December 1, 2009
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Work with Dignity
After a series of successful protests at Publix supermarkets across the South last month, NESRI partner the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is preparing for the largest Publix action of the year on Sunday, December 6, in Lakeland, Florida, where Publix's headquarters are located.
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November 23, 2009
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Education
NESRI is a founding member of the Student Safety Coalition, a coalition of nineteen organizations working to increase accountability over school safety and discipline policies to protect students’ human rights to education and to be treated with dignity in school. The Student Safety Act would create new data reporting requirements about discipline and safety incidents in schools to increase... Keep reading »
November 22, 2009
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Housing
From the newswire: "On Tuesday, the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign kicked off its first day with a successful blockade at the home of Lenise Forrest, a community member and mother of two. At 9AM on November 17, supporters began arriving to blockade the house from eviction, and with the increasing police presence circling the block, many people were wondering what would happen next. Keep reading »
November 20, 2009
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Education
Back in October the Dignity in Schools Campaign co-sponsored the Roundtable Socratic Dialogue - The School to Prison Pipeline: Is it a Human Rights Violation? The dialogue was part of a full day conference entitled - Raising Our Hands: Creating a National Strategy for Children's Right to Education and Counsel. To view a recently released video of the dialogue click here. Keep reading »
November 17, 2009
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Housing
Raquel Rolnik, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing concluded her first official Mission to the U.S. on Sunday, November 8. In her final statement to the press, she commented that “Millions lack access to affordable and adequate housing in the U.S.” To view the official UN press release. Keep reading »
November 16, 2009
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Education
"CPS officially repealed its zero tolerance policy years ago, but with the latest figures showing that nearly 13 of every 100 students was suspended in the 2007-2008 school year—perhaps the highest rate of any big city—advocates want to re-ignite a discussion about improving discipline. Keep reading »
November 8, 2009
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Housing
GRITtv's show Got Docs featured the documentary Coming Home: The Dry Storm, a new film on Katrina Survivors and Public Housing Advocates.
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November 6, 2009
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Health
Read a new NESRI post on Amnesty International USA’s Human Rights Now blog – here are the first few paragraphs: Keep reading »
October 30, 2009
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Health
In December 2008, the Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health approved a resolution that “recognizes health and health care are basic human rights and that everyone has a right to access to a universal healthcare system.” Keep reading »
October 30, 2009
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Health
Here's a worthwhile intervention - from abroad! - in the U.S. health care debate, published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Here's an excerpt of "Communal Responsibility for Health Care - The Example of Benefit Assessment in Germany" by Peter T. Sawicki": Keep reading »
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