Jan Knippers Black Fund for Human Rights Protection The Middlebury Institute of International Studies Jul 2023 The Jan Knippers Black Fund for Human Rights Protection at the Middlebury Institute will help build awareness and engagement around human rights protection among MIIS students in three important ways: funding the Amnesty International USA (AI-USA) fellowship for a MIIS student to intern with that organization; bringing distinguished activists and practitioners to campus for an Annual Human Rights Speaker Series; and annually presenting an award to a Middlebury Institute alumnus/alumna who has… Show more The Jan Knippers Black Fund for Human Rights Protection at the Middlebury Institute will help build awareness and engagement around human rights protection among MIIS students in three important ways: funding the Amnesty International USA (AI-USA) fellowship for a MIIS student to intern with that organization; bringing distinguished activists and practitioners to campus for an Annual Human Rights Speaker Series; and annually presenting an award to a Middlebury Institute alumnus/alumna who has achieved distinction as a human rights activist. Show less