Learn how to be a human rights upstander by discovering the stories of people who used their personal strengths to take a stand, protect their rights and the rights of others, and create change. Throughout this discussion‐driven program, students will consider what it means to be a genuine upstander in the 21st century, how social media can play a part, and what it means to be an agent for your own rights versus an ally for the rights of others.

Program Messages:

• Upstanders recognize injustice and use their unique strengths, gifts and abilities to create change.
• Upstanders recognize injustices. They can act both as agents and allies in activism, taking a stand for a cause that affects them or their community or taking a stand for a cause that affects others.
• Upstanders have unique strengths, gifts and abilities. They are aware of how they use these strengths, gifts and abilities in order to enact genuine and not performative activism.
• Upstanders use their strengths, gifts and abilities to create change, being mindful of how they can be a good ally.