Welcome to the Rapoport Center

The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice serves as a focal point for critical, interdisciplinary analysis and practice of human rights and social justice. Our goal is to promote the economic and political enfranchisement of marginalized individuals and groups both locally and globally. We invite you to explore this site to learn more about our work at the intersection of academics and advocacy.

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Upcoming Events

November 12, 2026
Human Rights Fieldwork Report-Back

Time: 4PM
Join us for a report-back event featuring graduate student researchers presenting their findings from summer fieldwork supported by the Sissy Farenthold Fund for Peace and Social Justice. Hear from Laura Botero, Jazmin Muñoz, Andrea Richardson, and Kirill Veselkin about their research, and learn how you can apply for these fieldwork grants. 
November 16, 2026
Agustina Ramón Michel (Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad Área de Salud, Economía y Sociedad (CEDES), Argentina), “Not a Tango: Conscientious Objection Clauses in Abortion Healthcare”

Time: 4PM
Healthcare conscientious objection allows providers to refuse treatment based on moral or religious beliefs. Alongside the legalization of abortion since the 1970s, conscience clauses have expanded globally.
December 1, 2026
Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS — with Aziza Ahmed

Time: 11:50AM
Join us for this book talk featuring Aziza Ahmed, who will discuss Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS (2025).

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Latest News

October 1, 2026

Calista Kayatta is our 2026 Sissy Farenthold Trailblazers for Justice Undergraduate Writing Prize Winner!

We are pleased to publish Calista Kayatta's paper, “The Mississippi Appendectomy: A Horrifying History and Reproductive Laws that Still Lurk in the American Justice System."

June 1, 2026

Herin Han Norris is our 2025 Zipporah B. Wiseman Prize Winner!

We are pleased to publish Herin Han Norris's paper, "Reading Satire in The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights."

May 1, 2026

Valentina Biondini is our 2025 Audre Rapoport Prize Winner!

We are pleased to publish Valentina Biondini's paper, "In the Name of Gender-Based Violence: US Border Externalization in the South American Migration and Border Regime."

November 4, 2025

2024-25 Annual Review Now Available

Check out our latest 20th Anniversary Edition Annual Review, featuring highlights from our 20th-anniversary gala, the Sissy Farenthold Reproductive Justice Fall Colloquium, and much more.

October 14, 2025

Rapoport Center Faculty and Staff Contribute to Conference on Nuclear Disarmament

Prof. Karen Engle (co-director) & Cooper Christiancy (chief of operations) participated in the "Disarmament from the Margins" conference in Glasgow. Read Engle's co-written article about the event.

Source: The National (Scotland)

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