July 2010

Modern-Day Slavery Museum Coming to New York
July 28, 2010
The Florida Modern-Day Slavery Museum continues its 2010 Northeast tour, and will be in New York from August 2nd to August 4th. The museum, conceived of by NESRI's partner the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, consists of a produce truck that is a replica of the one inside of which farmworkers were... Keep reading »
New NESRI Fact Sheets Released on the Federal Health Reform Law
July 22, 2010
How will the new health reform law affect the communities most impacted by the continued denial of the human right to health care in the U.S.? NESRI is publishing a series of fact sheets analyzing the law from the perspective of immigrants, women, people of color, and rural communities. We find... Keep reading »
Public Housing Leaders Under Attack: Call for Solidarity with Sharon Jasper
July 20, 2010
Long-time public housing leader and May Day New Orleans member Sharon Jasper is facing an assault charge and housing voucher termination for her courage to speak out against New Orleans' policies of public housing demolitions and displacement. After her participation in a May 28 demonstration... Keep reading »
Day of Action Calls for Reauthorization of "No Child Left Behind Act" to Address School-to-Prison Pipeline
July 20, 2010
Today, over 500 students, parents, community members, and educators from across the country are in Washington DC, conducting public education efforts, meeting with over 20 key education leaders in Congress, and coordinating a policy briefing on Capitol Hill. Organized by the Alliance for... Keep reading »
National HIV/AIDS Strategy and Human Rights
July 15, 2010
Yesterday's release of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States came in advance of the International AIDS conference in Vienna, taking place July 18-23, which will focus on the link between human rights and AIDS. This year's conference theme is "Rights Here, Right Now."... Keep reading »
NYC School Discipline Reform Campaign Continues Fight to Reduce School Suspensions
July 11, 2010
On June 23, The NYC Department of Education (DOE) held a public hearing on new revisions to the Discipline Code, which include several recommendations from the School Discipline Reform Campaign (SDRC), of which NESRI is a member. The Campaign recommendations that were adopted include prioritizing... Keep reading »
U.S. Poor Rally Solidarity Soccer Game for South African Poor
July 9, 2010
As the World Cup draws to completion in South Africa, the social movements of the Poor People's Alliance continue to face off against the governing elite's escalation of harassment, displacement, repression and the violation of their human right to housing. Some of NESRI’s partners... Keep reading »
United Workers Call on ESPN Zone to Meet Face to Face with Workers
July 5, 2010
On July 1, in front of Baltimore’s shuttered ESPN Zone, former ESPN Zone workers, harbor workers, and allies, many of them members of NESRI partner the United Workers, gathered to call on ESPN Zone to resolve human rights abuses arising from the chain restaurant's closure.  By failing to... Keep reading »
New Publication: Rights-Based Approaches to Public Health
July 1, 2010
This new edited volume on Rights-Based Approaches to Public Health includes an article on U.S. health reform co-authored by NESRI's Anja Rudiger and a foreword by Paul Hunt, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Health. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Paul Hunt Student Fund at... Keep reading »