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~North Dakota Human Rights Coalition PAUR Report~ Visit our Website at www.ndhrc.org
December 2, 2003
Programs ~ Announcements ~ Updates ~ Resources
Hello members and friends of the North Dakota Human Rights Coalition!
In this week’s PAUR Report:
Announcements 1) NDHRC Web Site Calendar of Events for December
Newspaper Articles 2) Knight Ridder Newspapers, Civil rights cases dim at Justice Dept.
Events 3) Prison Prevention & Protection Advocacy Meeting, December 11th, Bismarck
Reminders 4) Ford Foundation Program Recognizes Community Leaders 5) “Stolen Dreams” Open House, Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center, Moorhead, MN 6) Sisters of the Presentation at Sacred Heart Convent Presents “Peace Studies” 2003 Series (Various Locations in ND and MN)
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1.) NDHRC Web Site Calendar of Events for December
Visit our December web site calendar for information on monthly statewide human rights related activities and events. We welcome your input and comments.
Please send us your news and events for the calendar to humanrights@ndhrc.org.
View the NDHRC web site here
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2.) Knight Ridder Newspapers, Civil rights cases dim at Justice Dept.
Civil rights cases dim at Justice Dept.
WASHINGTON - In the turbulent 1960s, lawyers from the Justice Department's new civil rights division crisscrossed the segregated South, cast as crusaders in the cause of racial equality.
Four decades later, the civil rights division is retreating from its activist roots.
Under Attorney General John Ashcroft, the Justice Department has abandoned lawsuits and settlements begun by prior administrations. The government has filed briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court opposing affirmative action and calling for a narrow interpretation of disability rights law.
Lawyers in and out the department say the civil rights division has been less aggressive in bringing new discrimination cases, particularly broad "pattern or practice" cases that tackle systemic problems. The division has filed just one such employment discrimination case in the almost three years that President Bush has been in the White House. Between two and four cases used to be filed each year.
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View full article here
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3.) Prison Prevention & Protection Advocacy Meeting, December 11th, Bismarck
Prison Prevention & Protection Advocacy will be meeting for families, friends, and spouses this December 11, 2003, 10:00 am-4:00 pm at the Bismarck Public Library.
For additional information contact Joyce at Northern Plains Outreach via email at npo@riverjordan.com or at (701) 223-9601 or (888) 276-0497.
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4.) Ford Foundation Program Recognizes Community Leaders
Deadline:
January 6, 2004 *********************************************
5.) “Stolen Dreams” Open House, Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center, Moorhead, MN
"Stolen Dreams" (October 11, 2003? – December 22, 2003) is an exhibition of 70 contemporary photographs by occupational health physician Dr. David L. Parker. Dr. Parkers shows in very real, moving photographs that the issues of child labor is not one of the past, but one that is affecting the entire world community - including the United States.
"My project can never be completed" says Parker, "what exists is too vast to be seen or documented fully, but it is too important to ignore."
For more information about Stolen Dreams visit http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/gallery/intro.html.
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6.) Sisters of the Presentation at Sacred Heart Convent Presents “Peace Studies” 2003 Series (Various Locations in ND and MN)
Presentation Peace Studies has an excellent series of forum speakers for the coming year. Please mark your calendars and more information will be forthcoming this fall!
Jan. 23, 2004 - "What Is a Peace Church?" Dr. Gerald Schlabach, St. Thomas U., St. Paul Feb. 27, 2004 - "What Does My Faith Call Me to in Violent Times?" Panel of three: B'hai, Quaker, Muslim Mar. 26, 2004 - "Jesus against Christianity" Dr. Jack Nelsonp-:Pallmeyer, St. Thomas U., St. Paul April 30 & May 1, 2003 - "Receding Violence, Reseeding the Earth - Harmony in the Web of Life" Helen Prejean and Marya Grathwohl
View additional information here
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***Member Reminder*** Please keep us in mind for your group or church social action/social justice meetings! We’d be happy to provide a presentation at a meeting or provide newsletter articles for your organizations.
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Do you have a Program, Announcement, Update or Resource that you would like shared on our weekly PAUR report? If so, please send an email to AndreaDeegan@NDHRC.org and we will do our best to accommodate you.
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