From:
Date: February 10, 2020
Subject: EU Special Representative for Human Rights at SIPA | Human Rights Working Group | Newsletter 02/2020


Happy Monday, everyone! 

This week SIPA is full of exciting events around human rights, social justice and diversity, and we couldn't be happier! Book talks, films, a dialogue with the EU Representative for Human Rights and many more activities promoted by different members of our community. Check out CampusGroups! 

If you are also interested in raising awareness of global human rights issues among the Columbia student body and provide your peers with opportunities to engage in substantive human rights advocacy, educational and social events... we are looking for you! Please get in touch if you would like to be the next HRWG Event Coordinator!  

The current board is formed by: Liz M. Olson (co-president), Marjorie Rose Tolsdorf (co-president), Rebeca Bonner (treasurer), Talisa J. Anderson (community outreach) and Gloria Moronta (communications). 
 

Save the date!  

On Wednesday, February 19, we will enjoy both the First HRHP Community Hour of the Spring semester and the NYC Career Series for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs... AND just a few days later, on Tuesday, February 25, we'll have the HRHP Professional Development Workshop, which will be focused on M&E for Human Rights and Humanitarian Professionals. Stay tuned!     

Dolores

The film details the life of Dolores Huerta, one of the most important activists in American history. Co-founder of the first farm workers unions, Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century. 
February 10, Monday, 6:00-8:00 p.m. IAB 1501

13th 

SIPA Students of Color (SSOC) and SIPA's Diversity Committee have organized a screening of 13th, a documentary by director Ava Duvernay that explores the "intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States." 
February 13, Thursday, 6:00-8:00 p.m. IAB 1512 
Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights

Please join EU Special Representative for Human Rights, Eamon Gilmore, for a conversation about the efforts of the European Union to promote human rights worldwide and about the implications of current developments such as migration and Brexit.

Eamon Gilmore is the European Union Special Representative for Human Rights and has also served as the EU Special Envoy for the Colombian Peace Process since October 2015. He was Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2011 until July 2014.

February 11, Tuesday, 1:00-2:00 p.m. IAB 801
Event organized by the HRHP Concentration.

Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights

Some Quick Reads Here! 
1. Marielle Franco murder: Suspect shot dead by police (BBC) 
2. Egypt arrests, tortures human rights advocate: Rights group (Al Jazeera)
3. Swiss Vote to Penalize Public Homophobia (The New York Times)