Monthly Archives: September 2008

Upcoming Human Rights Events

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 The Human Rights Reception will take place on Tuesday, September 23 from 4-6PM at the Dodd Center Lounge.

Namaste, the student run human rights journal at UConn, is currently looking for an editor. This is a great opportunity, especially for those interested in the position and are looking for a HR internship for the Spring semester.   Namaste is also now accepting essays, artwork, poetry, creative fiction, photography and much more for the next issue of the journal.  This is an excellent opportunity to get published as a college student and a great resume builder! If you would like to learn more about the journal or submit your work, please contact Namaste at namastejournal@gmail.com or join the Namaste Journal on Facebook.

 

The Global Health and Human Rights Film Series is showing A Walk to Beautiful, a documentary about five women with obstetric fistula in Ethiopia.

The dinner, film, and panel discussion will take place on Thursday, October 2, 5:00-8:00PM at the Patterson Auditorium at the UConn Medical School Campus in Farmington, CT.

 

 

 

2008-2009 Human Rights Film Series– The Kite Runner

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Dear All,

My apologies for the delay in updates, but there has been a flurry of activity lately with the start of the academic year and little time left for writing!

Here is a brief update:

The UConn Libraries are currently revising their strategic plan, so if you have comments about ways in which the library can improve, things you like, things you don’t like, please let us know!  Feel free to leave your comments here on this blog!

Also, the Human Rights Film Series is kicking off this week!  The 2008-2009 theme is, “A Cinematic Exploration through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” in celebration of the 60th Annivesary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948-2008

The film series is sponsored by the Human Rights Initiative

Text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Film Series Poster (Adobe PDF; 148 KB)

All films are free, open to the public, and held at 4:00 pm in the Konover Auditorium at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Article 1: Freedom and Dignity

Film: The Kite Runner (2007)

Chronicles the lives of two boys, Amir & Hassan, in a divided Afghanistan on the verge of war.

For more information, go to the Dodd Center’s website, or see the film series’s Facebook page.