Human rights voices…. Human rights campaigns

Setting the stage…

2013

‘Listening to Canadians’

From the Report of the Content Advisory Committee to the CMHR

What are Canadians telling us about Human Rights?

WHAT MAKES A CAMPAIGN WORK?

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that

ever has.”Margaret Mead, Anthropologist

AI death penalty campaigning

Awareness and

Education

Highlighting human rights workers: the power of one

Current human rights issues

The Right to Freedom. Alannah, 15

Participation

Expression & Social Change

Chalk 4 Peace, Bethlehem,West Bank. Sarah Jayne Bleiweis Street Art from the Museum of International Street Art Project.

Mobilization and Activism

“Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.”Alice Walker, Author and Poet

Sakineh Mohammed

“A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back – but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.”

Marian Wright Edleman