You are invited to experience a program on the CRC: Nov. 18, 2026: "The Future Speaks 2026: Rising Generations STAND UP for CHILD RIGHTS"

Invitation!

November 19th, 2026, 10am 
World Children's Day Event
You are invited!

Hello Educators, 


The 2026 Program commemorating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) will take place on Thursday, November 19, 2026

from 10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m in District 3, NYC.


Contact: theFutureSpeaks.ChildRights@gmail.com to attend and participate.


CLICK RSVP FORM HERE


Event details and supporting educational materials will be shared here for your access.   


Specific arrangements can be made for your community's attendance. Students, parents, educators, and child rights advocates are all invited to attend.  Those who are out of the NYC region may be given virtual access. 


Thank you for your attention and cooperation, 


Working Group on the Rights of the Child (CRC), including co-sponsors:


        NGO Committee on Child Rights/NY

        Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture 

        New York Society for Ethical Culture 

        National Ethical Service




A CRC Ed Kit

 This forum aims to BE USED as a CRC kit including:


Core themes:

  • Children's rights are human rights that need extra care

  • 5 Core Principles of Children's Rights – ”the high five”

    Identity, Protection, Participation, Development, Survival

  • The right to play is the right to learn! 

  • Rights couple with responsibilities ~ 

  • The root of Children's Rights: "I exist. We exist!"
  • Embodiment of rights: rights express the dignity of being human


Important notes:

  • Standing up for rights is a way to take responsibility for them, not a way to compete with adult priorities and control
  • Child Rights awareness supports what is already happening in the classroom regarding community agreements, norms, values
  • Mutuality: one's rights should never stamp out another's rights.





Ethical Working Group for Child Rights


Who are we?

            Our Working Group for Child Rights is an outgrowth of a collaboration done by a few distinct groups: The NGO Committee on Children’s Rights/NY, the National Ethical Service and two Ethical Culture Societies under the American Ethical Union, the New York Society for Ethical  Culture and the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture.

From left to right: Marlena Horton, Melissa Heckler, 

Margaretha Jones, Thérèsé Folkes Plair, Maria Mitchell, 

Marlene Williamson, Audrey Kindred, and sitting: Muriel Tillinghast

(Lindsey Price Jackson in abstentia)

 

In 1989, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This is an international treaty. Every country in the World has ratified it except the United States.

 

Our first collaborative CRC program was on November 18, 2025 at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. Among the speakers were Youth Activists (i.e. one from LaGuardia High School, one from Columbia Secondary School). There were four (4) short videos from schools from the New York Metropolitan Area, one from Canada and one from Namibia, “rapping” an article from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

 

What do we Want? 

            To raise awareness to young people, lawmakers, educators, human rights activists about the CRC and make it a yearly celebration and commemoration of this worldwide achievement on WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY.

 

 


Participants of 2025 program of THE FUTURE SPEAKS


Muriel Tillinghast




Additional Resources

 


What is International Children's Day? 

Visit National Ethical Service for access to the 2025 program of THE FUTURE SPEAKS which acts as an excellent overview of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, with many expert visions as well as youth voices.    https://nationalserviceaeu.org/projects/childrens-human-rights/

Human Rights Educators USA has a wonderful offering:   https://hreusa.org/projects/every-child-every-right/every-child-every-right/


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