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ISHR’s Executive Director Spoke at Democracy Now!
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

On Tuesday, April 23rd, ISHR’s Executive Director, Professor Joseph Slaughter, was interviewed by Democracy Now!. “We have extremely robust rules for the protection of speech and protest on campus; we have an extremely robust system for protecting due process rights for students when they have violated or are accused of having violated those protections.

ISHR Condemns the Repression of Student Protests at Columbia
Sunday, April 21, 2024

21 April, 2024

Apply to the Spring 2026 Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP)
Saturday, April 20, 2024

The Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) is now open for applications to the Spring 2026 program. 

Reflections on HRAP: Victor Jandres Rivera
Friday, April 19, 2024

In honor of HRAP’s 35th anniversary, ISHR asked Columbia alumni to reflect on their experience with HRAP. Victor Jandres Rivera who is about to graduate from Columbia wrote about serving as the most recent HRAP program coordinator. 

Columbia Alumni Reflect on HRAP: Jaclyn Sawyer
Wednesday, April 17, 2024

In honor of HRAP’s 35th anniversary, ISHR has asked Columbia University alumni to share their recollections of the program. The fourth alumnus to be featured is Jaclyn Sawyer who earned a MSW in Social Work and Policy Practice from the Columbia School of Social Work in 2015. Jaclyn is the Associate Vice President of Data Strategy at Breaking Ground and a Lecturer at the Columbia School of Social Work. 

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