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Street Law / About / Staff Directory / Bebs Chorak

Bebs Chorak

deputy director

Bebs holds a master's degree in education and has years of experience working with youth in corrections, school systems, and international settings. Bebs currently works with Street Law's international programs as a trainer and curriculum developer in Eastern and Central Europe and the Middle East. From 1990 to 1996, Bebs chaired the National Law-Related Education in Juvenile Justice Settings Initiative, funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. She has been recognized by the Juvenile Justice Trainers Association for excellence in training.

301.589.1130 ext. 234
bchorak@streetlaw.org

Programs

Central Europe and Russia: Building a Network

A grant from the Ford Foundation in 1997 allowed Street Law, Inc. to strengthen and build capacity in existing international law school-based Street Law programs. These successful programs also helped establish continuing partnerships with Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute (COLPI) and the American Bar Association’s Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative... Read more

Connecting Islam and Democracy

Islam and Democracy: Toward Effective Citizenship is an Arabic text connecting the tenets of Islam to the principles of democracy. Using Street Law, Inc.’s Democracy for All text as a framework, Street Law, Inc.. staff, the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, and experts from... Read more

Deliberating in a Democracy

An international program to teach students how to deliberate controversial public issues Deliberating in a Democracy challenges students in U.S. classrooms to tackle current civic issues with partner schools in Latin America, Central/Eastern Europe, and North/Western Asia. Through classroom deliberations and videoconferences, students learn more about critical societal concerns through... Read more

Democracy Education Exchange Project (DEEP)

Street Law, along with five other U.S. democracy education organizations, designed and operated the Democracy Education Exchange Project (DEEP). The program’s goal was to help students in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union develop the knowledge, skills, and character traits essential to... Read more

Open Society Institute/Street Law Network Program

A grant from the Open Society Institute, part of the Soros Foundation network, funded the development of the Open Society Institute/Street Law Network Program. The goal of the program was to develop practical law texts for secondary schools and to train educators in interactive teaching methods in Eastern and Central... Read more