The pedagogical school Luzern offers a special course in human rights education. As part of that course in its first year, NGOs are invited to talk to the students for an afternoon so they can learn about human rights (education) in practice. This Thursday, RFK Human Rights was invited.

During her presentation, Director Human Rights Education Stephanie Eger first introduced the students to the person Robert F. Kennedy before continuing with what it is we at RFK Human Rights do, to continue his legacy. Ms Eger also gave some insights into what it is like, working for RFK Human Rights in practice. The main focus however, was of course on human rights education, since these were students of the pedagogical school.

Ms Eger explained about Speak Truth to Power, the power of storytelling and of course our focus on activists and their impact on pupils when brought into the classroom. All was accompanied with video clips about the organization, so the students could get a better feel about the work and what it looks like in reality.

After the brake, special attention was given to our arts & human rights program. Since that is not a common combination in Switzerland, it was a new way of working on and with human rights that could be introduced to the students. Of course, the students had to then combine arts and human rights themselves in a special assignment.