named programs · 5 · from sources
What they call their work
MVP Traveling Education Exhibit
Interactive classroom and mobile exhibit developed with Photoville and The VII Foundation to educate youth on human rights through visual storytelling.
Telling History Project
Arts-integrated initiative engaging youth in the U.S. and Bosnia to process trauma and historical memory through creative expression and dialogue.
Youth Changemaker Project
Platform for youth advocates to lead research, interviews, and publications on censorship, community resilience, and social change.
Youth For Your Rights Podcast
Youth-led podcast series that explores human rights issues through storytelling, research, and interviews, aimed at making complex topics accessible to young audiences.
unMASKing: Pandemic Curriculum
Educational program developed with HREA to address human rights challenges during global health crises, focusing on equity, access, and youth engagement.
activities · 5 groups
What they do
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Human Rights & Peace Education Curriculum 3 activities
- Conduct research to inform human rights educationConducts research to develop educational resources, including authoring teacher guides for UNESCO on violent extremism and launching a Pandemic Curriculum based on research by student interns.
- Develop and implement human rights education curriculaDesigns and distributes open-source, multimedia-based human rights curricula for educators to use and adapt in classrooms and field settings globally. These curricula center youth voices and address issues such as peacebuilding, transitional justice, water as a human right, refugee experiences, and pandemic-related human rights challenges.
- Support international human rights initiatives through education and partnershipsImplements human rights education projects in partnership with organizations such as UNESCO, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA), Photoville, and The VII Foundation, including co-developing curricula and launching global education initiatives like the KUWA Project in Kenya.
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Creative Arts Therapy Programs 1 activity
- Deliver crisis and trauma response programs for youthImplements time-sensitive, trauma-informed educational programs to support youth in processing and responding to major traumatic events, including the September 11 attacks, Hurricane Sandy, and the COVID-19 pandemic, using art, writing, and historical context.
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Museum-Based Educational Outreach 1 activity
- Operate mobile and traveling human rights exhibitsRuns a traveling human rights exhibit in a converted bus that visits schools, paired with a multimedia classroom curriculum, and collaborates on traveling education exhibits such as the MVP Traveling Education Exhibit with Photoville and The VII Foundation.
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Nonprofit Internship Programs 1 activity
- Run youth internship and fellowship programsOperates competitive internship and summer fellowship programs that engage college students and youth activists in developing human rights curricula, conducting research, and supporting organizational projects and outreach.
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Uncategorized 1 activity
- Facilitate youth-led documentation and storytelling projectsInvites youth globally to document their lived experiences through photography, writing, and multimedia, including the "Reflections on QuaranTEENing" project and reconciliation history initiatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to amplify youth voices in human rights discourse.
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financials · form 990EZ · fy2020
revenue
Total revenue$9K
Contributions & grants$9K100%
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expenses
Total expenses$68K
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balance sheet
Total assets$41K
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Net assets$41K
1 years on record · 2020–2020
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2020
Who runs it
paid leadership · 2
| Name | Title | Hours/wk | Compensation |
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| Elana Haviv | Executive Director | 40 | $35K |
| Shasha Lansky | Director | 2 | $1K |
board members · 4
- Alexander Ohanyan — Board Chair
- Brenda Galland — Director
- Jennifer Rawlings — Director
- Renee Cheerow O'Leary — Director
relationships · 16
Who they work with
- Children’s Movement for Creative Education Partner — Collaborated on the 9/11 trauma-relief program for K-6 students using creative education methods.
- Elana Broch Partner — Email contact for internship applications
- Human Rights Education Associates Partner — Collaborates on human rights education initiatives and curriculum development.
- Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) Partner — Partnered with GenHR to develop the unMASKing: Pandemic Curriculum.
- Johns Hopkins University Partner — Partnered with Generation Human Rights through the Telling History Project
- KUWA Project Partner — Generation Human Rights sponsors the KUWA Project, supporting its efforts to protect girls in Kenya from female genital mutilation.
- Mandela International Magnet School Partner — Collaborated with Generation Human Rights on the Telling History Project
- Médecins Sans Frontières Partner — Collaborated with GenHR through Mary Jordan’s work in conflict-affected regions.
- New Mexico History Museum Partner — Hosted the Learning Kiosk for the SYRIA: Cultural Patrimony Under Threat curriculum in fall 2017.
- Photoville Partner — Collaborated with GenHR on the MVP Traveling Education Exhibit.
- President Bill Clinton Government — Endorsed the work of Generation Human Rights in a public statement.
- Redux Pictures Partner — Collaborates on visual content and photojournalism for human rights education.
- The VII Foundation Partner — Partner on the MVP Traveling Education Exhibit and the upcoming project, Imagine: NextGen Voices Reflect on Peace.
- UNESCO Government — Collaborated with GenHR on the development of educational guides for teachers on violent extremism.
- United Nations Government — Collaborated with GenHR through Mary Jordan’s work integrating art and human rights in humanitarian settings.
- VII Partner — Collaborates on visual storytelling and educational content related to human rights.
strategies · 3
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Adaptable, Multimedia-Based Curricula for Inclusive Educationmethodology: multimedia_adaptable_curriculaBy providing free, multimedia-rich, and adaptable curricula to educators, we expand access to human rights education across diverse and high-need contexts, because localized, contextually relevant materials increase relevance, adoption, and effectiveness in varied cultural and crisis settings.
- Arts and Creative Expression for Trauma Recovery and Advocacymethodology: arts-integration-for-trauma-recoveryBy integrating art, writing, and visual culture into human rights education, we help youth process trauma and collective grief, because creative expression provides a therapeutic outlet and strengthens resilience, enabling deeper engagement with human rights advocacy.
- Youth Empowerment through Education and Participationmethodology: youth_empowermentBy engaging youth in human rights education and supporting their leadership of initiatives, we produce empowered leaders who can address generational challenges and prevent abuses, because participatory learning and real-world application foster agency, critical understanding, and sustained engagement.