Profile_bird

Hey there! RobinKirk is using Twitter.

Twitter is a free service that lets you keep in touch with people through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What's happening? Join today to start receiving RobinKirk's tweets.

Already using Twitter
from your phone? Click here.

RobinKirk

  1. A story about Barbara Lau's class and the creation of a great Google map of Durham's civil rights history http://bit.ly/59qRUL
  2. Joseph M. Wilcots dies at 70; cinematographer on 'Roots' and its sequel - time to watch the series again latimes.com - http://shar.es/aQoEY
  3. A new round of truth commissions for Latin America: http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091224/wl_csm/270638
  4. Checking to see if Twitter is working
  5. Shirin Ebadi, who visited Duke in 2008, said her sister was arrested to dampen Ebadi's human rights work in Iran: http://bit.ly/7duMxR
  6. FBI investigated John Hope Franklin... An "apologist" for WEB DuBois" http://www.newsobserver.com/news/education/story/250284.html
  7. Longest night of the year -- merriment ensues!
  8. Wonderful event last night on female judges in South Africa, with a panel of African American women judges from NC -- thanks SCSJ!
  9. Happy Human Rights Day, http://is.gd/5iqtN
  10. Had my best ever Human Rights Activism class this Fall -- and the photos prove it: http://is.gd/5hf3S
  11. Had my best ever Human Rights Activism class this Fall -- the photos prove it! http://is.gd/5hf3S
  12. Bears repeating -- life for women stinks in Afghanistan, with or without the US. Despite promises, we are losing ground: http://is.gd/5f1oI
  13. Class over -- finals presentations fantastic -- there is hope for human rights with the next generation (pass it on)!
  14. My students did fabulous presentations today, including this video on the Internet and human rights in China, http://is.gd/5alww
  15. 8 students chosen for Belfast -- looking forward to summer already!
  16. I'm preparing to interview Duke applicants to our Belfast program for DukeEngage -- pubs, here we come!
  17. Check out this article about a project my students did as part of my class on human rights: http://is.gd/4YYTA
  18. I'm finishing the semester today on truth and reconciliation, hoping Americans find the truth about the "war on terror" soon...
  19. This advocacy ad caused the most conversation in class today regarding children's rights... What do you think? http://is.gd/4Uszg
  20. Talking in class today about children's rights -- brings in abortion, accountability, mental health, sadness -- complicated!