{"id":31151,"date":"2022-01-25T11:58:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T11:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cis-spain.com\/en\/?p=31151"},"modified":"2022-01-25T12:03:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T12:03:06","slug":"education-linked-to-social-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cis-spain.com\/en\/blog\/education-linked-to-social-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Linked to Social Commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
CIS University, the American University of Madrid, has long had the mission to provide an education based on humanist principles that enable its students to contribute to a more just and committed society.<\/span><\/p> In this context, the university\u2019s union with the <\/span>Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation<\/span><\/a> was a natural match that began with common projects years ago, and was formally established in 2018.<\/span><\/p> Since then, Mar\u00eda D\u00edaz de la Cebosa, president of CIS University, also holds the role of the presidency of RFK Spain.<\/span><\/p> The collaboration between both entities is very close, both at the level of academic programs, as well as participation in activities and events of the Foundation.<\/span><\/p> RFK Spain has two very important programs in the educational environment: <\/span>Speak truth to Power, and Teach truth to Power<\/span><\/a>. Both develop plans to integrate the teaching of human rights among students and teachers in different schools.<\/span><\/p> The program is being developed in more than twenty countries, and in the Community of Madrid alone it has already been taught to more than 4,500 teachers and students in local schools and institutes.<\/span><\/p> At the academic level, within CIS University, students have incorporated the subject of Human Rights into their educational careers, with the corresponding credits to obtain the necessary official certification in their degrees.<\/span><\/p> In this way, a committed attitude is sought on the part of the students, who in addition to knowing the theoretical contents of guides such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, must reflect and contribute, from individual action, to the improvement of situations where Human Rights are compromised.<\/span><\/p> There are many events and activities in which the RFK Foundation participates, and in which students and members of the educational community of CIS University have the opportunity and the privilege of being able to participate.<\/span><\/p>