“We are beckoned to see the world through a one-way mirror, as if we are threatened and innocent and the rest of humanity is threatening, or wretched, or expendable. Our memory is struggling to rescue the truth that human rights were not handed down as privileges from a parliament, or a boardroom, or an institution, but that peace is only possible with justice and with information that gives us the power to act justly.”
― John Pilger

Thursday, May 28, 2015

The Year of International Human Rights - Webster University October 7-8th 2015

Dear friends,

I am helping to plan our annual human rights conference which will take place October 7-8th 2015 at Webster University.  This is our 6th annual conference and sociologist Judith Blau will be our keynote speaker!  I am writing to you for help with finding an academic or activist (or both) who works on hunger, food and poverty.  This theme of the conference is the Millennium Development Goals so one of our sessions will need to focus on this goal.  We pay for travel, hotel, incidentals and a modest honorarium. If you think this is something you would be interested in OR if you can put me in contact with an organization or another academic working on this issue please let me know.  Here is the website for our conference. 

http://www.webster.edu/arts-and-sciences/affiliates-events/yihr.html

Please respond to me privately at andreamiller31 (at) webster.edu  Please share widely!

Andrea Miller, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Department of Anthropology and Sociology
Fellow, Institute for Human Rights & Humanitarian Studies
Webster University
470 E. Lockwood Ave
St. Louis, MO 63119
314-246-8698

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