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

April 3, 2023
Social Security, Injury, and Agrarian Futures in Nicaragua’s Sugarcane Zone

Dr. Alex Nading, professor of medical and environmental anthropology at Cornell University, will discuss heat, policy, and law in Nicaragua.
April 6, 2023
Dr. Sinan Antoon: When Wars and Wounds Collide

Acclaimed Iraqi-American writer Sinan Antoon will present on ‘When Wars and Wounds Collide'

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Latest News

February 1, 2023

Statement on Investigation of Pregnancy Outcomes in Mission, Texas

A statement on the Mission, Texas Police Department’s decision to investigate the report of a discovery of fetal remains.

October 27, 2022

Arti Gupta is our 2022 Audre Rapoport Writing Prize Winner!

We are pleased to publish Arti Gupta's paper, "The Unhappy Marriage of ‘Queerness’ and ‘Culture’: The Present Implications of Fixating on the Past."

October 6, 2022

2021-2022 Annual Review Now Available

Check out our latest Annual Review, which highlights the celebration of Sissy Farenthold's life, the Farenthold lecture delivered by Arundhati Roy, our webinar on post-Roe strategies, and much more!

August 8, 2022

Welcome our new Postgraduate Fellow, Cooper Christiancy!

June 24, 2022

The Rapoport Center Addresses the Ongoing Struggles for Reproductive and Sexual Justice

We write to express our own sense of grievance and injustice, anguish and anger over today’s Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturns Roe v. Wade.

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