“Understanding Human Rights to Create a Culture of Peace in Our Daily Lives

February 5, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Online

“Cross-Cultural Conversations”  *  Join us for active conversations with students from Eikei University in Hiroshima, Japan. The sessions will be 90 minutes that will be an interactive presentation by a scholar in the field on the topic listed, and then followed by structured conversations in English with students in Japan. Developing cross-cultural understanding assists in becoming more culturally aware. This can be a continual process and it can help to have curiosity, an open mind, a willingness to ask questions, a desire to learn about the differences that exist between cultures, and an openness to becoming conscious of one’s own culturally shaped values, beliefs, perceptions, and biases. *  “Understanding Human Rights to Create a Culture of Peace in Our Daily Lives” with Yumi Saito * Monday, February 5,  2:30 pm - 4 pm HST* via Zoom. Register at http://tinyurl.com/talk2024*  Session: This session aims to create a culture of peace in students' direct environment by understanding their human rights and how to take action to promote them for themselves and others. In the session, we will learn fundamental human rights through the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Convention on the Rights of the Child and the actions of peacebuilders who enhance respect for human dignity in their communities. As for the practice, we focus on the daily situation for students to understand human rights violations and how to raise their voices and take action for themselves and others.* Speaker: Yumi Saito is enrolled in the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution and the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Hawai'i at ԴDz. She teaches multicultural education as a lecturer and is involved in multiple projects, including nuclear abolition and disarmament, to enhance the culture of peace through learning and open-hearted dialogue in local, national, and global communities.


Event Sponsor
Conflict and Peace Specialist, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Jose Barzola, 808-956-2690, caring@hawaii.edu,

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