Human Rights Learning

Students address gun violence in D.C.

Students address gun violence in D.C.

Left to right: AFSC Human Rights Learning student Diana Chicas; Washington, D.C. Ward 3 Councilwoman Mary Cheh; student Andy Bloom; D.C. Peace & Economic Justice Program Director Jean-Louis Peta Ikambana, after speaking with Councilwoman Cheh about gun control reform.

Photo: Bryan Vana

What motivates young people to take action on their beliefs? Human rights learning, and the DC Human Rights project in particular, might be an important piece of the puzzle.

On March 28, 2013—a National Day to Demand Action on Gun Violence—Andy Bloom and Diana Chicas, 17-year-old students from Wilson High School in Washington, D.C., came to City Hall to speak with Councilwoman Mary Cheh about gun violence.

AFSC's Human Rights Learning Project: a Step in a New Direction for a Human Rights City

Steven Neal, Jr of Friendship Collegiate Academy

Steven Neal, Jr of Friendship Collegiate Academy
A participant in the Human Rights Learning project

By: Joan Gildemeister, D.C. Peace and Economic Justice Program Committee

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