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United Nations Collegiate Conference on Human Rights
A one day student conference on human rights education involving Philadelphia area colleges and universities. It will contribute to the World Programme on Human Rights Education as developed by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (2005-ongoing).
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Students from around the world worked together before, during, and
after the 12th annual conference to create a student plan of action on how to
prevent human rights abuses. The theme for this year was Human Rights Learning. The conference offered student leaders the
opportunity to network and develop important leadership skills such as
public speaking, consensus building, negotiating, plus research and
drafting skills.
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Face to Face with Poverty |
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According to UN statistics, 25,000 children die each day due to poverty related causes. Learn about the reality of poverty both through global statistics and the presenter’s personal story about the poverty situation in Tanzania. Students will learn about the causes and affects of poverty in this East African nation.
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Climate Change: Now What? |
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Climate change after Copenhagen: was the conference a dismal failure, qualified success, harbinger of the future, tectonic power shift or what? Is the climate window of opportunity closing? What went wrong? What went right? Does the world think climate change is real? Do you? What do we do now?
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Children's Rights in the 21st Century |
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An interactive presentation with Sara Ellen Kitchen, a children’s rights expert, on the Convention on the Rights of the Child which few students or citizens in the United States even know exists.
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