Thank you for supporting the Oxford Consortium for Human Rights!
Every dollar donated helps us achieve our goal of making human rights education equitable and
accessible. We strive to create a sustainable community that empowers youth to take
the skills that they learn at our conferences, and translate them into their own local
communities.
General Fund donations help keep the lights on and the programs running. We spend over 80% of our operating expenses on programming. Our programs would not run without your support.
$20 every donation counts!
$50 helps support the behind-the-scenes administrative team
$100 helps with supplies and printing
$200 pays for 1 student’s lunch for the week
$600 pays for 1 lecture room for 1 day
$1,000 houses 1 student for the week
Student Scholarships allow students to attend, who might not otherwise be able to afford the costs. Community college students are typically the recipients of this support, but others may qualify.
$1,000 helps with tuition costs
Please consider donating to our new student scholarship dedicated to an international student in remembrance of Erick Njue who passed away tragically on January 25th, 2026.
Erick attended our second-ever workshop in Sonoma, bringing his light, kindness, and incredibly important reflections to our community. He was one of those people you don’t forget easily, thanks to his contagious energy and his enthusiasm for his projects. Many of us were lucky to get to know him before, during, and after the workshop.
Erick came to the US from Kenya on a Fulbright. He earned his Bachelor’s degree at the University of Nairobi and worked as a high school teacher in Kenya. He arrived in Oregon in 2021 as a Fulbright language teaching assistant, sharing conversational Swahili with his students. He went on to complete a Master’s in Education Policy and Leadership at the University of Oregon, as part of the program’s first cohort, and then began his Ph.D. in Special Education there, where he had recently advanced to candidacy. His work centered on inclusive education and on education policy that serves all students. He was involved in research on the Inclusive Skill-Building Learning Approach (ISLA) to reduce the school-to-prison pipeline and enhance adolescents' literacy skills in juvenile detention.
Erick gave a great deal of himself to his community, both in Eugene and through the projects he dreamed of bringing home to Kenya after finishing his Ph.D. In October 2025, he was appointed as a commissioner on Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission. When he wasn’t in class or the library, you would usually find him running marathons or out on his bike, doing what he loved.
$50 buys a train ticket
$100 helps with Visa costs
$1,000 helps with flight costs
Meet our scholarship recipients!
Inez Ortiz, OCHR Alumna 2022
A.S. CT State Northwestern Community College ‘21, B.S. Environmental Systems and Sustainability, Southern CT State University ‘24
At the start of my academic journey, I struggled to find a path that reflected both my passion for protecting the environment and helping people meaningfully. As a 19-year-old juggling two part-time jobs while attending college, it felt like I had to choose one job over the other. Attending the Oxford Consortium for Human Rights (OCHR) at no cost - through an OCHR Scholarship - was transformative. I connected with others who shared my values and learned how environmental sustainability and human rights are deeply intertwined. The experience shaped my academic and professional trajectory. I’ve since worked with a sustainability nonprofit helping municipalities become more resilient, and now work in a Regional Planning Agency, assisting towns in cleaning up contaminated sites to protect public health and foster
equitable development.
A.S. CTState Tunxis Community College
As a Latina Peruvian student who wants to become a business leader one day, I’m taking all the knowledge learned from Oxford University, confident to turn it into actionable measures in the business field, always helping my community, the Latino community, supporting their rights, and as a woman, supporting women’s rights, and advocating to solve the remaining issues about Climate crisis in the business field that often go ignored. I am immensely grateful to the OCHR board for making this journey possible. All the knowledge I gained and the friendships I formed during my time at Oxford have changed my thoughts and have influenced my personality completely in a positive way. This experience has reinforced my belief in the importance of Human Rights advocacy, I am excited about the projects ahead of me, ready to take the next step to advocate for the injustices in my local community, and continue to help make this world a better place.
Celit Flores, OCHR Alumna 2025
To date, OCHR has……
“Over 1,700 OCHR alumni since 2013”
“37 conferences”
“29 participating colleges across US &
internationally”
