On Friday- we are having an HRHP coffee chat- virtually on zoom and in person at Double Dutch. Halloween mugs, costumes and spooky zoom backgrounds welcome.
Another way to build community is through SIPals Mentoring & Network program. Consider if this is a fit for you and register here.
Community Hour is coming up on Nov 5th- post the U.S. election so we can commiserate. Reminder that community hour is a space for students - so reach out to the PAs if you have something in mind!
Keep it spooky! Join your PAs for Friday morning coffee chat - on Zoom & In-Real-Life at Double Dutch Espresso (wear your masks and things friends!). Expect Halloween silliness, but mostly let's chat and catch up, HRHPers!
The ACLU just launched aclu.org/sexwork, which includes an academic/research brief on the impacts of sex work criminalization, decriminalization, and legalization on health, safety, and financial stability of sex workers, as well as if criminalization helps anti-trafficking efforts. HRHPer Sarah Sakha (MIA '21) contributed to this work during her internship with the ACLU in Spring 2020.
External Event
PUSHing the Human Right to Housing Documentary Film Screening Human Rights Cities & Carnegie Mellon University Film Festival
The documentary film, Push, tells the story of how global banks and investment firms control residential housing around the world and push out low-income residents, turning our communities into sources of private profit. But the film tells another story too: residents are coming together to demand that housing be protected as a human right. As a part of Zero Eviction Days 2020, from October 24 to November 1, the Push film is available online for screening. Tickets are $12. With ticket purchase you have 7 days to start watching the film, and 24 hours to finish it once you start. There are a limited number of free passes available for those who register for the Thursday October 29 discussion; to register and reserve your free film pass, Click here. There is a film discussion onThursday October 29, 7:00PM, with former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Housing, Leilani Farha, whose work is featured in the film. Farha will speak about her work bringing demands for housing justice to governments and working with the global housing rights movement through her organization #Maketheshift. Register to participate Oct. 29.Other panelists will include: Carl Redwood Hill District Consensus Group (Pittsburgh), Dr. Yolande Tomlinson Organization for Human Rights and Democracy (Atlanta), Rob Robinson (Facilitator), organizer with the US Human Rights Cities Alliance, International Alliance of Inhabitants, and Partners for Dignity and Rights. There will also be a continuation of this conversation dialogue on November 5th at 7pm with Leilani Farha and other speakers. The November 5th conversation will be focused on local housing challenges in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
Contact us!
Professor Elazar Bakan, Director of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Concentration, Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Rights
