Difference between revisions of "Pitt Human Rights Initiative"

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The purpose of this initiative is to strengthen working relationships between the University of Pittsburgh and community leaders working to address a variety of human rights concerns in our region. The aim is to amplify human rights on the city's and university's agenda and to raise public consciousness and discourse around human rights. We can help build an organized constituency for human rights in Pittsburgh by bringing diverse groups together and mobilizing university resources. Support for this initiative has been provided by the University of Pittsburgh's Research in Diversity Initiative of the Office of the Provost and the University Research Council

Project coordinator: Jackie Smith, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Sociology

Community Advisory Council
Jason Beery, Senior Research & Policy Analyst, Urbankind
Michael Goodhart, Director, Global Studies Center, Pitt & Advisory Board member, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance
Carol Hardeman, Community Organizer, Hill District Consensus Group
anu jain, Executive Director, Gender Equity Commission, City of Pittsburgh & Founder, Inclusant Consulting
Jamilah Lahijuddin, Youth Organizing Program, Hill District Consensus Group
Dawn Plummer, Pittsburgh Food Policy Council
Carl Redwood Jr., Hill District Consensus Group, Vice-Chair, Board of Directors
Monica Ruiz, Community Organizer, Casa San Jose
Carlos Torres, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations
Laura Wiens, Director, Pittsburghers for Public Transit

Lisa Alfredson Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Peter Odell Campbell, Department of English Program in Composition, Literacy, Pedagogy, & Rhetoric
Sabina Dietrick, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Waverly Duck, Department of Sociology
Erika Gold Kestenberg, School of Education Center for Urban Education
Sarah Goodkind, School of Social Work
Jordan Hayes, Department of English
Holly Hickling, University Honors College Academic Community Engagement Advisor
Cory Holding, Department of English
Shenay Jeffrey, Outreach Coordinator, Office of PittServes, & Advisory Board member, New Voices for Reproductive Justice
Michelle King, Learning Instigator, Teacher-Powered Pittsburgh
Kari Kokka, Department of Instruction and Learning
Dan Kubis, Humanities Center “Public Humanities
Jules Lobel, School of Law
Noble Maseru, Director, Center for Health Equity
Paul Nelson, Associate Dean, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Mary Ohmer, Community Organization and Social Action Program, School of Social Work & Center for Race and Social Problems
Leigh Patel, Associate Dean of Equity and Justice in University of Pittsburgh School of Education
Roger Rouse, Global Studies Center
Jeffrey Shook, School of Social Work
Sam Shepherd, Arts & Sciences Graduate Fellow, History Department
Jackie Smith, Department of Sociology

*Supporting roles
*Jamie C. Ducar, Assist. Dir. Community Relations, Pitt Office of Community Relations

Community Advisory Council Meetings
October 30 2017

Working Group Meetings
November 2017

Activities

Housing Justice -Housing Summit
Health, Human Rights, and Cities Initiative
Campus Equity
Forums on Amazon HQ2 and the Right to the City
- "Pittsburgh's Economic Revitalization: Technology, Corporate Power, and Democratic Accountability"
- 'Human Rights, the Right to the City, and Amazon HQ2: Forged for all?

Open letter to Pitt Chancellor: Urging our universities to stand up for immigrant rights and DACA "dreamers"
- Summary of recommended Actions and University services for immigrant/DACA students

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-<div id="content_view" class="wiki" style="display: block">''<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 14.6667px">The purpose of this initiative is to strengthen working relationships between the University of Pittsburgh and community leaders working to address a variety of human rights concerns in our region. The aim is to amplify human rights on the city's and university's agenda and to raise public consciousness and discourse around human rights. We can help build an organized constituency for human rights in Pittsburgh by bringing diverse groups together and mobilizing university resources. Support for this initiative has been provided by the University of Pittsburgh's</span>''<br /> ''<span style="font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px">Research in Diversity Initiative of the Office of the Provost and the University Research Council</span>''<br /> <br /> <br /> '''<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Project coordinator: </span>'''<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Jackie Smith, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Sociology </span><br /> <br /> '''<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Community Advisory Council</span>'''<br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Jason Beery, Senior Research & Policy Analyst, Urbankind </span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Michael Goodhart, Director, Global Studies Center, Pitt & Advisory Board member, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Carol Hardeman, Community Organizer, Hill District Consensus Group</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">anu jain, Executive Director, Gender Equity Commission, City of Pittsburgh & Founder, Inclusant Consulting</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Jamilah Lahijuddin, Youth Organizing Program, Hill District Consensus Group</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Larry Meadows, Homewood Children's Village</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Dawn Plummer, Pittsburgh Food Policy Council</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Carl Redwood Jr., Hill District Consensus Group, Vice-Chair, Board of Directors </span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Roger Rouse, Global Studies Center & Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Monica Ruiz, Community Organizer, Casa San Jose</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Carlos Torres, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations </span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Laura Wiens, Director, Pittsburghers for Public Transit</span><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> '''<u><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">University of Pittsburgh Human Rights Working Group </span></u>'''<br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Lisa Alfredson Graduate School of Public and International Affairs</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Peter Odell Campbell, Department of English Program in Composition, Literacy, Pedagogy, & Rhetoric</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Sabina Dietrick, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Waverly Duck, Department of Sociology</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Erika Gold Kestenberg, School of Education Center for Urban Education</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Michael Goodhart, Director, Global Studies Center</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Sarah Goodkind, School of Social Work</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Jordan Hayes, Department of English</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Holly Hickling, University Honors College Academic Community Engagement Advisor</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Cory Holding, Department of English</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Shenay Jeffrey, Outreach Coordinator, Office of PittServes, & Advisory Board member, New Voices for Reproductive Justice</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Kari Kokka, Department of Instruction and Learning</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Dan Kubis, Humanities Center “Public Humanities </span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Jules Lobel, School of Law</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Noble Maseru, Director, Center for Health Equity </span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Joshua Lew McDermott, PhD student, Department of Sociology</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Paul Nelson, Associate Dean, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Mary Ohmer, Community Organization and Social Action Program, School of Social Work & Center for Race and Social Problems</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Roger Rouse, Global Studies Center</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Jeffrey Shook, School of Social Work</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Sam Shepherd, Arts & Sciences Graduate Fellow, History Department</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Jackie Smith, Department of Sociology</span><br /> <br /> <u>'''*Supporting roles'''</u><br />  *J<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">amie C. Ducar, Assist. Dir. Community Relations, Pitt Office of Community Relations</span><br /> <br /> '''Community Advisory Council Meetings'''<br /> [[:file:Advisory_Council_First_Meeting_October_30_2017.pdf|October 30 2017]]<br /> <br /> '''Working Group Meetings'''<br /> [[:file:Working_Group_November_2017_Meeting_Notes.pdf|November 2017]]<br />
+<div id="content_view" class="wiki" style="display: block">''<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 14.6667px">The purpose of this initiative is to strengthen working relationships between the University of Pittsburgh and community leaders working to address a variety of human rights concerns in our region. The aim is to amplify human rights on the city's and university's agenda and to raise public consciousness and discourse around human rights. We can help build an organized constituency for human rights in Pittsburgh by bringing diverse groups together and mobilizing university resources. Support for this initiative has been provided by the University of Pittsburgh's Research in Diversity Initiative of the Office of the Provost and the University Research Council
+<br>Project coordinator: Jackie Smith, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Sociology <br /> <br /> '''<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Community Advisory Council</span>'''<br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">
+Jason Beery, Senior Research & Policy Analyst, Urbankind <br>
+Michael Goodhart, Director, Global Studies Center, Pitt & Advisory Board member, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance</span><br />  Carol Hardeman, Community Organizer, Hill District Consensus Group</span><br /> anu jain, Executive Director, Gender Equity Commission, City of Pittsburgh & Founder, Inclusant Consulting</span><br /> Jamilah Lahijuddin, Youth Organizing Program, Hill District Consensus Group</span><br /> Dawn Plummer, Pittsburgh Food Policy Council <br> Carl Redwood Jr., Hill District Consensus Group, Vice-Chair, Board of Directors </span><br />
+Monica Ruiz, Community Organizer, Casa San Jose</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Carlos Torres, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations </span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Laura Wiens, Director, Pittsburghers for Public Transit</span><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> '''<u><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">
+Lisa Alfredson Graduate School of Public and International Affairs</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Peter Odell Campbell, Department of English Program in Composition, Literacy, Pedagogy, & Rhetoric</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Sabina Dietrick, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Waverly Duck, Department of Sociology</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Erika Gold Kestenberg, School of Education Center for Urban Education</span><br />
+Sarah Goodkind, School of Social Work</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Jordan Hayes, Department of English</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Holly Hickling, University Honors College Academic Community Engagement Advisor</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Cory Holding, Department of English</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">
+Shenay Jeffrey, Outreach Coordinator, Office of PittServes, & Advisory Board member, New Voices for Reproductive Justice</span><br />
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG9AJTsxq4A Michelle King], Learning Instigator, Teacher-Powered Pittsburgh <br/>
+Kari Kokka, Department of Instruction and Learning</span><br />
+Dan Kubis, Humanities Center “Public Humanities </span><br />
+Jules Lobel, School of Law</span><br />
+Noble Maseru, Director, Center for Health Equity </span><br />
+Paul Nelson, Associate Dean, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs</span><br />
+Mary Ohmer, Community Organization and Social Action Program, School of Social Work & Center for Race and Social Problems</span><br />
+Leigh Patel, Associate Dean of Equity and Justice in University of Pittsburgh School of Education <br>
+Roger Rouse, Global Studies Center</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Jeffrey Shook, School of Social Work</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Sam Shepherd, Arts & Sciences Graduate Fellow, History Department</span><br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">Jackie Smith, Department of Sociology</span><br /> <br /> <u>'''*Supporting roles'''</u><br />  *J<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">amie C. Ducar, Assist. Dir. Community Relations, Pitt Office of Community Relations</span><br /> <br /> '''Community Advisory Council Meetings'''<br /> [[:file:Advisory_Council_First_Meeting_October_30_2017.pdf|October 30 2017]]<br /> <br /> '''Working Group Meetings'''<br /> [[:file:Working_Group_November_2017_Meeting_Notes.pdf|November 2017]]<br />
-<br /> '''Activities/ Announcements'''<br />
+<br /> '''Activities'''<br />
-* [[:file:Postdoc_ad_2018_2019_Cities_and_Human_Rights.pdf|Postdoctoral fellowship: Human Rights and Cities: Linking Local and Global]]
+* Housing Justice -Housing Summit
 * Health, Human Rights, and Cities Initiative
 * Campus Equity
 * Forums on Amazon HQ2 and the Right to the City
+**'''"[https://www.facebook.com/publicsource/videos/1888885241131365/ Pittsburgh's Economic Revitalization: Technology, Corporate Power, and Democratic Accountability" ]
+**''''''[https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fplugins%2Fvideo.php%3Fhref%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.facebook.com%252Fpublicsource%252Fvideos%252F1832226540130569%252F%26show_text%3D1%26width%3D560&data=01%7C01%7Cjgsmith%40pitt.edu%7C285d692e67d74ca6d38808d570e484ff%7C32794bf9854a4224a8c3408a105aeea1%7C1&sdata=K3KoWuvRO13YbyHrmYJ7bCXvakY2hWVRmgHffx%2BbrPI%3D&reserved=0 Human Rights, the Right to the City, and Amazon HQ2: Forged for all?]'''
 * [[:file:DACA_Statement_-_HR_Working_Group.pdf|Open letter to Pitt Chancellor: Urging our universities to stand up for immigrant rights and DACA "dreamers"]]
 ** [[:file:DACA_Open_Letter_Response_summary.pdf|Summary of recommended Actions and University services for immigrant/DACA students]]
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