Links:
Dr. William Schulz on “Bringing International Human Rights Home” (video)
Audio of Human Rights City Events
Sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
Human Rights Day 2008 photos...
Human Rights Day Video Clips.....
Human Rights Day Video Interviews on UDHR Articles
(lower bandwidth version of above interviews...)
What is the “Human Rights City Project”?
One of the goals of the City of Eugene Human Rights Commission is that of “ensuring that human rights are a central part of every City program.” In 2006, the Commission put the “Human Rights City Project” on its bi-annual work plan, an action approved by City Council. The Project is exploring ways that City government can implement international human rights standards and principles in its overall operations. (See Frequently Asked Questions)
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Eleanor Roosevelt: "Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm, or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world."
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On Martin Luther King Day, January 19, 2009--the day before the inauguration of the first African American president of the United States--a statue of Rosa Parks was unveiled at the downtown Eugene bus station. The powerful journey that occurred from Rosa Parks' refusal to go to the back of the bus to President Barack Obama's inauguration provides inspiration to keep moving forward with our human rights work and with making Eugene a Human Rights City.
