Sitting around a table at Meyers Center BOCES in Saratoga,
students, teaching assistants, and teachers were busy
crocheting. They weren’t making afghans or shawls– but rather,
they were turning plastic into possibility. Little did they know
they were also making history. Profiles of 17 human rights
defenders from around the globe, with links to accompanying
lesson plans. Browse the curriculum. Download the complete
158-page guide or individual lesson plans. Speak Truth to Power:
Voices from Beyond the Dark brings the voices of human rights
defenders into your classroom. Find out how you can support your
students in their efforts to defend human rights. The Speak
Truth to Power project will enter the video documentary world
with a contest challenging middle and high school students in
New York to create a film based on the experience of courageous
human rights defenders around the world. It is with great
sadness that the family of Professor Wangari Maathai announces
her passing away on 25th September, 2011, at