives, literary publications, news articles, and other primary sources, from which she developed "steps to resistance." Check it out on the Duke Human Rights Blog!

Are you a Duke student interested in human rights? Apply to our Student Advisory Board by 9/7! From planning events with Duke alumni in human rights to volunteering at local Durham orgs, SAB is the perfect place to get connected with the initiatives of the DHRC. Apply here!

Matthew Joo is our guest blogger this week with his post, "Itaewon's 'Others:' Stories of Navigating Authority and Marginalization." Matthew is writing from South Korea where he's doing research on how marginalized communities have been affected by the presence of U.S. military bases.

Our Student Stories: Summer Research Series continues this week with Kulsoom Rizavi's blog post, "Organizing Against the Odds: Documenting Labor Struggles in the American South." Check it out on the Duke Human Rights Blog!

At its core, the Human Rights Certificate prepares students to enter, engage with, and help shape transnational human rights networks. “Above all,” [DHRC Director] Rosenblatt emphasized, “we seek to have our students not merely study those networks but become embedded in them, if they so choose.”

Mariana Meza Mantilla is our student guest blogger this week with her post, "Community Co-Creation: Commitments, Complexities and Contextual Considerations." Mariana is writing from Mexico City where she's pursuing community-driven immigration studies. Check it out on the Duke Human Rights Blog!

Our student guest blogger, Samantha Richter, is back this week with "Fighting Fear with Clay, Coffee, and Community: Rethinking Justice at the Local Level." Since her last blog post, Samantha has traveled from Belgium to Portugal to learn about a new small-scale detention house opening in Coimbra!

Ella Patterson is our guest blogger this week with, "History Repeats, Resistance Persists: Lessons from the Lavender Scare." Ella uncovers the history of queer resistance during the Lavender Scare in the 1950s-60s and finds parallels with tactics of oppression and resistance in the US today.

How would the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray react to our dwindling American democracy today? Last fall, we sponsored this wonderful panel discussion of distinguished colleagues' looks at the lessons that Pauli's legacy holds for progressive struggle in the 21st century. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sblx...

Our Rooted in Shared Soil: Refugees and the Triangle Grow Together community education banners were on display at the Durham Refugee Day earlier this month. Check out INDY Week's coverage of the event indyweek.com/news/durham/...

Our Student Stories: Summer Research Series continues this week with Samantha Richter's blog post, "No Bars, No Guards, No Violence: Europe’s Experiment in Trust-Based Justice." Check it out on the Duke Human Rights Blog! humanrights.fhi.duke.edu/news/no-bars...

"Rooted in Shared Soil: Refugees & the Triangle Grow Together" was created by our Human Rights Certificate capstone seniors this year. They created two new educational resources: one using digital storytelling, and one physical exhibit. Visit our website to explore!