The conversation continues with Leilani Farha and housing rights advocates from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia who will explore the current housing challenges in our cities and how we can build a more powerful movement to protect human rights and dignity for everyone in our communities. How can we push our political leaders to #Maketheshift and treat housing as a human right, not a commodity?

Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Housing, will speak about her work bringing demands for housing justice to governments and working with the global housing rights movement through her organization #Maketheshift with featured panelists. Panelists include: Carl Redwood, Pittsburgh's Hill District Consensus Group, Dr. Michael Goodhart, Director of Pitt Global Studies Center, and Rob Robinson of the US Human Rights Cities Alliance, International Alliance of Inhabitants and Partners for Dignity Rights.

This reading group for K-16 educators explores literary texts from a global perspective. Content specialists present the work and its context, and together we brainstorm innovative pedagogical practices for incorporating the text and its themes into the curriculum. Sessions this year will take place virtually on Thursday evenings from 5-8 PM. Books and Act 48 credit are provided. This reading group is co-sponsored with Pitt's African Studies Program and led by Associate Professor Christel Temple of Africana Studies.

Join our partners at the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh for the Choices Program in an exploration of its 8- to the 10-day unit, Climate Change, and Questions of Justice. We'll explore the readings, lessons, and videos that are part of the unit, and discuss ways to implement each in diverse classroom settings, including tips for using the unit in remote settings and/or project-based classrooms. The countries covered include China, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Freiburg (Germany), Colombia, Haiti, and parts of the USA.

Peace Corps Pitt Alumni Panel
Tuesday, October 27th, 6:30-7:30pm
Zoom Discussion

Join us to learn about service overseas from Pitt Alumni that served in the Peace Corps. Gain valuable information from those who served, ask questions about service, and learn how the Peace Corps helped their careers.

Register at:
https://signup.com/go/dVfvhZc

Do you have an interest in international development education? Come attend the second International Brown Bag Series of the semester, co-hosted with the Institute for International Studies in Education (IISE) at the Pitt School of Education. Our feature speaker will be John Weidman, Emeritus Professor of Higher and International Development Education, School of Education here at at the University of Pittsburgh. The conversation will be facilitated by Maureen McClure, IISE Director and faculty member.

For Year 3 of our faculty development workshops for community colleges and minority-serving institutions, we are offering a series of monthly webinars focused on technology. The first of the webinars will examine Technology and Privacy: The Right To Be Forgotten with particular focus on the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its global impact. Register here

UCIS International Career Toolkit Series Presents:
Graduate Programs for International Careers in Education

Wednesday, October 21st, 6:30-7:30pm
Zoom Discussion

Are you interested in international education? Teaching abroad? Conducting educational research with global perspectives? Here at the School of Education, many of our programs prepare graduates to enter the field of international education.

In 1994 the United States Border Patrol formally implemented the immigration enforcement strategy known as “Prevention Through Deterrence,” due to which at least 3200 migrants have since lost their lives in the Sonoran desert. Fill out virtual toe tags with Hostile Terrain 94 at Pittsburgh to commemorate these individuals.

Meeting of UCIS Community Advisory Board to discuss current issues, challenges, and events and to discuss potential areas of collaboration.