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 *[https://www.ohchr.org/en/ohchr_homepage UN Human Rights Office]
 *[http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/ Universal Declaration of Human Rights]
 *[[U.S. Human Rights Network UDHR Campaign|U.S. Human Rights Network]]
 *[http://www.ushrnetwork.org/our-work/project/upr-universal-periodic-review Statement on U.S. Universal Periodic Review of 2015]
 '''Human Rights Cities'''
 *[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities2.odp|Human Rights Cities Around the World ]]
 * Ideas from one of the first [http://www.humanrightscity.com U.S. Human Rights Cities]- Eugene Oregon
+* [http://web.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/human-rights-institute/files/Bringing%20Human%20Rights%20Home.pdf Bringing Human Rights Home: How Local Governments Can Use Human Rights to Advance Policy]
 '''Articles'''
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 *Report on [http://commondreams.org/news/2014/11/28/new-report-fracking-violation-our-basic-human-rights Human Rights Implications of Fracking Industry]
 * '''How International Human Rights Treaties matter:''' http://www.northeastern.edu/law/pdfs/academics/phrge/davis-aba-1.29.16.pdf

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 *[[U.S. Human Rights Network UDHR Campaign|U.S. Human Rights Network]]
 * [http://web.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/human-rights-institute/files/Bringing%20Human%20Rights%20Home.pdf Bringing Human Rights Home: How Local Governments Can Use Human Rights to Advance Policy]
 *[http://www.cesr.org/downloads/cesr_20years_escr.pdf Center for Economic and Social Rights--Report ]on human rights progress (and obstacles) over the past 20 years.
 *[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities2.odp|Human Rights Cities Around the World ]]
 * Ideas from one of the first [http://www.humanrightscity.com U.S. Human Rights Cities]- Eugene Oregon
-*[http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/ Universal Declaration of Human Rights]
-*U.S. Human Rights Network UDHR Campaign
+Amnesty International
-*[http://www.ushrnetwork.org/our-work/project/upr-universal-periodic-review Statement on U.S. Universal Periodic Review of 2015]
+*Amnesty International Netherlands '''[http://www.amnesty.nl/sites/default/files/public/the_future_of_human_rights_in_an_urban_world_0.pdf **The Future of Human Rights in an Urban World**]''' this report discusses how the global economy has contributed to more concentration of urban populations, militarization of cities, and new kinds of threats to basic rights such as housing. But cities are also responsible for delivering basic services, and they are led by representatives who most closely represent residents. This study explores opportunities for communities to unite for human rights, considering the Human Rights Cities initiative as an opportunity to make cities the "glocal defenders of human rights."
 *[http://www.ajamubaraka.com/the-need-for-an-ethical-and-political-de-colonization-of-human-rights-a-reflection-on-international-human-rights-day/ The Need for an Ethical and Political De-Colonization of Human Rights: A Reflection on International Human Rights Day]
 *[https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/21-6 Why we need Rights for Mother Earth]
 *Report on [http://commondreams.org/news/2014/11/28/new-report-fracking-violation-our-basic-human-rights Human Rights Implications of Fracking Industry]
-** '''''How International Human Rights Treaties matter:''''' http://www.northeastern.edu/law/pdfs/academics/phrge/davis-aba-1.29.16.pdf
+* '''How International Human Rights Treaties matter:''' http://www.northeastern.edu/law/pdfs/academics/phrge/davis-aba-1.29.16.pdf
-* <span style="font-size: 16px">[http://www.hic-gs.org/content/Mexico_Charter_R2C_2010.pdf Mexico City Charter on the Right to the City]</span>
+Selected Human Rights Organizing Resources
-<br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> </span><span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: 16px">[http://unesco.ca/%7E/media/unesco/sciences%20sociale/ccmard%20toolkit%20web-en.pdf?mw=1382 Anti-Racism Toolkit-]</span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none">b</span><span style="font-size: 16px">y the Canadian Coalition of Municipalities Against Racism and Discrimination</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> </span><span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: 16px">[http://www.uclg-cisdp.org/en/right-to-the-city/world-charter-agenda Global Charter Safeguarding Human Rights in the City]</span><br />  *[http://www.charter-equality.eu%20 Observatory of the European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life]<br />  *[http://www.includegender.org/ Toolkit for addressing gender equity]<br /> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: 16px"> [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/fight-against-discrimination/coalition-of-cities/ International Coalition of Cities Against Racism]</span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none">[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/fight-against-discrimination/coalition-of-cities/ -]</span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 16px">This UNESCO initiative brings together international and municipal leaders to share experiences and develop [http://www.eccar.info/10-point-plan-action action plans for fighting discrimination in cities]. The </span><span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: 16px">[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/fight-against-discrimination/coalition-of-cities/united-states-of-america/ U.S. Coalition of Cities Against Racism and Discrimination]</span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 16px"> was formed in 2013 in Birmingham, Alabama.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> National Economic and Social Rights Initiative two-pager on </span><span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: 16px">[[:file:NESRI_Human_rights_narrative_June_2015.pdf|using human rights organizing ]]</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) [http://www.nesri.org/programs/what-is-the-human-right-to-health-and-health-care Health Care is a Human Right Campaign Collaborative]</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> [http://www.eugene-or.gov/HRC Eugene Oregon Human Rights Commission]</span><br />
+Resources for fighting white supremacy
 * <span style="font-size: 16px">[https://www.eugene-or.gov/index.aspx?NID=512 Triple Bottom Line-analysis tool for implementing human rights in city programs]</span>

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 *Amnesty International Netherlands '''[http://www.amnesty.nl/sites/default/files/public/the_future_of_human_rights_in_an_urban_world_0.pdf **The Future of Human Rights in an Urban World**]''' this report discusses how the global economy has contributed to more concentration of urban populations, militarization of cities, and new kinds of threats to basic rights such as housing. But cities are also responsible for delivering basic services, and they are led by representatives who most closely represent residents. This study explores opportunities for communities to unite for human rights, considering the Human Rights Cities initiative as an opportunity to make cities the "glocal defenders of human rights."
 *[http://www.cesr.org/downloads/cesr_20years_escr.pdf Center for Economic and Social Rights--Report ]on human rights progress (and obstacles) over the past 20 years.
 *[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities2.odp|Human Rights Cities Around the World ]]
 * Ideas from one of the first [http://www.humanrightscity.com U.S. Human Rights Cities]- Eugene Oregon

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+*[[U.S. Human Rights Network UDHR Campaign|U.S. Human Rights Network]]
 * [http://web.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/human-rights-institute/files/Bringing%20Human%20Rights%20Home.pdf Bringing Human Rights Home: How Local Governments Can Use Human Rights to Advance Policy]
-** [[U.S. Human Rights Network UDHR Campaign|U.S. Human Rights Network]]
+*Amnesty International Netherlands '''[http://www.amnesty.nl/sites/default/files/public/the_future_of_human_rights_in_an_urban_world_0.pdf **The Future of Human Rights in an Urban World**]''' this report discusses how the global economy has contributed to more concentration of urban populations, militarization of cities, and new kinds of threats to basic rights such as housing. But cities are also responsible for delivering basic services, and they are led by representatives who most closely represent residents. This study explores opportunities for communities to unite for human rights, considering the Human Rights Cities initiative as an opportunity to make cities the "glocal defenders of human rights."
-** [http://web.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/human-rights-institute/files/Bringing%20Human%20Rights%20Home.pdf Bringing Human Rights Home: How Local Governments Can Use Human Rights to Advance Policy]
+*[http://www.cesr.org/downloads/cesr_20years_escr.pdf Center for Economic and Social Rights--Report ]on human rights progress (and obstacles) over the past 20 years.
-** <span style="background: white">'''<span style="color: #000000">Amnesty International Netherlands: </span>'''[http://www.amnesty.nl/sites/default/files/public/the_future_of_human_rights_in_an_urban_world_0.pdf **The Future of Human Rights in an Urban World**]'''<span style="color: #000000">--</span>'''<span style="color: black">this report discusses how the global economy has contributed to more concentration of urban populations, militarization of cities, and new kinds of threats to basic rights such as housing. But cities are also responsible for delivering basic services, and they are led by representatives who most closely represent residents. This study explores opportunities for communities to unite for human rights, considering the Human Rights Cities initiative as an opportunity to make cities the "glocal defenders of human rights."</span></span>
+*[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities2.odp|Power point: ]]
-** <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: #000000"> [http://www.cesr.org/downloads/cesr_20years_escr.pdf Center for Economic and Social Rights--Report ]on human rights progress (and obstacles) over the past 20 years.</span>
+*[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities2.odp|Human Rights Cities Around the World ]]
-** <span style="display: block; text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities2.odp|Power point: ]]</span><span style="color: #ff0000">[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities2.odp|Human Rights Cities Around the World ]]</span><br /> </span>
+* Ideas from one of the first [http://www.humanrightscity.com U.S. Human Rights Cities]- Eugene Oregon
-** Ideas from one of the first [http://www.humanrightscity.com U.S. Human Rights Cities]- Eugene Oregon
+*[http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/ Universal Declaration of Human Rights]
-** <span style="font-size: 120%">[http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/ Universal Declaration of Human Rights]</span>
+*U.S. Human Rights Network UDHR Campaign
-** U.S. Human Rights Network UDHR Campaign
+*[http://www.ushrnetwork.org/our-work/project/upr-universal-periodic-review Statement on U.S. Universal Periodic Review of 2015]
-*** [http://www.ushrnetwork.org/our-work/project/upr-universal-periodic-review Statement on U.S. Universal Periodic Review of 2015]
+*[http://www.ajamubaraka.com/the-need-for-an-ethical-and-political-de-colonization-of-human-rights-a-reflection-on-international-human-rights-day/ The Need for an Ethical and Political De-Colonization of Human Rights: A Reflection on International Human Rights Day]
-** [http://www.ajamubaraka.com/the-need-for-an-ethical-and-political-de-colonization-of-human-rights-a-reflection-on-international-human-rights-day/ The Need for an Ethical and Political De-Colonization of Human Rights: A Reflection on International Human Rights Day]
+*[https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/21-6 Why we need Rights for Mother Earth]
-** [https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/21-6 Why we need Rights for Mother Earth]
+*Report on [http://commondreams.org/news/2014/11/28/new-report-fracking-violation-our-basic-human-rights Human Rights Implications of Fracking Industry]
 ** '''''How International Human Rights Treaties matter:''''' http://www.northeastern.edu/law/pdfs/academics/phrge/davis-aba-1.29.16.pdf
 ** '''''<span style="font-size: 16px">Freedom from Domestic Violence as a Fundamental Human Right</span>'''''''<span style="font-size: 16px">'''-''' Resolutions, </span>''''<span style="font-size: 16px">Presidential Proclamations, and Other Statements of Principle Resolutions by County, Town, and Municipal Governments</span>''<span style="font-size: 16px">[http://www.northeastern.edu/law/pdfs/academics/phrge/davis-aba-1.29.16.pdf <nowiki> [[http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/womenandjustice/DV-Resolutions.cfm</nowiki>] ]]</span>

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	* This country needs a [http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/this-country-needs-a-truth-and-reconciliation-process-on-violence-against-african-americans truth commission on violence against African Americans] (Yes! Magazine December 2014)		* This country needs a [http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/this-country-needs-a-truth-and-reconciliation-process-on-violence-against-african-americans truth commission on violence against African Americans] (Yes! Magazine December 2014)
	<br /> <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: -40px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 604px; width: 1px"><br /> <span style="background: white">'''<span style="color: #000000">Amnesty International Netherlands: </span>'''[http://www.amnesty.nl/sites/default/files/public/the_future_of_human_rights_in_an_urban_world_0.pdf The Future of Human Rights in an Urban World]'''<span style="color: #000000">--</span>'''<span style="color: black">this report discusses how the global economy has contributed to more concentration of urban populations, militarization of cities, and new kinds of threats to basic rights such as housing. But cities are also responsible for delivering basic services, and they are led by representatives who most closely represent residents. This study explores opportunities for communities to unite for human rights, considering the Human Rights Cities initiative as an opportunity to make cities the "glocal defenders of human rights."</span></span><br /> </span></div>		<br /> <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: -40px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 604px; width: 1px"><br /> <span style="background: white">'''<span style="color: #000000">Amnesty International Netherlands: </span>'''[http://www.amnesty.nl/sites/default/files/public/the_future_of_human_rights_in_an_urban_world_0.pdf The Future of Human Rights in an Urban World]'''<span style="color: #000000">--</span>'''<span style="color: black">this report discusses how the global economy has contributed to more concentration of urban populations, militarization of cities, and new kinds of threats to basic rights such as housing. But cities are also responsible for delivering basic services, and they are led by representatives who most closely represent residents. This study explores opportunities for communities to unite for human rights, considering the Human Rights Cities initiative as an opportunity to make cities the "glocal defenders of human rights."</span></span><br /> </span></div>
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		+	=Archive=
		+	==Other meetings==
		+	*'''[https://pittsburghpa.gov/gec/index.html Pittsburgh's Gender Equity Commission]''' For more information and to join the next meeting, please contact pgh4cedaw@gmail.com.
		+	*'''[https://www.pittsburghforpublictransit.org/ Pittsburghers for Public Transit]'''
		+	*'''[https://pennplaza.wordpress.com/ Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition]'''
		+	*'''[https://www.facebook.com/PghLandlessPeople/ Pittsburgh Union of Regional Renters]'''
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		+	'''Pittsburgh'''
		+	*[[:file:UDHR_PGHedition_FOR_RELEASE.pdf\|Pittsburgh edition of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] (Booklet format--PDF)</span>
		+	*[[Human Rights City Action Plan\|Working Draft of An Action Plan ]]for building a Human Rights City ([[:file:Human_Rights_City_Action_Plan.pdf\|PDF Version]])</span>
		+	*Research on Pittsburgh and Human Rights Organizing: [https://brock.scholarsportal.info/journals/SSJ/article/view/1394 Responding to Globalization and Urban Conflict: Human Rights City Initiatives] ''Studies in Social Justice''
		+	* Local strategy working paper: [[:file:Moving_from_Shallow_to_Deep_Democracy_Strategy_Ideas.pdf\|Moving from Shallow to Deep Democracy]]
		+	* Pitt Students work with Homewood residents on new resource website: [https://iamhomewood.com/ I Am Homewood]''--this project reflects what can happen when we create networks among the various residents in our city. The Human Rights City Alliance helped bring creative and energetic folks together to enhance local knowledge and advance human rights advocacy work.''
		+	*'''[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/1/1e/The_Case_for_Human_Rights-RJ_Summit_follow_up_2021.pdf The Case for Human Rights Today]''' (February 2021)
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		+	'''People-Centered Human Rights: Analyses from Around the Nation and World'''
		+	*[https://laane.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Unmasking-the-Hidden-Power-of-Cities.pdf “Unmasking the hidden power of cities”]. (LA-A New Economy for All LAANE, Partnership for Working Families, In the Public Interest) June 2018.
		+	*[[:file: Draft_Human_Rights_City_Principles_2017.pdf \| Statement of Principles - National Human Rights City Alliance and People-Centered Human Rights]]
		+	* [http://web.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/human-rights-institute/desk_reference.pdf Human Rights Recommendations to the United States: A Desk Reference for State and Local Human Rights Agencies]
		+	* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px">[http://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute/human-rights-us/state-and-local-implementation Resources for State and Local Human Rights Implementation]</span>
		+	* Sanctuary Cities: [http://www.northeastern.edu/law/academics/institutes/phrge/publications/boston-principles.html Boston Principles on the Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights of Noncitizens]</span>
		+	* ''[https://skl.se/download/18.2625f9e6145ac763d07be224/1401096812446/Local_initiatives_to_counter_violence_SALAR.pdf Local Initiatives to Counter Violence-Promoting Political Extremism]--'' This document from the Swedish Association of Local and Regional Authorities was produced following violence at a 1995 white-supremacy concert organized by a growing right-wing movement. Examples of local initiatives can guide work in other communities to counter the exclusionary and hateful messages of such groups.
		+	*[[:file:Housing_as_a_Human_Right.pdf\|Housing is a Human Right: Slideshow]] on international treaties and opportunities to promote the [[:file:Housing_as_a_Human_Right.pdf\|human right to housing]]
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		+	'''Dangerous Times: Defending Human Rights'''
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		+	* '''The Dangerous Rise of Populism: Global Attacks on Human Rights Values:''' [https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2017/country-chapters/dangerous-rise-of-populism "2017 World Report by Human Rights Watch"] reminds us that "Values are fragile. Because the values of human rights depend foremost on the ability to empathize with others and "to recognize the importance of treating others the way we would want to be treated,” they are especially vulnerable to the demagogue's exclusionary appeal. A society's culture of respect for human rights needs regular tending, lest the fears of the moment sweep away the wisdom that built democratic rule."
		+	* <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">'''Truth-Telling for Reconciliation: Remembering Victims of Slavery & the Slave Trade''' March 25th is the International [https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.un.org%2Fen%2Fevents%2Fslaveryremembranceday%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cjgsmith%40pitt.edu%7Ca8d5291136e246c4641a08d460c88bc7%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1&sdata=Fr%2B%2FHCQ%2BSqkdORWdmx8ACCPXPwwMxfdFHq2yw%2B8Hhf4%3D&reserved=0 Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade]
		+	** Relevant reading
		+	***The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
		+	***Michael Dyson's [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/books/review/tears-we-cannot-stop-michael-eric-dyson.html Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon for White America].
		+	***UN initiatives to fight racism and xenophobia: [http://together.un.org/ Together] (respect, safety and dignity for refugees and migrants), [http://www.un.org/en/letsfightracism/ Let's Fight Racism]", "[http://www.standup4humanrights.org/en/highlights.html Stand Up for Someone's Rights Today]," and the [http://www.un.org/en/events/africandescentdecade/ International Decade for People of African Descent.]
		+	* '''[https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/hrw_world_report_etr_final.pdf Human Rights in Danger (]'''Youth and public education resource) Human Rights Watch 2017 Report [https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2017/country-chapters/dangerous-rise-of-populism The Dangerous Rise of PopulismGlobal Attacks on Human Rights Values]
		+	*[http://www.hreusa.net/data/files/Human%20Rights%20Here%20and%20Now%20November%20issue.pdf Teaching Tolerance: Talking with kids and adults about human rights ]"Speak up for civility"--Human Rights Educators USA
		+	* [http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/38443-countering-trump-let-s-build-a-people-powered-democracy-and-economy Building a society that works for all: ]This election showed the urgency of people's need for major changes in the basic structure of our economy and government policies. Neither presidential candidate offered that. There is a need to build grassroots movements for economic and social transformation rather than allowing elites to determine what kind of society we live in. "Politicians from both parties lionize the entrepreneur, casting poverty ...as an individual shortcoming, a narrative that erases ...the [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/28/books/review/when-affirmative-action-was-white-uncivil-rights.html?_r=0 structurally racist policies] that have continued to maintain [white privilege]."
		+	* See examples of legislation passed in Human Rights Cities of [[:file:DC_Human_Rights_City_Resolution_Reaffirmation_11_19_2016.pdf\|Washington DC]] and [[:file:Eugene_Inclusive_Community_Resolution_2016.pdf\|Eugene Oregon's Inclusive Community Resolution]].
		+	* <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">[http:///file/view/Discussion%20Guide%20Alexie%20Absolutely%20True%20Diary%20of%20Part%20Time%20Indian.pdf/618673381/Discussion%20Guide%20Alexie%20Absolutely%20True%20Diary%20of%20Part%20Time%20Indian.pdf Discussion Guide]</span>''to'' Sherman Alexie's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Absolutely_True_Diary_of_a_Part-Time_Indian The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian] prepared for use around Indigenous Peoples Day 2017, but this resource can be used anytime to facilitate discussion and dialogue around themes of institutionalized racism, internalized oppression, and the historical and contemporary experiences of Indigenous communities and other communities of color in the United States.
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 * [https://docs.google.com/document/d/12AfmfqmKJqJL_XuYFg-QBZ8jUjNMT4_LgQTAr1tBgHc/edit "How to become an Ally"] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Excerpt from Becoming an Ally Breaking the Cycle of Oppression by Anne Bishop. Published by Fernwood Publishing, Halifax
-===Around the Nation & World===<br /> <span style="color: #0f0f0f">The Human Rights City Alliance is part of the '''''National Network of Human Rights Cities,''''' which connects us to the US Human Rights Network, the leading human rights organization in the U.S. working with grassroots, low-income communities and communities of color who are most affected by the denials of human rights. USHRN connects human rights activists in this country with UN human rights bodies and international movements. </span>[http://www.ushrnetwork.org/our-work/project/national-human-rights-city-network Learn more about this work here.]<br /> <br /> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px">[http://commondreams.org/news/2015/07/23/new-bills-would-bring-sweeping-vital-lgbtq-protections Federal Equality Act introduced in U.S. Congress]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px"> This bill offers protections against discrimination in housing, federal funding, jury service, legal protections, and credit based on sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity. It also prevents the use of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to defend discrimination against LGBT people.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px">The United States is currently undergoing the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in the United Nations. As part of this review process, the U.S. Human Rights Network has compiled this report on the state of human rights in the United States: </span><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px">[http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6MyY%2BXUE%2FyLXWsaRjw3butvImAJZqZGo Testimonies of Human Rights at Home: Documenting Injustice in the United States]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px">.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[http://pwccc.wordpress.com/programa/ International Call for a Universal Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth]</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[http://therightsofnature.org/call-for-action-2014/ Call for Action for the Rights of Mother Earth]</span><br />
+===Around the Nation & World===
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px"> This is a proposal put forward from the </span><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px">[http://pwccc.wordpress.com/ World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px"> ''(held in 2010 in Cochabamba, Bolivia) that urges local and national governments and the United Nations to formally recognize legal rights for the Earth and all its inhabitants.''</span>
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 =National & International Campaigns and Initiatives=
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 * <span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 16px">National Economic and Social Rights Initiative(NESRI)[https://youtu.be/paK8Yl029p8 People's Budget video]</span><span style="font-size: 16px">with a </span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 16px">[http://www.nesri.org/sites/default/files/People%27s_Budget_Campaign.pdf slideshowpresentation]</span></span>
 * <span style="font-size: 16px">National Economic andSocial RightsInitiative</span><span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: 16px">More than [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paK8Yl029p8 a Roof]</span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 16px">housing [http://www.nesri.org/sites/default/files/PB%203rdConference.pdf rights] //(40 min.video)// </span>
-* <span style="font-size: 16px">FILM[https://vimeo.com/26627365 : KellyAnderson “My Brooklyn,]</span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 16px">a perspectiveon ˜gentrification from the viewpoint of displacedresidents.</span>
+* <span style="font-size: 16px">FILM[https://vimeo.com/26627365 : KellyAnderson “My Brooklyn,]</span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 16px">a perspectiveon ˜gentrification from the viewpoint of displacedresidents.
-<br /> <br /> '''<span style="font-size: 16px">Research Articles and Reports</span>'''<br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> Mac Naughton and McGill, "[http://nulj.org/sites/default/files/files/NULJ-ESC-MacNaughton-McGill.pdf Economic and Social Rights: Implementation without Ratification]"--</span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 16px">an article that discusses both the Vermont "Health Care is a Human Right" campaign and the Eugene, Oregon </span><span style="font-size: 16px">[http://www.humanrightscity.com/ Human Rights City Project]</span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 16px">. </span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> Open SocietyFoundation research on inclusion, democracy,anti-discrimination in EU Cities:</span><br />
 * <span style="color: #0000ff">[http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/living-together-projects-promoting-inclusion-11-eu-cities http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/living-together-projects-promoting-inclusion-11-][http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/living-together-projects-promoting-inclusion-11-eu-cities eu-cities]</span>
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 * [http://www.blackgirldangerous.org/2013/12/calling-less-disposable-way-holding-accountable/ Calling IN: A Less Disposable Way of Holding Each Other Accountable] ''by Ngá»c Loan Tráº§n''
 * [http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/11-things-white-people-can-do-be-real-anti-racist-allies 11 Things White People Can do to Be Real Anti-racist Allies and Accomplices]''Alternet''
-* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/12AfmfqmKJqJL_XuYFg-QBZ8jUjNMT4_LgQTAr1tBgHc/edit "How to become an Ally"] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Excerpt from Becoming an Ally Breaking the Cycle of Oppression by Anne Bishop. Published by Fernwood Publishing, Halifax</span>
+* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/12AfmfqmKJqJL_XuYFg-QBZ8jUjNMT4_LgQTAr1tBgHc/edit "How to become an Ally"] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Excerpt from Becoming an Ally Breaking the Cycle of Oppression by Anne Bishop. Published by Fernwood Publishing, Halifax
-<br /> '''<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 32px">Around the Nation & World:</span>'''<br /> <span style="color: #0f0f0f">The Human Rights City Alliance is part of the '''''National Network of Human Rights Cities,''''' which connects us to the US Human Rights Network, the leading human rights organization in the U.S. working with grassroots, low-income communities and communities of color who are most affected by the denials of human rights. USHRN connects human rights activists in this country with UN human rights bodies and international movements. </span>[http://www.ushrnetwork.org/our-work/project/national-human-rights-city-network Learn more about this work here.]<br /> <br /> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px">[http://commondreams.org/news/2015/07/23/new-bills-would-bring-sweeping-vital-lgbtq-protections Federal Equality Act introduced in U.S. Congress]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px"> This bill offers protections against discrimination in housing, federal funding, jury service, legal protections, and credit based on sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity. It also prevents the use of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to defend discrimination against LGBT people.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px">The United States is currently undergoing the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in the United Nations. As part of this review process, the U.S. Human Rights Network has compiled this report on the state of human rights in the United States: </span><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px">[http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6MyY%2BXUE%2FyLXWsaRjw3butvImAJZqZGo Testimonies of Human Rights at Home: Documenting Injustice in the United States]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px">.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[http://pwccc.wordpress.com/programa/ International Call for a Universal Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth]</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[http://therightsofnature.org/call-for-action-2014/ Call for Action for the Rights of Mother Earth]</span><br />
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px"> This is a proposal put forward from the </span><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px">[http://pwccc.wordpress.com/ World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif; font-size: 16px"> ''(held in 2010 in Cochabamba, Bolivia) that urges local and national governments and the United Nations to formally recognize legal rights for the Earth and all its inhabitants.''</span>

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-''<span style="font-size: 16px">Selected Human Rights Organizing Resources</span>'''</span><br /> </span><br /> Resources for fighting white supremacy<br /> <br /> '''<u><span style="font-size: 16px">T</span></u>''''''<u><span style="font-size: 16px">oolkits and Organizing Templates</span></u>'''<br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> American Friends Service Committee's [http://www.afsc.org/sites/afsc.civicactions.net/files/documents/Just!Us!%20Curriculum_v5.pdf Just Us! Human Rights-based curriculum for youth].</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> </span><span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: 16px">[http://www.unitedworkers.org/fair_development_recovery_plan Baltimore's United Workers Fair Development Recovery Plan]</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> [http://www.eccar.info/10-point-plan-action European Coalition of Cities Against Racism 10-point action plan]</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> </span><span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: 16px">[http://www.uclg-cisdp.org/en/right-to-the-city/european-charter European Charter for the Safeguarding of Human Rights in the City]</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> [http://www.urbanreinventors.net/3/wsf.pdf World Charter on the Right to the City]</span><br /> <br /> <br />
+''<span style="font-size: 16px">Selected Human Rights Organizing Resources</span>'''</span><br /> </span><br /> Resources for fighting white supremacy<br /> <br /> '''<u><span style="font-size: 16px">Toolkits and Organizing Templates</span></u>'''<br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> American Friends Service Committee's [http://www.afsc.org/sites/afsc.civicactions.net/files/documents/Just!Us!%20Curriculum_v5.pdf Just Us! Human Rights-based curriculum for youth].</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> </span><span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: 16px">[http://www.unitedworkers.org/fair_development_recovery_plan Baltimore's United Workers Fair Development Recovery Plan]</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> [http://www.eccar.info/10-point-plan-action European Coalition of Cities Against Racism 10-point action plan]</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> </span><span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: 16px">[http://www.uclg-cisdp.org/en/right-to-the-city/european-charter European Charter for the Safeguarding of Human Rights in the City]</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: 16px"> [http://www.urbanreinventors.net/3/wsf.pdf World Charter on the Right to the City]</span><br /> <br /> <br />
 * <span style="font-size: 16px">[http://www.hic-gs.org/content/Mexico_Charter_R2C_2010.pdf Mexico City Charter on the Right to the City]</span>