Black landmarks: A poem by Danielle Brown hidden gems scattered throughout the landscape nuanced histories concealed in plain sight under acknowledged and almost forgotten                                        …and yet they persist                

With the generous support from of the Center for Human Rights’ Peter Mack and Jamie Mayerfeld fellowship, I was able to work on my dissertation project through digital ethnography. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, my plan to conduct in-person field work in disability rights organizations in China was impeded. Instead, I have shifted to the

The UW Center for Human Rights is proud to present seven fellowships to students for their human rights work. ASHLEEN O’BRIEN, ABE OSHEROFF AND GUNNEL CLARK FELLOW Ashleen will continue her organizing work with the No New Women Prison (NNWP) collective. NNWP was formed in November 2019 in response to the Washington State Department of

The Mayerfeld Fellowship is helping me conduct my dissertation research in the Côte d’Ivoire from September – December 2019, which explores the interaction of post-conflict peacebuilding mechanisms after violent conflicts. In transitional justice, there are two main mechanisms that are used for post-conflict reconstruction. These are truth and reconciliation commission as seen in South Africa

Thanks to the generous award from the 2019 Peter Mack and Jamie Mayerfeld Fund for Human Rights, I spent eight weeks this summer in the Amazonian province of Napo, Ecuador, studying the Indigenous language Kichwa at the Andes and Amazon Field School. Kichwa (or Quechua, outside of Ecuador) is the most widely spoken Indigenous language

The UW Center for Human Rights is proud to present six fellowships to students for their human rights work. The recipients, as pictured above (left to right): Kelsey Gilman co-recipient of the 2019 Peter Mack and Jamie Mayerfeld Award. Kelsey, a former teacher, is interested in educational policy in multicultural societies. She will use the funds to travel

Thanks to the funds from the Mack-Mayerfeld Fellowship, I was able to travel to New Mexico for 5 days in June 2018. The purpose of the trip was two-fold: to visit the Center for Southwest Research at the University of New Mexico to view archival materials, and also to interview elder family members to help

Across the United States, recent years have seen growing recognition of the need to explore new models to expand access to health care. While the movement toward fulfilling the promise of health as a human right may have stalled among politicians, Native communities in the Pacific Northwest are forging innovative models, in ways that may

The UW Center for Human Rights is proud to present six fellowships to students for their human rights work. The recipients, as pictured above (left to right): Emily Willard received the 2018 Benjamin Linder Justice Award. She will continue conducting research for her dissertation on the involvement of women in the Guatemalan Civil War. Diana

I am honored to have been named the UW Center for Human Right’s 2017 Mack-Mayerfeld Fellow. This award has made an invaluable contribution to my dissertation research in three specific areas. First, this grant award afforded me access to a variety of resources and networks that allowed me to strengthen and complete an article (“Renouncing