Religious or Cultural Observances:
Bodhi Day (Buddhism, Dec. 8)
Hanukkah (Judaism, Dec. 14-22)
Las Posadas begins (Latinx/Christian, Dec. 16-24)
Winter Solstice (Various religions and cultures, Dec. 21)
Christmas Eve (Christian, Catholic, cultural, Dec.24)
Christmas (Christian, Catholic, cultural, Dec. 25)
Kwanzaa (African-American/Black culture, Dec. 26 – Jan.1)
New Year’s Eve (Gregorian, global/cultural, Dec. 31)
Dates of Significance:
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (Dec. 3)
National Guard Birthday (Dec. 13)
International Humans Rights Day (Dec. 10)
LIBRARY RESOURCES
Links shared are ebooks, all others are physical resources in our Behind the Eyes Collection.
International Humans Rights Day
A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Mary Ann Gleeson
Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World by Samuel Moyn
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Life Interrupted: Trafficking into Forced Labor in the United States by Denise Brennan
Inventing Human Rights: A History by Lynn Hunt
Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America’s Cheap Goods by Amelia Pang
Standing in the Way: From Trafficking Victim to Human Rights Activist by Anjali Tamang & Sarah Symons
Human Rights: A Reference Handbook by Nina Redman & Lucille Whalen
Improving Human Rights: A Conversation with Emilie Hafner-Burton by Howard Burton
Reinventing Human Rights by Mark Goodale
Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights by Rubén Miranda Gonçalves, Aleksandra Partyk, Laura Miraut Martín, and Mariusz Zalucki
The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights by Rachel Hall Sternberg
