human rights struggles

LGBTQ Rights and International Public Health: Challenges and Opportunities on the Global Stage

Posted Tue, 11/30/2010 - 12:35pm by Anonymous
Date: 
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 12:30pm - 4:30pm
Location: 
Mailman School of Public Health - 722 W. 168th Street (Hess Commons)
Contact: 

QHTFsymposium@gmail.com ; http://is.gd/i068m ; C.U.M.C campus map: http://is.gd/i04FZ ;

The Queer Health Task Force at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health invites NYC community to a half-day symposium, “LGBTQ Rights and International Public Health: Challenges and Opportunities on the Global Stage” on Friday, Dec. 3rd 2010 @12:30 p.m.

Join us for a discussion with activists and health and development practitioners who have worked to promote the rights and health of LGBTQ communities across the globe. Speakers include Scott Long, Vivek Divan, Amy Lind, Hassan El Menyawi, Glenda Muzenda, Jenifer Chapman and Joanne Csete.

Link: 
http://cumc.columbia.edu/map

Keep Families Together: A Forum on Immigration Reform

Posted Wed, 11/17/2010 - 5:37am by Phinnegan
Date: 
Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: 
St. Brigid's Church, 409 Linden St., Brooklyn, NY
Contact: 

For more information contact Rachel at 212-828-9800 or Rfrey@council.nyc.gov

NYC Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito, U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez, U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez and other leaders invite you to "Keep Families United: Come Together for Immigration Reform"

Come learn about what is being done to fight against an unjust immigration system and what you can do to make a difference!

(Food will be served)
...
Nationally: Stop Deportations, Pass DREAM!
New York State: No Secure Communities!
New York City: Get ICE out of Rikers!

Transportation:

- L or M trains to Myrtle Ave-Wykoff Ave

Link: 
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162492427122742&index=1

Immigrant Rights Organizing Conference in Newark, NJ

Posted Wed, 11/17/2010 - 1:55am by Phinnegan
Date: 
Saturday, December 18, 2010 - 9:00am - 4:30pm
Location: 
Paul Robeson Campus Center, Rutgers-Newark, 350 Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd., Newark, NJ
Contact: 

Please rsvp by Friday December 10th via email: Kheim@afsc.org. Please call 973-643-1924 for more information.

A day-long conference on International Migrants day for immigrant rights organizers to share and learn...

-Tools and resources such as popular education for community organizing;

-Immigration and police collaborations and how to challenge them;

-Detention and deportation;

-Effective messaging and speaking;

-Youth organizing;

-Who is doing immigrant rights organizing work in New Jersey?

And much more . . .

Breakfast and lunch are provided

Suggested donation is $5 or $10.

Please rsvp by Friday December 10th via email: Kheim@afsc.org

Link: 
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124629207597571&index=1

Families for Freedom 4th Annual Fundraiser

Posted Tue, 11/16/2010 - 9:30pm by Phinnegan
Date: 
Friday, November 19, 2010 - 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: 
Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY
Contact: 

For tickets and more information, visit www.familiesforfreedom.org or call 646-290-5551.

Join us for the 4th Annual Families for Freedom Fundraiser!

This year we will honor:

Domestic Workers United and
Minister Patricia Malcolm of Churches United to Save and Heal

Tickets are only $25!

Tickets include dinner, music and dance party!!

**Cash Bar**

**Raffle**

For tickets and more information, visit www.familiesforfreedom.org or call 646-290-5551.

Link: 
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155489521136038&index=1

SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS! Immigrant Rights Are Human Rights

Posted Tue, 11/16/2010 - 9:20pm by Phinnegan
Date: 
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: 
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, 33 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, NJ
Contact: 

ACLU-NJ (973-642-2086) or AFSC (973-643-1924)

SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS : Immigrant Rights are Human Rights

December 10, 2010 : 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Special Events Forum
33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Join us for a discussion on…

• Current New Jersey Immigration Policy
• Secure Communities
• Immigrant Rights as Human Rights
• What To Do If You Are Arrested

Keynote Address – Sunita Patel, Center for Constitutional Rights

Professional Spanish Translation
Refreshments will be served.

Link: 
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168458373183238&index=1

Defending Justice in Honduras

Posted Sat, 11/13/2010 - 3:15pm by wnu
Date: 
Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 12:15pm
Location: 
Stony Brook, NY, contact for address
Contact: 

Peggy Cohee, mcohee@hotmail.com

Stony Brook, NY 12:15 pm

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook (sponsored by the Social Justice Committee at UUFSB and Suffolk County Peace Network, contact Peggy Cohee, mcohee@hotmail.com)

Nectali Rodezno, a lawyer and Co-Coordinator of the National Front of Lawyers in Resistance Against the Coup in Honduras, will be here to share the real story of the 2009 US-supported military coup, its context and aftermath, and how it relates to struggle for sovereignty in Honduras today.

People of Faith Confront Hate Crimes- My Brother's Keeper- DATE CORRECTED

Posted Wed, 11/10/2010 - 9:28pm by Anonymous
Date: 
Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 9:00am - 4:15pm
Location: 
Grace United Methodist Church, 125 West 104 St.
Contact: 

DrBenz3@verizon.net

MIND,Methodist In New Directions
Join us as we come together to lift up our common humanity and work to end hate violence. Keynote speakers Rosario Quinones, Terry Todd and Fred Brewington: panel moderated by Traci West.

Performance of "What Killed Marcelo Lucero?" by Teatro Experimental Yerbabruja and discussion afterwards led by actors.

Small group discussions.

Register online at www.mindny.org/my-brothers-keepers

www.mindny.org

Link: 
http://www.mindny.org

The United States and Yemen

Posted Sat, 08/28/2010 - 6:47am by todd
Date: 
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 7:30pm
Location: 
Brecht Forum 451 West St. btw Bank St. & Bethune St.: A, C, E train to 14 St. (south exits to 14th & 8th Av.); L to 8th Av. (at 14th); #1, 2, 3 to 14 St. (at 7th Av.); F, M, PATH to 14 St. (at 6thAv.);
Contact: 

http://bit.ly/4TKbnW http://bit.ly/a7bfL5 (212) 242-4201 brechtforum at brechtforum.org http://brechtforum.org/directions map: http://bit.ly/dAIQWJ

The United States and Yemen
Thursday September 2nd, 2010 7:30 PM
Forum
Co-sponsor: International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) & Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

The United States and Yemen
Destroying Lives in the Name of National Security
Ezz-Adeen Saeed Ahmed Al-Asbahi, Mohammed Naji Saleh Allaw, ,Tawakkol Karman, Leili Kashani, Pardiss Kebriaei &

Leading Yemeni activists and a CCR human rights attorney speak on state violence, targeted killings, and human rights abuses enabled by the so-called “War on Terror”

Tabling for Burma

Posted Thu, 08/19/2010 - 10:41am by todd
Date: 
Saturday, August 21, 2010 - 1:00pm
Location: 
Battery Park (Ask organizer for exact location): 4, 5 train to Bowling Green; #1 to Rector or to South Ferry; R (not N) to Whitehall.
Contact: 

timahardy@gmail.com (more contacts below)

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:22:43 -0400
From: Tim Aye Hardy < timahardy@gmail.com>
Subject: Burma and Coyote Love - Saturday @ 1:00 pm

I’d like to invite you all to join us this Saturday (08/21/2010) at
Battery Park, NYC from 1-4pm. We’ve been invited by a local band
called “Coyote Love” (www.coyotelovemusic.com) to collaborate and
raise awareness about human rights struggles and situations in Burma.
The band members are native New Yorkers and human rights causes are a
big focus of their lyrics and poetry, and especially a huge supporter

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