Human Rights Center

Wendo leads Dandelion Africa, a grassroots innovator in Kenya that focuses on women and girls' sexual and reproductive health, economic empowerment, and advocacy on gender-based violence. Wendo is an African Visionary Fellow, a writer, and an Aspen New Voices Fellow 2019. Watch this video to see how she is helping Kenyan women and girls flourish.

Leora is the founder and executive director of PROOF: Media for Social Justice and has been associated with the Center since 2013, when she was invited to speak at the first Social Practice of Human Rights Conference. Since then, Leora has been coordinator and producer with the Moral Courage Project.

Christina is the director of Crime Victims Program at Las Americas providing legal representation to immigrant victims of domestic abuse, human trafficking and other crimes.

Barbara is the director of the University of Minnesota Human Rights Program and a former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights violations committed with small arms and light weapons.

Craig is the executive director of the Ashland Center for Nonviolence. His scholarship intersects with political, philosophical theology and ethics. Craig was also a featured speaker at the 2019 Romero Symposium.

Steve’s performances have been seen on stage, film and TV. During his residence, he devised UNFINISHED, a show speaking to the importance and beauty of a human voice raised.

Srdja Popovic is the co-founder of CANVAS an organization that advocates for the use of nonviolent resistance to promote human rights and democracy.

Fateh Azzam is the founder of the Asfari Institute at the American University of Beirut and former MENA representative at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.