“Mary Robinson, lawyer, human rights activist and feminist, redefined the scope of two important positions. Robinson was elected the first woman president of Ireland in 1990, serving until 1997. She took up the post of United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights from 1997 to 2002.”
The connections between past and present intersecting movements in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Civil Rights Memorial Center educate and inspire individuals to continue the fight for justice.
While we may feel overwhelmed in the aftermath of the overturned landmark decision, we are neither hopeless nor helpless. A social justice education expert offers suggestions.
Felicia Graham (she/her) is a PhD candidate in Social Science & Comparative Education at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. At UCLA her teaching and scholarship focus on youth civic engagement, global media, and decolonizing epistemologies of the global south. Guided by Chicana feminist theory, her current research engages youth in a political and economic critique of media to become advocates for culturally, historically, and politically responsive education based on human dignity, earthly respect, and rooted in the practice of love. Felicia is a student fellow for the