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Advancing Human Rights For All Worldwide
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Peace, Community Cohesion, and Respect for Freedom of Belief in Iraq
December 22, 2022 –Al-Hurra TV speaks with Executive Director Tina Ramirez about programs in education and school sectors in northern Iraq.
OAN Tipping Point with Kara McKinney
December 12, 2022 – Tina Ramirez speaks to concerns about the implications of Turkish airstrike in northern Syria.
Hardwired Plays Performed in Mosul
December 6, 2022 –Al-Hurra TV covers Hardwired’s theatrical play performed by students in Mosul.
CBS19 Charlottesville
September 26, 2022 – Hardwired partners with Enes Freedom, the Boys and Girls Club and refugee agencies for Charlottesville, Virginia program.
NewsMax
August 18, 2022 – Hardwired Presents NBA Star Enes Kanter Freedom with ‘Hardwired for Freedom Award’
Fox Business Tonight with Sean Duffy
August 12, 2022 – NBA free agent Enes Kanter Freedom responds to how he will be receiving the ‘Hardwired for Freedom Award’ for human rights advocacy
CBN Jerusalem Dateline
August 3, 2022 – Tina Ramirez visits the Temple Mount
Launching Our Peaceful Garden Project
July 19, 2022 — Sean Spicer of Spicer & Company on NewsMax talks with super mogul Kathy Kathy Ireland and Tina Ramirez about the launch of Hardwired’s Peaceful Garden Project.
An Evening in the Garden
May 18th, 2022 – Hardwired hosted an event at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens with special guest, Kathy Ireland! She joined Jeff Katz to share the details.
Northern Iraq Media Features Hardwired Program
April 12th, 2022 – Hardwired collaborates with the Directorate of Education in Nineveh to train 480 teachers in 40 ‘Model Pluralism’ schools.
WRVA, The John Reid Show
February 15th, 2022 – Tina Ramirez joins John to discuss a new domestic initiative, The Peaceful Garden Project.
Lounge with Legends: The One with The Freedom Leader
February 2, 2022 – Lounge with Legends hosts interview Tina Ramirez.
CBN, The Global Lane: Religious Liberty in South Sudan
July 1, 2021 – Is the government of Sudan truly embracing religious freedom? Tina Ramirez explains the current situation.
Bringing Religious Freedom to the Forefront
July, 2021 – Tina joins Templeton Religion Trust at the 2021 IRF Summit to share how education can advance pluralism.
Journey For Freedom
2018-08-02: Liberty Insider – Hardwired Founder and CEO, Tina Ramirez shares about the Journey for Freedom program and engaging younger generations in religious freedom.
Our American Stories
The hardest experience of her childhood led to a career of fighting for human rights across the globe. To find out more about the amazing work Tina is doing, go HERE.
Change a Heart
August 2018 – CBN News Report – Can You Change The Heart of a Child Taught to Hate?
Hardwired for Success
July 2018 – Liberty Insider – Hardwired for Success: Bringing Religious Freedom to Iraq
Religious Freedom Caucus
2018-4-25 – Briefing – Congressional International Religious Freedom Caucus – “The New Refugee Cap: Impact on Groups Facing Religious Persecution” Moderated by Hardwired President, Tina Ramirez
Mom, I'm ISIS
2018-2-20 – CBN News – ‘Mom, I’m ISIS’: Meet the Generation Brainwashed by ISIS and the Woman Trying to Save Them
To Transform Iraq
2017-12-11 – British FCO Features Hardwired’s Work to Transform Iraq
Transforming Hearts
2017-12-11 – Hardwired founder and president Tina Ramirez sharing the impact of our educational programs for children with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Farid's Journey
Hardwired interviewed Farid – an Ahmadiyya Muslim refugee who fled Pakistan due to religious persecution

Tina and Enes in Newsweek
September 7 , 2022 – Tina Ramirez and NBA athelete Enes Freedom urge moral courage in the face of oppression.

U.S.News – Refugee Program
July 3rd , 2022 – Students participate in a simulation workshop to support social integration of refugees and newcomers into schools and communities.
Fruitopia: Building Bridges Among Virginia's Refugee and American Students in Richmond
June 30th, 2022 – Fruits of newfound human rights come to life for Afghan child refugees.
The Catholic World Report: Nigeria
June 23rd, 2022 – Eyewitness details brutal ‘blasphemy murder’ of Nigerian student.
Fruitopia: Building Bridges Among Virginia's Refugee and American Students in Roanoke
June 20th, 2022 – In Roanoke, students learn how to turn cultural differences into…fruit salad.

Kathy Ireland Visits Henrico for Hardwired Fundraiser Event
May 20th, 2022 – Dozens of local children gathered around former supermodel Kathy Ireland in Henrico as she read from the book A Peaceful Garden.

Kathy Ireland to visit Henrico May 19
April 29th, 2022 – Famed supermodel and business mogul Kathy Ireland will be in Henrico County May 19 as part of a new education initiative.
Ukraine
March 3, 2022 – “If Ukraine falls, it will be a complete religious freedom catastrophe for countless faith communities,” Tina Ramirez.

Lasting Peace in South Sudan
Tina Ramirez, Lena Abboud and Doug Bandow
November, 2020

Kathy Ireland: How lesson about tolerance in Kurdistan can help Americans
Op-Ed Contributor, Kathy Ireland
USA Today
July 13, 2020

Religious Persecution Pandemic Needs Cure, Too
Op-Ed Contributor, Tina Ramirez
Washington Times
April 27, 2020

A permanent Trump ban has grave implications for global free expression
By Tina Ramirez and Lena Abboud, opinion contributors — 04/26/21

2-28-20 Hardwired Press Release
Hardwired Global Hosts A Global Roundtable on Pluralism In Morocco
Brainwashed by ISIS
2018-2-20: CBN News – ‘Mom, I’m ISIS’: Meet the Generation Brainwashed by ISIS and the Woman Trying to Save Them
Countering Extremism
Hardwired Global Founder and CEO, Tina Ramirez, releases a ground-breaking study on countering extremism among youth in Middle East and North Africa.
10-15-18 Hardwired Press Release
Hardwired Congratulates Nadia Murad on 2018 Nobel Peace Award
Orange County Register
2018-8-27: Fighting Violent Extremism by Teaching Tolerance by Doug Bandow

At the United Nations
8-2-2018: Hardwired Receives Consultative Status at the United Nations: Urges States to Adopt Rights-Based Education
INTERVIEW SERIES
Hardwired: On the Frontlines of Freedom
Hardwired has launched an interview series, On the Frontlines of Freedom, which is available on Podcast and YouTube. Hardwired founder, Tina Ramirez, will delve into the heroic stories of educators and advocates in the field of human rights who she’s known both personally and professionaly over the years.
These men and women show the power of respect for human dignity and exemplify the courage to stand up for the right of the most vulnerable. They are truly on the frontlines in countries where freedom is most fragile.
The Sahrawi Struggle
July 20, 2022 – With a hopeful spirit, Ambassador at Large for Western Sahara Mouloud Said stands on the frontlines to reclaim the freedom for the Sahrawi people.
Diffusing Fears
June 15, 2022 – A conversation with religious freedom champion, Zeina Dbouk, about utilizing teaching strategies in her classroom to infuse a culture of pluralism.
A Mother's Day Miracle
May 4, 2022 – Mohaned Elnour, a Muslim lawyer from Sudan, is courageously defending religious freedom for all people in a country still healing from a brutal dictatorship and persecuting innocent minorities through radical laws.
Giving Defectors a Voice
April 20, 2022 – Dr. Suzanne Scholte has been standing on the frontlines of freedom for nearly three decades, taking on the North Korea regime.
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