Halla Al-Moradi

Halla Al-Moradi is a sophomore at UAB majoring in Political Science with a concentration in Human Rights and Social Justice and a minor in Legal Affairs. She hopes to become an international human rights lawyer working with the UN.

“I have seen first hand what happens when human rights are not protected and are not fought for. I want to ensure that stories like the stories of human rights violations happening in Yemen right now are known to the UAB community. Without writing down those stories, did they ever happen? History relies on individuals such as ourselves to write down those stories. So my goal is simple: ensure that the people within the UAB community take back their stories and write them down in history proudly.”

James DeLano

James DeLano is a freshman at UAB majoring in English, with a concentration in professional writing, and minoring in human rights, as well as being a part of the Global Community & Leadership program in the Honors College. He plans to go into library science with a focus on disability access and equity in libraries and library spaces. His main human rights interest is in disability rights, as well as several other issues tangentially or directly related to disability rights, such as affordable housing, equitable healthcare, and prison reform. Outside of school, he enjoys reading, playing D&D, and playing with his service dog, Bruin.

Grace Ndanu

Grace is a third year student in Gender, Women’s And Development Studies at Egerton University in Kenya.

“I have always dreamt of me tackling the daily human issues around the world. This chance to work for the IHR draws me closer to my dream also feeling like it’s my responsibility to make each individual know their rights and also make them know the capabilities that are in them.”

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Eva Pechtl

Eva Pechtl is a freshman at UAB pursuing a major in Criminal Justice and a double minor in Human Rights and Forensic Psychology. She is part of the Global and Community Leaders Honors Program through the Honors College, where she hopes to become involved in social justice related projects and service learning. She also serves as a freshman representative for UAB's Social Justice Advocacy Council's Programming Board to act on her goals of promoting inclusivity and empowering marginalized groups. Eva grew up in Mundelein, Illinois, and is passionate about reforming the criminal justice system for disadvantaged groups. She believes human rights should be respected in the criminal justice processes regardless of an offender's criminal history, immigration status, race, gender, sexuality, financial status, intellectual ability, or age. She is hoping to develop her written advocacy skills throughout this internship and spark change in her future career.

Delisha Valacheril

Delisha is a sophomore at UAB majoring in Political Science with a concentration in Human Rights, as well as pursuing a minor in Sociology. She is heavily involved with Service and Leadership Council serving as a Site Leader, Honors College Leadership Council serving as an at-large representative for the service committee, and she is apart of Student Arts Council.

“I am to inculcate my fellow scholars with my encounters of bigotry that spur institutional homophobia, backhanded racism, and casual sexism as well as understand their experiences to further my understanding. I seek to join this program’s talented, engaged student body that exemplifies the wide range of human experience because diversity is what makes our community stronger.”