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UMBHRWG'S TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A
HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
The University of Massachusetts
Human Rights Working Group (UMBHRWG)
has formed a task force to develop a
human rights internship program. The
internship program will enable students to receive academic credit for working
under faculty supervision for human rights organizations such as Amnesty
International and Human Rights Watch.
Students majoring or minoring in human rights or earning a human rights
certificate might be required or given the option to serve a one or two
semester human rights internship.
CURRENT TASK
FORCE MEMBERS
The
UMBHRG's Internship Task Force consists of Eric
Aronson (earonson@earthlink.net),
Diane Dujon (diane.dujon@umb.edu),
and Darren Kew (darren.kew@umb.edu).
TASK FORCE
TASKS
The
task force is developing a list of area human rights organizations which it will
contact to determine whether they want to participate in an internship program
with the UMBHRWG. It also is addressing
the question of how a student intern's work might be assessed and whether an
intern might work for the UMBHRWG.
MODEL
PROGRAMS
The Women Studies,
Psychology and, Environmental Studies departments at UMB have internship programs
which can serve as models for a human rights internship. Furthermore, there are internship programs
at other universities that might provide additional guidelines.
HOW YOU
CAN HELP