A cloud-based human rights tool to help refugees store and safely share documents with universities and employers.
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📢UKRAINIAN STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS📢 We STRONGLY advise you to store your documents with A26 Backpack. Once uploaded, documents are protected by the University of California and accessible from anywhere in the world. Visit: backpack.ucdavis.edu to get started! #Ukraine
Share with #students and #humanrights activists in Iran--free, safe, and secure document storage!
🚨Article 26 Backpack strongly encourages Iranian students and activists to use the Backpack’s free, safe, and universal document storage. Available in English and Farsi.
Farsi version: backpack.ucdavis.edu/uk?lang… or use the QR code below.
English version: backpack.ucdavis.edu
🚨Article 26 Backpack strongly encourages Iranian students and activists to use the Backpack’s free, safe, and universal document storage. Available in English and Farsi.
Farsi version: backpack.ucdavis.edu/uk?lang… or use the QR code below.
English version: backpack.ucdavis.edu
Help us spread the word to #students and #humanrightsactivists involved in #IranProtests2022 to use Backpack's FREE and SAFE storage services.
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We are recruiting! Join our team in providing safe electronic storage and testing materials to refugee and displaced students/professionals!
Email your resume+interest statement to [email protected]. Any questions? DM us or email! @UCDavisGlobal @UCDavisICC @UCDavis_HMR
Wow! Incredible enrollments this Fall in @UCDavis_HMR Many @a26backpack Guides first learned about internships in these classes! – at Davis, CA
450+ @ucdavis undergrads will take @UCDavis_HMR courses in Fall - all seats are filled +@UCDavisUHP +Redwood SEED - #HumanRights Human Wrongs; core Human Rights and HMR in #LatinAmerica Demand is high as are our faculty:student ratios #weneedmoreprofs @UCDLandS @UCD_Diversity
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The summer edition of "Backpacker, Go!" is live! Our latest newsletter includes updates on the Backpack Ambassador Program, a tutorial video for creating your Backpack, and resources for free English tests and credential evaluation services! Read it here: human-rights.ucdavis.edu/new…
@a26backpack Backpacker, Go! 1.2 is out to 3200+ #refugee #university #students worldwide. Info on resources, initiatives, @KeplerHQ BP amb. prog. Dr. W on backpacking, a good backpack, power of Backpack for #humanright 2 #education 4 all from Mt Tallac. t.ly/-8Ao
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This morning, Backpack Guides presented and participated in a Q&A as part of a fundraiser with @ApplyBoard's co-op students! We loved working with other students who are passionate about #humanrights and accessible #education. Support the fundraiser here: gofundme.com/f/abcf-applyboa…
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Key element of Backpack: peer-to-peer connection and counseling. Last week, @KeplerHQ began the Backpack ambassador program, training students in refugee camps throughout Rwanda who will answer questions and guide their peers through the process of storing documents w/Backpack.
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This morning, the Backpack Team gave a presentation to about 1,000 members of the @ApplyBoard about the history of Backpack, the importance of Backpacker digital dignity, and our response in protecting the #HumanRight to #education during global crisis. More photos to come!
Happy #WorldRefugeeDay ! A reminder that Article 26 of the UDHR guarantees the #humanright to #education for ALL people, regardless of their status as a refugee or displaced person. Learn more about Backpack and the human right to education at: backpack.ucdavis.edu
Join us in celebrating Backpacker no 1 Dr. Watenpaugh who was a finalist for @Chancellor_May’s innovator of the year award @ucdavis for @a26backpack 🖖🏻@UCDavisEngaged @UCDLandS @UCDavisGlobal
Team Backpack rose with the sun to brief members of @USAIDEducation on our work helping refugees exercise their #humanrights to #highereducation and digital autonomy. We explored Backpack 3.0 and using it for counseling and credential support. @UCDavisGlobal @UCDLandS – at Davis, CA
Photos from the latest Backpack event at the Kiziba Refugee Camp! @KeplerHQ Backpack guides helped high school #students and recent grads create their Backpacks and store their important documents. Learn more at: backpack.ucdavis.edu instagram.com/p/CedKeaDunUu/…
✏️📖 #Education is your #humanright! It only takes five minutes to register + upload documents to A26 Backpack, but once you do, documents are safe forever. To sign up, visit backpack.ucdavis.edu, or use the attached QR codes!
Today is the deadline for UCD students to apply for the positions of Academic Advisor and Program Assistant for the Human Rights Department (@UCDavis_HMR)! Please share with your students/peers! @UCDavisGlobal @UCDLandS
Lots of upcoming opportunities for UCD students looking to get involved with @UCDavis_HMR! The HMR program is currently hiring for the positions of Program Assistant and Academic Advisor. Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples (HMR 130) will be offered this summer. Please share!
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@ucdavis community: Article 26 Backpack is looking for interns for Fall 2022! Interns will meet every Monday from 4:10-5 pm and will receive academic credit. Great hands-on opportunity in human rights work! Please spread the word! @UCDavisGlobal @UCDLandS @UCDavis_HMR
There are now 3000 people using A26 Backpack to store, curate, and share their most important academic and professional documents 🎉 Big thanks to our partners @KeplerHQ! Support Backpack and the #humanright to #education for students worldwide here: give.ucdavis.edu/UOIP/324246
Today, nearly 3000 Backpackers worldwide received the first-ever Article 26 Backpack newsletter! It includes a Backpack sign-up tutorial video, updates on Backpack's new languages, information about resources like credential evaluation, and a Backpack Guide feature!
"Documents may be lost or stolen during migration, and replacing or obtaining copies... is often impossible." - UNESCO, Policy Paper 2022. A26 Backpack helps #displaced people overcome the "super-disadvantage," providing free, secure document storage from anywhere in the world.
