Note: Events are free and open to the public. With Food Too!
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Monday, March 24
The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement on Human Rights Today: The Role of Student Activists
Mayor Shirley Franklin
, Keynote Speaker
Panel of former student activists: Congressman John Lewis, Constance Curry,
Charles Black, Lonnie King with moderator Benetta Standley
Harland Cinema,
7:00- 8:30pm
Winship Ballroom Reception, 8:30-9:30pm
Tuesday, March 25
Guantanamo Bay:
Why Do We Care?
The Implications of Guantanamo Bay on Human Rights
Professor Charles
Swift, Professor Charles Shanor
Emory Law School, Gambrell Hall Room 1D
4:00-5:30pm
Death Penalty Abolition Photo Exhibit and Presentation
Scott Langley,
Death Penalty Abolition Photographer
Laura Moye, Amnesty International Southeast Regional Deputy Director
Math and Science Center Atrium
7:00-8:30pm
Wednesday, March 26
Lobbying at the
Georgia Capitol
Women's Reproductive Health
Room 306, Coverdell Legislative Office Building
9:00-11:30am
LGBT Rights
Student Representatives from Emory Health Alliance
DUC Human Rights Exhibit
12:00-2:00pm
Sex Trafficking
in Atlanta
"Demand" Film Screening (16 min.) and Panel Discussion
Reverend Paul McCabe, former Atlanta police officer
Rollins School of Public Health, Room P45
4:00-5:30pm
Not in Our Name:
United Against Domestic Violence
Muhammad bin Yahya, Al-Madinah Mosque
Kim Frndak, Women's Resource Center for Domestic Violence
A. Marie Bailey, Christian Poet and Speaker
White Hall
7:30-9:00pm
Thursday, March 27
Environmental Justice
and Health Equalities Panel
Film: Unnatural Causes (28 min.)
Na'Taki Osborne,
National Wildlife Federation
Yomi Noibi, Executive Director of Eco-Action
Diane Rowley, Director of the Research Center on Health Disparities at Morehouse
College
Harland Cinema
7:00-8:30pm
Friday, March 28
Human Rights Festival
12:00-3:00pm Asbury Circle
Speakers:
Jared Fauer, Southeast Regional Director of Amnesty International USA
Marc Rodriguez, Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Music Performances:
Son del Centro, Emory Master Singers, Cordao de Ouro Capoeira Ensemble, Hungry
Flower Gamelan, Emory Jazz Ensemble
Crafts:
Atlanta Human Rights Organization Tables and Volunteer Programs:
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Atlanta International Action Center (AIAC)
Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Emory Office of Sustainability Initiatives
Emory Office of University and Community Partnerships
Emory Reproductive Health Association (ERHA)
International Rescue Committee
Throughout the Week:
Universal Declaration
of Human Rights and Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Rights Exhibit
Atlanta Pride Committee
Dobbs University Center, March 22-March 28