Articles

Date	Title	Description
12/16/2008	Under threat of removal, The “Maquila Monologues” performed in the Nonpolluting Industries Park	Mérida, Yucatán. November 25. Under threat of removal by the police, the theater group Costureras de Sueños [Dream Seamstresses], accompanied by the groups Indignación and Ceprodehl, presented a portion of their theatrical production Maquila Monologues, A Dramatic Collection of Blue Stories, along the traffic island of the main avenue of the Nonpolluting Industries Park, in the state of Yucatán.
12/16/2008	Reyna Ramírez: Among blue waters, a story of violence	It has not been an easy task to make violence against women more visible, and there have been many battles for each of the rights that have been denied to us.
12/15/2008	Second Chance for IRA Charitable Giving!
12/10/2008	UUSC Rights Night: Celebrate, Reflect, Act	Rights Night is an evening to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
12/10/2008	Letter to President-elect Obama	On Human Rights Day, UUSC sends letter to President-elect Obama, hoping he will be inspired by the lasting vision of justice and peace that was written into the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and adopted by the world community sixty years ago today.
12/04/2008	Human Right to Water and the UDHR: A Little Bit of History and a Little Bit of Law	The human right to water entitles everyone, without discrimination, to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic use.
12/04/2008	How the UDHR Supports the Growing Movement for Water Justice	Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
11/26/2008	Using Experiential Learning to Promote Respect for UDHR Rights and Freedoms	How the Universal Declaration of Human Rights relates to JustWorks and JustJourneys, UUSC's experiential learning programs.
11/25/2008	2008 Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award Winner: Rev. Gloria White-Hammond	Rev. Gloria White-Hammond is a dedicated pediatrician, a courageous human-rights activist, an inspired minister, and recipient of the 2008 Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award.
11/19/2008	The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and UUSC's Work Responding to Humanitarian Crises	How the Universal Declaration of Human Rights relates to UUSC's Rights in Humanitarian Crises program.
11/19/2008	Reflections on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from Our Rights in Humanitarian Crises Program Partners	As UUSC celebrates the important milestone of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights' 60th anniversary, the Rights in Humanitarian Crises program staff asked its partners what it means to them. Here's what they had to say.
11/19/2008	Peace is Better Than War	The devastating war in Northern Uganda is an often overlooked conflict. UUSC's long-term Rights in Humanitarian Crises Program focuses on invisible conflicts such as this where persistent violence causes mass fear and extreme need, and where whole communities are at risk.
11/19/2008	Equal Human Rights; Different Ways to Protect Them	Test your understanding of how and why people living through humanitarian crises are vulnerable in different ways.
11/12/2008	The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and UUSC's Work on Civil Liberties	How the Universal Declaration of Human Rights relates to UUSC's Civil Liberties program.
11/12/2008	Reflections on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from Our Civil Liberties Program Partners	As UUSC celebrates the important milestone of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights' 60th anniversary, the Civil Liberties Program asked its partners what it means to them. Here's what they had to say.
11/05/2008	The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and UUSC's Work for Economic Justice	How the Universal Declaration of Human Rights relates to UUSC's Economic Justice program.
11/05/2008	Human Rights Are the Core of Ceprodehl's Work	Soccoro Chablé, director of Ceprodehl, one of UUSC's program partners, discusses the links between human rights and workers' rights and the role of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Ceprodehl's work.
11/04/2008	How to Submit a Photo	How to submit a photo for UUSC's UDHR photo contest for youth
11/04/2008	Contest Guidelines	Guidelines for UUSC's UDHR photo contest for youth
11/04/2008	UDHR: Civil Liberties	Articles of the UDHR relevant to civil liberties
11/04/2008	UDHR: Economic Justice	Articles of the UDHR relevant to economic justice
11/04/2008	UDHR: Environmental Justice	Articles of the UDHR relevant to environmental justice
11/04/2008	UDHR: Rights in Humanitarian Crises	Articles of the UDHR relevant in times of humanitarian crisis
10/28/2008	Halloween with a Social Justice Message	Children in their Halloween costumes will be spreading a powerful social-justice message this year: Working conditions on most cocoa farms around the world are abysmal, and you, the consumer, can make a difference!
10/17/2008	Water Is Life	Across Peru, water advocates are raising their voices against privatization with the help of a bright blue mascot shaped like a water drop, called La Gotita (go-Tea-ta). This type of community organizing has been necessary in Peru since 2003, when the Peruvian government began instituting water privatization.