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Upcoming Events
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WITNESS Archivists Co-Host New Tactics Online Discussion About Archives, Human Rights, Justice and Memory
May 16, 2012 - May 22, 2012WITNESS Archivists Co-Host New Tactics Online Discussion About Archives, Human Rights, Justice and Memory
Explore the tactics and methods used by archivists to preserve human rights information. Both newcomers and experienced practioners are invited to participate in this online diaglog facilitated by Grace Lile and Yvonne Ng of WITNESS.
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Wildlife Filmmakers And The Impact of their Films Are Making
May 8, 2012Wildlife Filmmakers & The Impact of their Films are Making
Featuring Special Opening Ceremony with Grammy Award Winner, Blackfeet Singer/Songwriter, Jack Gladstone
- Kelly Matheson, Filmmaker/Producer of Trust Alaska & Nelson Kanuk, Presenter: Trust Alaska (Best Non Broadcast), Climate Change and Change Makers of the Next Generation
- Mark Shelley, Executive Producer – Sea Studios: Producer, Otter 501, (Best Theatrical Release)
- Sarah Dupont – Amazon Aid Foundation, Amazon Gold (World Premier Film)
- Professor Anna Nekaris – Host & Scientist, Jungle Gremlins of Java (Best Environmental, Point of View)
When: Tuesday, May 8
Where: Opening Seminar (The Roxy Theater, 9:30am)
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Bozeman Film Screening and Live Music at the Emerson
May 5, 2012Bozeman Film Screening & Live Music at the Emerson
On Saturday, May 5th, Our Children’s Trust, WITNESS, Montana Conservation Voters Education Fund, Montana Environmental Information Center, the Montana Human Rights Network, Western Environmental Law Center, and Cottonwood Environmental Law Center will present four short award-winning films of the TRUST Film Series. You will have the opportunity to meet the filmmakers, courageous youth plaintiffs, an author, climate expert and attorneys behind the quest to save our world from the current climate crisis. These Stories of TRUST connect the dots between climate change and real world impacts on our youth. They also connect the dots on the solution to the crisis by combining the scientific prescription to get back to 350 with the legal obligation of government under the Public Trust Doctrine. Event Flyer »
FREE EVENT! Bring the family! $7 Suggested Donation for Adults
WHERE:
The Emerson Cultural Center
111 South Grand Ave.
Bozeman, MT 59715WHEN:
Saturday, May 5th, 2012
6:30 – 8:00 pm (screenings and panel discussion)
8:00-10:00 pm (reception, live music, food and drink)SPEAKERS:
A discussion with youth plaintiffs Nelson Kanuk and John Theibes, WITNESS filmmakers Christi Cooper-Kuhn and Kelly Matheson, local Montana human rights and environmental activists, author Scott Bischke and Atmospheric Trust Litigation attorneys.CONTACTS:
Christi Cooper-Kuhn, chrisi.kuhn@gmail.com, 720.917.9223
Meg Ward, meg@ourchildrenstrust.org, 503-341-8590 -
Workshop on Human Rights and Development-Induced Displacement
April 30, 2012 - May 4, 2012- The Legal Resource Center (LRC), the International Network for Economic, Social & Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) and WITNESS are hosting a knowledge-sharing and capacity building workshop with social movements, grassroots groups and other key activists and advocates working on the issue of forced displacement caused by development projects.
- Following the workshop, Priscila Neri and Ryan Schlief, our staff managing our forced evictions campaign, will host a special one-day meeting with representatives from our global partner HIC (Habitat International Coalition) in our five focus countries (Brazil, Cambodia, Egypt, India, Mexico) to focus on the strategic use of video in forced evictions work.
Priscila and Ryan and Ryan Kautz, our Video Editor and Production Trainer, are also producing a global campaign video at the gathering. Check back for updates! -
Video Training for Forced Evictions Activists in Brazil
April 19, 2012 - April 22, 2012We are conducting a four-day training/convening with activists from the 12 Brazilian cities that will host World Cup Games in 2014. We will work with the participants to devise video advocacy strategies to support the campaign against forced evictions at the national level in Brazil. About 30 participants are expected who will represent the newly formed national coalition of groups working to monitor the human rights impacts of World Cup events throughout the country.
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WITNESS Co-hosts Panel: "Kony 2012" And Lessons Learned for Global Activism
April 17, 2012WITNESS Co-hosts Panel: "Kony 2012" And Lessons Learned for Global Activism
The most viral video of all time, Invisible Children's Kony 2012, intentionally catapulted Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony into the western public's eye. It also provoked a rare public debate about the methods and effects of transnational activism. While supporters celebrated the campaign's viral success, critics questioned its call for a militarized response, its neglect of African voices, and the narratives employed to galvanize western viewers. Please join CHRGJ and WITNESS, as we host a forward-looking discussion about what can be learned from the campaign successes of Kony 2012 and the subsequent global debate.
When: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | 6-8pm
Where: NYU Law School Furman Hall
Lester Pollack Room | 245 Sullivan St., 9th floor
*Please bring photo ID to be admitted.
The discussion will be followed by a reception.
RSVP requested, space is limited. Email watnea [@] exchange [dot] law [dot] nyu [dot] edu
Speakers include*:
Moderator: Amy Goodman, Executive Producer, Democracy Now
Professor Philip Alston, Faculty Director and Co-chair, CHRGJ; UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions (Aug 2004-July 2010) ;Fabienne Hara, Vice-President for Multilateral Affairs at International Crisis Group;
Chioke I'Anson, philosopher who specializes in Africana philosophy, postcolonial theory, and humanitarianism;
Chris Michael, WITNESS, video advocacy trainer and human rights advocate.Victor Ochen, Director of the African Youth Initiative Network, which offers rehabilitation assistance to Ugandan youth affected by the war; LRA war survivor;
Jolly Okot, Country Director for Invisible Children, Uganda*Speakers are subject to confirmation and may change.
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Screening of Five "Stories of TRUST" Videos in Boston
April 5, 2012Our Children's Trust, WITNESS, and the Boston Latin School invite you to a screening and discussion:
Five short films from the iMatter TRUST series will be screened followed by a discussion regarding the Atmospheric Trust Litigation and the campaign to save our communities and nation from the current climate crisis. Thanks to the Boston Latin School for sponsoring the Boston premier of 5 of these films.
WHERE: Boston Latin School, Keefe Library, 78 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA
WHEN: Thursday, April 5th, 2012, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
SPEAKERS: A discussion with BLS student, Eshe Sherley, a young citizen bringing climate change legal action, WITNESS filmmaker Kelly Matheson, and attorney Julia Olson.
All ages. Free and open to the public. Free pizza and complimentary refreshments will be served.
More details available on Our Children Trust's Facebook Page.
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Join WITNESS at Stories of TRUST: Calling for Climate Recovery
March 5, 2012Join WITNESS, our partners at Our Children's Trust and the Crag Law Center for an evening of film and discussion:
What: Screening of four films in the Stories of TRUST series (produced by WITNESS, Our Children's Trust, iMatter Campaign); discussion with filmmakers and youth plaintiffs Nelson Kanuk, John Thiebes and Kelsey Juliana; free refreshments will be served.
When: March 5, 2012, 6:30-8:30pm
Where: Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center, 721 NW 9th Avenue, Portland, OR
The evening is generously sponsored by Ecotrust, Lucky Lab Brew Pub, Ninkasi Brewing
To watch the video series Stories of TRUST visit the iMatter Trust Campaign page.
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WITNESS Co-Hosts Wadah Khanfar at MIT's Media Lab
February 24, 2012WITNESS is pleased to co-present:
Wadah Khanfar: "One Year After Mubarak: The Past and Future of the 'Arab Spring'"
When: February 24, 2012 | 6- 7:30pm
Location: MIT Media Lab, E14 6th Floor; 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA
Join the conversation online @ Twitter: #MLTalks | Join the Facebook event
Co-Hosts:
- - MIT Media Lab
- - Center for Civic Media
- - The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
- - Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
- - Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University
- - Edward R. Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy at Tufts University
- - WITNESS
Wadah Khanfar is president of the Sharq Forum, an international think tank focused on political and economic development in the Arab world, and former director general of the Al Jazeera network. Under Khanfar's leadership, Al Jazeera offered to the world a front-row seat to witness the fall of dictatorships in Tunisia and Egypt, and the wave of rebellion that swept the Arab world. A year later, Khanfar reflects on the hopes raised by the Arab Spring, the changes that have—and haven't—taken place, and the challenges Egypt and other countries face on the road towards democracy.
In 2011, Khanfar was one of Foreign Policy magazine's Top 100 Global Thinkers, and headed
list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. He was also named one of the most "Powerful People in the World" by Forbes magazine in 2009. For more information, visit MIT Media Lab's website.
Khanfar's talk will be followed by a dialogue with Joi Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab (and member of WITNESS' Board of Directors; Ethan Zuckerman, director of MIT's Center for Civic Media; and Mohamed Nanabhay, head of online at Al Jazeera English, as well as questions and answers with the audience.
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Human Rights Day
December 10, 2011Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights. The formal establishment of Human Rights Day occurred at the 317th Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on 4 December 1950, when the General Assembly declared resolution 423(V), inviting all member states and any other interested organizations to celebrate the day as they saw fit. [1]
