A major component of UNESCO is education. Raising awareness about critical issues through the vessel of education is paramount to the objectives of the organization.
This semester the student ambassadors for Human Rights had the opportunity of visiting both East Hartford and Windham High School. At East Hartford the students conducted a presentation on Genocide, covering the Holocaust, the Bosnian Genocide, and the Rwandan Genocide. The latter case has often disputed and was not officially recognized as a genocide until years after the atrocities receded from the purview of Western media outlets. The visit ended with a plethora of students inquiring about our student's ambassadors and their backgrounds
EAST HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL
This semester the student ambassadors for Human Rights had the opportunity of visiting both East Hartford and Windham High School. At East Hartford the students conducted a presentation on Genocide, covering the Holocaust, the Bosnian Genocide, and the Rwandan Genocide. The latter case has often disputed and was not officially recognized as a genocide until years after the atrocities receded from the purview of Western media outlets. The visit ended with a plethora of students inquiring about our student's ambassadors and their backgrounds
EAST HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL 
WINDHAM HIGH SCHOOL
Our visit to Windham was equally enriching! The student ambassadors conducted a presentation about Human Rights, in Spanish and in English. The student ambassadors had the pleasure of working with Josue Lopez, a passionate and committed instructor at Windham High School. The students were very engaged, and I felt that the learning experience was reciprocal!
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