UI Center for Human Rights
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Organizations - Advocacy Organizations
Description:
The Center Rocks!
EVERYONE is welcome to join!
~Learn more about local and global human rights issues
~Connect with other UI students who are interested in human rights
~Attend events that connect you with human rights advocates from all around the world

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Affiliated with The University of Iowa's International Programs, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) has as its mission the promotion and protection of human rights at home and abroad through... (read more)
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UI Center for Human Rights

 

Basic Info
 

Name:
UI Center for Human Rights
Category:
Organizations - Advocacy Organizations
Description:
The Center Rocks!
EVERYONE is welcome to join!
~Learn more about local and global human rights issues
~Connect with other UI students who are interested in human rights
~Attend events that connect you with human rights advocates from all around the world

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Affiliated with The University of Iowa's International Programs, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) has as its mission the promotion and protection of human rights at home and abroad through... (read more)
Privacy Type:
Open: All content is public to the University of Iowa network.

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Email:
Website:
http://www.uichr.org
Office:
1120 University Capitol Center (UCC)

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News:
For more information on any of these events, visit the UICHR website at www.uichr.org

Check out a new resource the interns at the UICHR have been working on!
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Connect with local human rights groups, research human rights issues, links to sites and videos.


Upcoming Events:

~~Careers for Change Lecture:
Authors Roger Thurow and Scott Killman to discuss battle against hunger

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 12:00
Room E146 of the Adler Journalism Building

Roger Thurow and Scott Killman, authors of the world-renowned book, “Enough,” will discuss “Enough is Enough,” focusing on the battle against hunger, at noon Wednesday, Oct. 14, in Room E146 of the Adler Journalism Building on the University of Iowa campus. Their lecture, which is free and open to the public, is part of the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights’ Careers for Change Lecture Series.

Thurow has been a Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent for 20 years and has reported from more than 60 countries, including two dozen in Africa. Kilman has covered agriculture at the Wall Street Journal for two decades. Thurow and Kilman have teamed up to produce a stream of page one stories in the Wall Street Journal that have broken new ground in readers’ understandings of the forces behind famine. Their pieces on three 2003 famines were a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting. In 2005, Thurow and Kilman were honored by the United Nations for their reporting on humanitarian and development issues. They are both based in Chicago.

~~Careers for Change Lecture:
Dr. Gebisa Ejeta

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1:00
Room 1117 of the University Capitol Centre in the Old Capitol Town Centre

Gebisa Ejeta, the winner of the World Food Prize, will discuss “Building Partnerships to Enhance Global Development” at noon Tuesday, Oct. 13, in Room 1117 of the University Capitol Centre in the Old Capitol Town Centre. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is part of the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights’ Careers for Change Lecture Series.

Ejeta is an agronomy professor at Purdue University in Indiana who won the $250,000 World Food Prize for his monumental contributions in the production of sorghum, one of the world’s five principal cereal grains. His invention of a drought and weed resistant variety of sorghum has dramatically enhanced the food supply of hundreds of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. Ejeta is viewed as a national hero in his home country of Ethiopia. His inspirational story began in a hut in rural Ethiopia, and has led him to the heights of academic success.


"One Community, One Book" 2009
UICHR is excited to announce our 2009 "One Community, One Book" selection. This year's book is Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year in Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle tells the story of how Kingsolver and her family for one year deliberately ate food produced in the place where they live. Kingsolver wrote the central narrative, and her husband, Steven Hopp, wrote in-depth sidebars about various aspects of food-production science and industry. Kingsolver's 19-year-old daughter, Camille, wrote brief essays on the local-food project, plus nutritional information, meal plans and recipes. (Text from the UI News Service press release on OCOB 2009)

Also new on the OCOB website is a comprehensive list of the books nominated by members of our reading community. All of the books suggested from 2005-2009 are now listed on a Nominated Books page, as well as information on where you can continue to send book suggestions.


"The Articles in Art" Call for Entries
UICHR is introducing a new art competition this year called "The Articles in Art." This competition celebrates the meaning of the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through a variety of mediums. "The Articles in Art" is offered in conjunction with the 10th Anniversary of the UI Center for Human Rights. This contest is open to all University of Iowa students and will result in the exhibition of select pieces in the Fall of 2009. A cash award will be given to the top selections. The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2009.
Information on the articles that make up the Universal Declaration of Human Rights can be found here. Please email Liz (uichr@uiowa.edu) with any questions. More information on "The Articles in Art" will be available on this website in the next few weeks.


UICHR@10 Anniversary Celebration and Conference
This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the Founding of the UI Center for Human Rights. In honor of this important year, and the many achievements of the past 10, UICHR and International Programs are hosting a series of speakers, films and events. Please see the UICHR@10 page for more details and a full schedule.