Events

 

  • Telebriefing Invitation: The Human Right to Health Care - National Telebriefing - Wednesday, March 31 - 2:00 - 3:00 PM EST. Health care is a hot topic in public discourse and a top priority for our policymakers. However, missing from most of the debates has been the fact that a majority of the American public consider health care a human right. What would and should real reform look like if this principle guided policy? And how would that affect health care policy and people's lives in areas like maternal health? Join The Opportunity Agenda and the U.S. Human Rights Network for a discussion of the human right to health care. Speakers will analyze health reform legislation, maternal health issues, and public opinion. To receive call-in information, RSVP by Monday, March 29.
  • Mark your calendars and save Saturday, April 10, 2010, to participate in a community-wide Human Rights Summit. This fabulous event is co-sponsored by the City of Eugene and the Community Coalition for Advancement of Human Rights.  The summit will address human rights principles as expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and their relevance to local human rights issues. See the flyer.
  • Rights working group membership meeting, May 10-12,
    2010, Washington, DC.
    - Meet new members and greet old friends
    - Hear from advocates on their local campaigns to fight racial profiling
    - Meet with your Congressional members and administration
    representatives on matters you care about
    - Get the latest news on federal policies and initiatives related to the
    Face the Truth campaign
    - Gain new advocacy and communications skills
    For details see the flyer.
  • Another US is Necessary: USHRN and the Road to the
    2010 Social Forum, Detroit, Michigan June 22 - 26     Coordinating
    Center is now an official member of the National Planning Committee
    (NPC) of the US Social Forum. As a NPC member, USHRN, along with 40
    other national organizations and networks, is assuming the
    responsibility of building the USSF to ensure that it is the broad and
    diverse social networking space needed to advance the critical work of
    progressive social movements in the U.S.. Learn more.
  • Survivors Village & the USHRN Land and Housing Action Group (LHAG) Saturday March 13, 2010 11 am, Survivors Village Fight Back Center, 3800 Alfred Street (across from the 3800 block of St. Bernard Avenue You are invited to a presentation and group discussion on the national take back the land movement & the Human Right to Housing. To see the flyer, click here.
  • New Trailer Released for Upcoming Documentary on UN Housing Mission to US - March 5, 2010 Today the Campaign to Restore National Housing Rights, along with the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative and Housing is a Human Right released a new trailer for an upcoming documentary about the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing’s first official fact finding mission to the United States in the Fall of 2009.To view the trailer, click here.

Hosted by the Women's Board of Heartland Alliance.  Cocktails, dinner, dancing, silent auction and raffle.  Join us in celebrating our efforts to help people move from darkness to light, from harm to hope, and from poverty to opportunity.

November 14, 2009 - Amnesty International USA's Northeast Regional Conference. Boston, MA. http://www.amnestyusa.org/events/northeast/2009-northeast-regional-confe...

  • New Immigrant Community Empowerment - Come celebrate NICE’s 10 year anniversary on November 16th at Colors Restaurant! Learn about 10 years of NICE work while enjoying a delicious meal and drinks!

More information: http://www.nynice.org/?page_id=164#Gala

  • The UPR Planning Committee of the US Human Rights Network will
    host a coordinating meeting on November 19 from 1-5 PM in Washington,
    DC.     All those interested in becoming involved with the UPR process are welcome to attend.

    Location: Amnesty International USA;
    600 Pennsylvania Ave SE; 5th Floor;
    Washington, DC 20003 (see below for metro directions)

    Metro Directions: Take Orange or Blue line to Eastern Market; at the
    top of the escalator, take a left onto Pennsylvania Ave and cross both
    Pennsylvania and 7th streets; continue on Pennsyvlania ... Amnesty is
    above the post office on 6th and Penn Ave SE

    To obtain call-in information for this meeting or to RSVP, please email Laura at lbaum@ushrnetwork.org 

    Key Dates in the Process

    March 19, 2010   Cluster reports due to USHRN for consideration in final overarching report.

    April 19, 2010    NGO submissions due by 12:00pm CET to uprsubmissions@ohchr.org

    December 2010    U.S. Review, with U.S. Government report to be submitted six weeks prior to the review

  • Thursday, November 19, 2009 "Talking About Human Rights at Home : National Telebriefing"  3:00 - 4:00 PM EST

    Join The Opportunity Agenda for a quick review of recent human rights public opinion research and messaging guidance in advance of Human Rights Day (December 10). This telebriefing also marks the release of Talking Human Rights In the United States: A Communications Toolkit, which builds on three years of public opinion research and message testing, and offers communications guidance around human rights and social justice issues. We will be presenting the toolkit and its recommendations, along with ideas for media outreach and messaging for Human Rights Day. There will also be time for questions.

    Speakers: Alan Jenkins, Julie Rowe, and Eleni Delimpaltadaki of The Opportunity Agenda

    To receive call-in information, please RSVP at partners@opportunityagenda.org by November 16.

Each year, HealthRight International recognizes the work of individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership in the cause of health and human rights. This year, we are especially proud to celebrate the life and legacy of  our founder:  Jonathan Mann, MD, MPH (1947-1998).  Keynote speaker will be Anthony S. Fauci, MD.

  • December 4-6, 2009. - Hell & Heaven, Costa do Sauipe, Brazil. A benefit for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

More information: http://www.hhsauipe.com/

  • Who Will Speak for the Child?  Human Rights at Home and the Convention on

the Rights of the Child

Register Now! <http://www.acslaw.org/node/14797>

Roughly a year ago, the American Constitution Society for Law & Policy
(ACS) published Catherine Powell's

Human Rights at Home: A Domestic Policy Blueprint for the New Administration

The panel will feature:
Moderator: Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law, New York Law School Laura W.
Murphy, President, Laura Murphy & Associates, LLC Walter Dean Myers,
award-winning Author of Dope Sick, Amiri & Odette, and Sunrise Over
Fallujah, among others Jonathan Todres , Associate Professor, Georgia State
University Law School

Register Now! <http://www.acslaw.org/node/14797>

The panel will begin promptly at 6:30
p.m. and will end at 7:45 p.m., followed by a wine and cheese reception.

This Scholars at Risk training opportunity will prepare scientific associations to respond to alleged violations of the human rights of scientists. Combining case study, role play and guided discussion, the session aims to equip scientific associations to act effectively in defense of the welfare of scientists around the world.
Space is limited, please register by sending an e-mail to shrp@aaas.org by December 15, 2009.  By Scholars at Risk and American Academy for Advancement of the Sciences (AAAS) Science and Human Rights Coalition.

  • January 31, 2010 - Organization for Black Struggle (St. Louis, MO) 30th Anniversary Celebration.

More information: http://www.obs-onthemove.org/

  • April 9-11, 2010. Amnesty International's Annual General Meeting. Marriott New Orleans.

More information: http://www.amnestyusa.org/annual-general-meeting/page.do?id=1092164

  • 5/15/2010 - 5/17/2010 Cumbre 2010 - Fourth Latino/Latin American Summit of The Great Plains
    Omaha, Nebraska

More information: http://mainstreetproject.org/events/cumbre-2010---fourth-latinolatin-american-1.html