Editor, Contributor
Skylar Strudwick (CLA '26) is a junior currently pursuing a double major in Psychology and Sociology with a focus on public policy and human rights. She serves as a member of the 2024-2025 Human Rights Program Undergraduate Working Group. Outside of the Working Group, Skylar is also a Pre-Law Society mentor, CLA Student Board Council member, and Treasurer for FUSE. She is passionate about community outreach in the Jewish community and holds a particular interest in genocide studies, women's rights, and Jewish studies.
Collective Silence on the Uyghur Genocide: A Deliberate Power Play
Over a million Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region of China have lived under inhumane conditions, with credible evidence of genocide. In 2018, Human Rights Watch published a report documenting mass human rights violations against the Uyghurs, including religious restrictions on Islam, mass surveillance, and restrictions on personal freedom... Read More
Protecting Ukrainian Identity Through Dance
Ukraine is at war, not only for its land but for its identity. After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022, the world has witnessed destruction, identity erasure, and numerous human rights violations on an unprecedented scale. Russian forces have allegedly committed numerous war crimes that have destroyed the cities across Ukraine... Read More
Holocaust Remembrance Compels Refugee Solidarity Today
In early April of 2025, I walked through the Washington D.C. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Silence echoed through the dimly lit hallways, and the walls bore names and dates of lifetimes cut short. Testimonies, photographs, and newspaper clippings hung on the wall, stretched out to the museum-goers like ghosts shouting warnings to everyone walking past... Read More
Empowering Youth Voting: The League of Women Voters and Human Rights
You’ve heard of the Justice League, you’ve heard of the Major League, and you’ve probably heard of the Minor League, but you’re about to hear about the greatest league in American democracy: the League of Women Voters. The League has been a shining star of democracy since 1920... Read More
