December Human Rights Conferences and Gatherings

The U.S. Human Right Network will hold its biannual conference in Austin Texas from December 10 – 13th.  The conference theme is “Advancing Human Rights 2015: Sharpening Our Vision, Reclaiming Our Dreams”.  Program topics cover a wide range of human rights issues such as  HIV, Reproductive Justice, Police Militarization, The Right to Water, the School to Prison Pipeline and many other area of immediate human rights concerns.  The opening plenary is an intriguing call to action entitled: “Feet on the Ground, Head Pointed to the Sun: Towrds a Radical Human Rights Movement at Home.”

Ongoing now, December 3-5, is Columbia University’s Historical Justice and Memory Network conference.  The conference title is “The Politics of Memory: Victimization, Violence and Contested Narratives of the Past”.  The conference explores themes of victimhood, violence and memory.  The confenrece explores, among other topics, historical anniversaries of violence and the way such events are remembered.

On December 8th CUNY’s International Women’s Human Rights Clinic will host a cocktail reception to announce the entity’s new name and dicuss the launch of its new program, Copelan Rapid Response Initiative.

And, as reported earlier, on Monday December 7, 7:00 PM: Pittsburgh: No Limits for Women! A Look at the Cities for CEDAW Campaign(Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women), Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (Schenley Drive @ Schenley Plaza in Oakland). Cities for CEDAW kick-off lecture and discussion featuring June Zeitlin, a leading women’s rights organizer and advocate for legal protections for women.