Recent STF Events
Click to check out our student spotlights, learn about recent on-campus actions and see invitations to upcoming STF-wide events.
STFers In Action!
September 18 – October 6, 2026: STF members have started taking action for the Demanding Our Rights advocacy by recruiting new members during their schools’ club fair and hosting their first on-campus meetings. Scroll to see photos of STFers in action…
Demanding Our Rights! Action Plan Toolkits and Resources
Click the image to check out the newest toolkit and resources for STF’s Demanding Our Rights: The Convention on the Rights of the Child and more!…
STFers Ask: What Will You Do?
September 19, 2026: The STF community came together for the 2026 Fall Leadership Workshop to learn about urgent children’s rights issues, connect with fellow advocates, and begin developing action plans for the year ahead…
Demanding Housing Justice in Los Angeles
June 9, 2026: STFers met with a representative from the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office to advocate for ending the criminalization of unhoused people and advancing affordable housing solutions in their community…
Embracing Community
May 6-27, 2026: To wrap up the academic year, STFers across Da Vinci, Palisades Charter, Spring Lake Park, Van Nuys, and Whitney M. Young Magnet High Schools raised awareness and inspired action on human rights through film screenings, tent events, discussions with administrators, and petition collection efforts at events held throughout campus…
Human Rights in Practice
March 25 – April 24, 2026: STFers across Alain LeRoy Locke College Preparatory Academy, Francis W. Parker, Santa Monica, and Whitney M. Young High Schools created meaningful opportunities for peers to learn, reflect, and take action on human rights issues within their communities through guest speaker discussions, film screenings, and experiential tent events…
Together for Human Rights
April 16, 2026: HRW supporters and STFers came together for an evening grounded in community, reflection, and a shared commitment to advancing human rights at the Chicago Voices for Justice Dinner…
Advocacy Doesn’t Have to Wait
Last Monday, April 13, we had the opportunity to attend the Voices for Justice Dinner with Human Rights Watch in Los Angeles. As members of the Student Task Force, it meant so much to be part of an evening centered on justice, advocacy, and meaningful change—and to share that space with so many likeminded people…
Holding Our Ground for Trans Youth Rights
April 6, 2026: STFers met with Yasemin Smallens, a researcher in Human Rights Watch’s LGBT Rights Division, to learn about her journey into advocacy, which began in high school and has been rooted in a commitment to protecting the LGBTQ+ community…
Student Voices Drive Change
March 3, 2026: STFers from New Roads School hosted a tent event to raise awareness about their Student Bill of Responsibilities and Rights (SBRR), which they are currently developing. The event featured four tents, each focused on a different aspect of human rights and engagement…
STF Leader Spotlight: Axel K.
Axel K., a current STF President at Spring Lake Park HS, was super into policy and human rights when word got around to him about the Human Rights Watch Student Task Force (STF). To Axel, it was an easy yes when he was offered to get involved with the organization…
A Schoolwide Call to Action
February 11, 2026: Santa Monica High School’s STFers showed a video schoolwide during the school’s Flex Period. The video explains what is STF, the Chapter’s goals for the Student Bill of Responsibilities and Rights (SBRR) Action Plan, and why student voices are essential to shaping a more equitable and inclusive campus community…