Social Justice, Human Rights & the Media

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09/03/2015 Added

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A new class at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln gives students a deeper awareness of injustice around the world.

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[00:00:01.428]We live in a dark world of human trafficking,
[00:00:03.868]such as child sex, prostitution, slave labor, and
[00:00:06.554]even organ and tissue sales.
[00:00:08.473]But the media can shine light on the darkness.
[00:00:11.185][Human right and the right of human beings...]
[00:00:13.801]A new class at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
[00:00:16.673]gives students a deeper awareness of injustice around the world.
[00:00:20.842]The concept came from Maria Marron, dean of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications.
[00:00:26.033]Sriyani Tidball teaches "Social Justice, Human Rights and the Media."
[00:00:30.250]She's been an activist against human trafficking in the
[00:00:32.745]U.S. and Sri Lanka.
[00:00:34.377]She also organizes UNL's annual international research conference
[00:00:38.618]on human trafficking.
[00:00:40.361]The class was created too late to be included in the annual course catalog,
[00:00:44.105]but registrations soon exceeded the 120-seat capacity of the
[00:00:47.737]auditorium a the College of Journalism and Mass Communications.
[00:00:50.950]After the first meeting, more than 20 students stood in line
[00:00:53.538]to thank Tidball for creating the class.
[00:00:56.388]I've been teaching for eight years and nobody
[00:00:57.987]lines up to say thanks.
[00:01:00.828]I really know that students really want to be a part of the change
[00:01:05.140]they want to see today.
[00:01:06.907]I just see such true passion among young people who are saying
[00:01:13.380]we're tired of injustice, is there any way we can
[00:01:16.059]be a part of making a change.
[00:01:18.532]Sydney Heineman is interested in social justice and government.
[00:01:22.059]She says members of the Millennial generation have to be
[00:01:24.779]prepared to solve the world's problems.
[00:01:27.558]We're gonna be the new generation.
[00:01:28.820]We really need to know about all the problems in America as
[00:01:33.172]well as the other countries around the world.
[00:01:35.484]In addition to human trafficking, Tidball plans to address other human rights
[00:01:39.902]issues, including injustices faced by American Indians, African Americans and immigrants.
[00:01:45.767]I have to to tell you, I have got totally stoked about teaching this class.
[00:01:49.694]Because as I was working on it, I realized this is my dream,
[00:01:53.494]to be able to talk to many people about these issues.
[00:01:57.158]Especially people who choose to come here because they want to
[00:01:59.950]know about it.
[00:02:01.504]At first I was a little skeptical because it is such a touchy subject
[00:02:04.999]with a lot of people and so awkward to talk about.
[00:02:07.566]Wahl says Tidball's passion ignites his interest in social justice.
[00:02:12.058]He worries about the future.
[00:02:14.138]The upcoming generation, the people still in high school, people still in middle school,
[00:02:18.274]I feel like we're setting it up for them to make it a better
[00:02:21.617]United States, better world in general.
[00:02:25.171]It's something people need to see and need to hear about.
[00:02:27.475]It's definitely the journalists' role to show the world,
[00:02:30.187]to tell the people what is going on.
[00:02:33.883]I really do want to use my power to use my power to really change the world if I can.
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