{"id":50,"date":"2007-11-08T17:51:39","date_gmt":"2007-11-08T17:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/humanrightsresearch.wordpress.com\/2007\/11\/08\/%e2%80%9cliving-wage-fair-labor-practices-and-eco-sustainability%e2%80%9d-and-other-human-rights-events\/"},"modified":"2007-11-08T17:51:39","modified_gmt":"2007-11-08T17:51:39","slug":"living-wage-fair-labor-practices-and-eco-sustainability-and-other-human-rights-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/2007\/11\/08\/living-wage-fair-labor-practices-and-eco-sustainability-and-other-human-rights-events\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLiving Wage, Fair Labor Practices and Eco Sustainability\u201d and other Human Rights Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Human Rights Events at UConn, November 8, 2007 through November 11, 2007<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLiving Wage, Fair Labor Practices and Eco Sustainability\u201d\u00a0 <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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November 8, 2007 at 4 PM<\/font><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The President\u2019s Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility, CIBER (Center for International Business and Education Research) and the Human Rights Institute are proud to sponsor an International Education Week lecture, \u201cLiving Wage, Fair Labor Practices and Eco Sustainability\u201d<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>on<\/span><\/strong> Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. in the Student Union Theatre. <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Ruth Rosenbaum, UConn Faculty and Executive Director of CREA (Center for Reflection, Education and Action) will discuss the concepts of Living Wage, Fair Labor Practices and Eco Sustainability and how they relate with a response by Professor Subhash C. Jain, Director of CIBER at the School of Business. <\/font><\/font>Please go to <\/font>http:\/\/web.uconn.edu\/sweatshop\/<\/font><\/a> for additional details. <\/font><\/font>\u00a0<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Also occurring today:\u00a0<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>“Racism: <\/span>A Domestic Human Rights Crisis”<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font>A discussion on Racism and White Privilege in the United States led by <\/span>Chris Doucot, of the <\/span>Hartford<\/span> Catholic Worker House.\u00a0 <\/span><\/font><\/font>Thursday, November 8 at <\/span>7:00 pm, <\/span>Arjona 143<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/font>Sponsors: Neag School of Education, Student Activities, and Community Outreach<\/span><\/font><\/font>\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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And, the Mead Lecture<\/strong> is today as well– see the previous post for details.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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Coming up on Saturday<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>The Asian American Cultural Center presents the 2<\/span>nd<\/span><\/sup> Annual IMPAACT Conference<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/strong>(Identifying the Missing Power of Asian Americans in CT)<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/em><\/font><\/font>I<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/span>MPAACT 2007: \u00a0Hate is Real, Realize Hate, Speak Out Against Hate Crimes<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/font>Saturday, November 10, 2007 \u2013 Registration 9 am \u2013 Student Union Lobby<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/span>University<\/font> of Connecticut, Storrs Campus <\/font><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>Student Union<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

Registration on conference day, $30\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/font>\u00a0<\/font><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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And\u2026<\/font><\/p>\n

Tuesday, November 13 at 6 PM is the next Human Rights Film\u2014The Exonerated<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/span>Details to follow next week\u2026<\/font><\/p>\n

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