From the Program Coordinator
Lecturer and Coordinator, Graduate Program in Human Rights & Restorative Justice,
MHSE Undergraduate Co-Advisor, Middle & High School Education
Welcome Aspiring Human Rights Education Advocates!
Advance Your Career Through Justice-Centered Leadership
Earn an Advanced Certificate in Human Rights Education & Transformative Justice at Lehman College.
Online | 12 Credits | Complete your certificate fully online while working full-time.
Evening-friendly and accessible.
This Program Is Ideal For:
- Teachers & School Leaders
- Social Workers
- Counselors
- Nonprofit Staff
- Community Organizers
- Youth Workers
- Criminal Legal Reform Advocates
- Graduate Students
- HR / DEI Professionals
What Can This Certificate Help You Do?
- Lead restorative justice initiatives in schools
- Advance into leadership roles
- Strengthen DEI / equity practice
- Work in nonprofit or advocacy sectors
- Add graduate credentials to your resume
- Prepare for doctoral study
- Build community healing programs
Join Our Next Virtual Information Session!
Human Rights and Transformative Justice
Certificate Program (Online Option)
The Advanced Certificate Program in Human Rights Education and Transformative Justice is designed for individuals who have earned a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree. The program supports community building within educational organizations, teaches non-punitive conflict resolution skills, addresses school-to-prison pipeline injustices, strengthens democratic values rooted in universal human rights and respect for human dignity and helps identify and correct structural forms of oppression, including racism, sexism and genderism that create division and disadvantages.
Program Benefits Detailed
This Advanced Certificate program offers knowledge and skills to students so that they can begin to immediately apply in their respective places of work to either develop new programs and or to support the more extended development of current programs in both schools and communities. The Advanced Certificate is based, in part, on the School of Education’s Lehman Urban Transformative Education conceptual framework, whose mission is to facilitate the development of competent, caring and qualified leaders and advocates.
- ESC 712 Human Rights Education (3 credits)
- ESC 713 Restorative Practices & Restorative Justice (3 credits)
- ESC 717 Nonviolent Resolution of Conflict (3 credits)
- ESC 718 Transformative Justice (3 credits)
corresponding program coordinators to inquire about permission to enroll in the following courses listed below.
| Human Rights & Restorative Justice Certificate Program Course Schedule |
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| Subject | Fall | Spring | Summer |
| To request course registration permission or advisement please contact Professor Tashika McBride: tashika.mcbride@lehman.cuny.edu |
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| ESC 712: Human Rights Education (Online) | N/A | ESC 712: Human Rights Education (Online) | N/A |
| ESC 717: Nonviolent Resolution of Conflict (Online) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | ESC 713: Restorative Practices & Restorative Justice (Online) | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | ESC 718: Transformative Justice (Online) | N/A |
- An undergraduate bachelor’s degree or graduate master’s degree from an accredited institution.
- Official undergraduate or graduate transcript showing a minimum 3.0 GPA.
- One letter of recommendation from an employer, faculty or community leader to serve as academic and/or character reference.
- An essay that explains interest in pursuing this area of study and future career plans
Apply for Fall 2026
Regular Deadline: May 15
Final Deadline: June 15
Seats may be limited.
- Apple now
- Course Permissions: Course Permissions Human Rights Education and Transformative Justice Advanced Certificate – Fill out form
- Schedule a 1:1 Advisement Call- Book time with Tashika Mcbride: Human Rights Education and Transformative Justice Graduate Advanced Certificate
- Download Program Guide-
- Attend Virtual Info Session on September 30, 2026 at 5:00 pm and November 5, 2026 2 5pm
- Email Program Coordinator, Tashika McBride, Tashika.mcbride@lehman.cuny.edu
For more information, contact Professor Tashika McBride at tashika.mcbride@cuny.lehman.edu
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