In 2008, with an initial $100,000 gift from alumnus Joseph Loundy, Roosevelt University established the Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project. This program is unique in the US and gives students once-in-a-lifetime experiences and opportunities.
We partner with other campus and community organizations to provide human-rights related programming to the larger Roosevelt community and the public.
View the next offering of the Loundy Human Rights Project's Comparative Human Rights class in the RU Class Schedule. Urban Human Rights is offered every Fall.
In some years, it is offered as an Honors course. If you are not currently an honors student and are interested in taking the course, consider seeking admittance to the Honors Program.
Amsterdam:
Comparative Approaches to Drug Policy
London:
Comparative Approaches to Police Accountability
Comparative Approaches to Miscarriages of Justice
Olympic National Park & Vancouver, BC, Canada:
Environmental Justice in Urban Spaces
Do you want to learn more about our organization or about how you can get involved? Please contact us.
Bethany Barratt, Professor of Political Science
bbarratt@roosevelt.edu
312-341-3768
“I truly learned more in this class than I ever have from any of my previous classes. I went from knowing basically nothing about drug policy to being able to compile an entire report on the details of American drug policy complete with comprehensive policy recommendations. Our trip to Amsterdam was my first time out of the country, and I will never forget it!”
“Being a very 'hands-on' person, I thoroughly enjoyed having the opportunity to have site visits locally and internationally; gaining personal experiences and insights on a specific topic I didn't know much about previously.”
“Not only has Urban Human Rights been beneficial to my overall knowledge and depth of understanding of a host of issues, this class, through our comparative research, has granted me the ability to make an honest re-assessment of many views that are held to be true by policy-makers, and the American general public including myself. In addition, the hands-on curriculum that Dr. Barratt has provided through this course has been both an eye-opening and transformational experience that I will not soon forget.”
Former Students Involved in the Project