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Center for Peace, Justice and Human Rights (PJHR)

Launched in 2014, the Center for Peace, Justice and Human Rights (PJHR) Initiative grew out of FAU’s highly successful Peace Studies Program, which was founded in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters in 1999. PJHR is one of nine key “platforms” in the University’s Strategic Plan. The Center is a university-wide, multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary effort that brings together scholars, students, practitioners, and community leaders engaged in the themes of justice, human rights, and peace and nonviolence.

Our collaborative community includes students, university staff, and community partners, as well as dozens of Faculty Affiliates who represent disciplines from across the university and FAU’s six campuses. PJHR  includes the Arthur and Emalie Gutterman Family Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education and the Leon Charney Diplomacy Program. Together, we are the diverse faculty, staff, and students at a Hispanic-Serving public university, located at the crossroads of the United States and the Caribbean, who believe it is possible and necessary to create a more just, peaceful and equitable world. Our goal is to create positive change locally, nationally, and internationally by advancing knowledge and bold solutions to social problems through our research, teaching and learning, and community engagement.


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76-UDHR-Event Information about the 2024 event coming soon! Explore the Archive:

PJHR 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Declaration of Human Rights | 2023

NEWS
Trump-Harris
‘Wonder Woman’ vs. ‘The Godfather’
Article By Jane Caputi, Ph.D., published in Ms. magazine
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Political Circus Panel Discussion
Political Circus 2024 - Panel Discussion October 2024
PJHR co-sponsored a panel on human rights in relation to the 2024 United States presidential campaign
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Political Circus Exhibition Installation
“Political Circus” Exhibition Explores Another Polarized Campaign Cycle
Article by John Thomason, October 16, 2024, Boca Magazine
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 Dr. Palina Prysmakova, Associate Professor of School of Public Administration, was awarded a medal issued by the Belarusian Liberation Army (BLA) by the representative of defense and national security of the United Transitional Cabinet, former deputy commander of the Kalinousky regiment, Vadzim Kabanchuk.
Dr. Palina Prysmakova, Associate Professor of the School of Public Administration and PJHR Affiliate, was awarded a medal issued by the Belarusian Liberation Army
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Training for First Responders on Autism and Intellectual Disabilities
Training for First Responders on Autism and Intellectual Disabilities
By Torica Exume, Ph.D., Clinical Researcher
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EVENTS
Hip Hop Across the Americas Conference
Hip Hop Across America Conference
10 am - 5 pm, November 15, 2024, Live Oak Pavilion A & B
In Between Spaces Lecture and Q&A
In Between Space, Lecture / Q&A with Lebanese graphic novelist Barrack Zailaa Rima
Wed, Nov. 6, 2 pm, Culture and Society Bldg. (CU), Rm 301
Housing Insecurity in Paradise
Housing Insecurity in Paradise
A Student Gallery and Conversation
Political Circus
Political Circus 2024: Exhibition and Panel Discussions
Curated by Jane Caputi & Rockford Projects
 Solidarity Cinema Series
Solidarity Cinema Series
October 10, 7 PM, CU 107 (Formerly Living Room Theaters)
SPOTLIGHT
Vicki Rosenthal
Interactive Art Installation by Vicki Rosenthal during PJHR's 76th Anniversary Celebration of the UDHR
Vicki Rosenthal is a creative of social justice (an artivist) advancing advocacy through art using authentic stories to create understanding and equity. Her artistic works include distinctive designs on apparel, paintings,...
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Palina Prysmakova; Ales Bialatski
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Ales Bialiatski and Me
Article by Palina Prysmakova, PJRH Affiliate and Associate Professor, School of Public Administration
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Dr. Ashley Graham Kennedy
Understanding Child Labor in Myanmar
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VIDEO


Holocaust and Jewish Studies at FAU