{"id":26478,"date":"2021-05-12T08:44:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T12:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/law\/?p=26478"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:43:08","slug":"introducing-the-activist-in-residence-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/2021\/introducing-the-activist-in-residence-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Activist in Residence Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Introducing the Activist in Residence Program\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter wp-image-26480 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/IMG_2445_do-not-edit-this-original-file-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26480\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rehana Hashmi, Activist in Residence, Department of Law and Legal Studies. Photo by Fangliang Xu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Law and Legal Studies is proud to announce the launch of the Activist in Residence (Air) Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AiR Program is an initiative to host a human rights activist in the Department of Law and Legal Studies each year. The AiR Program is designed to recognize the important role activists play in advancing the goals of protecting and fostering human rights.&nbsp; The program provides an intellectual home for a human rights activist, while also providing our students and faculty members the opportunity to learn from someone with on the ground experience fighting to protect human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rehana Hashmi, the program\u2019s inaugural Activist in Residence, was recently interviewed about her journey as an activist for women and human rights in Pakistan, her work supporting human rights activists, and the AiR program. You can read about Hashmi\u2019s journey here: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpa\/story\/activist-in-residence-woman-human-rights-defender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Activist in Residence: Woman Human Rights Defender<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AiR Program is also launching an <strong>Activist in Residence Interview Series<\/strong>. In this interview series, Hashmi interviews leading human right activists from around the world. You can view the first two videos in this series on our <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/activist-in-residence-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Activist in Residence Program page<\/a>. Additional interviews will be released over the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/rehana-hashmi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rehana Hashmi<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/activist-in-residence-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Activist in Residence Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Law and Legal Studies is proud to announce the launch of the Activist in Residence (Air) Program. The AiR Program is an initiative to host a human rights activist in the Department of Law and Legal Studies each year. 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