Fw: [IPCRI-Peace-Teachers] Fwd: [ActLeft] New Tactics in Human Rights E-Newsletter
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----- Original Message ----- From: Leah Even To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 10:54 AM Subject: [IPCRI-Peace-Teachers] Fwd: [ActLeft] New Tactics in Human Rights E-Newsletter Angela Godfrey <[email protected]> wrote: To: [email protected] From: Angela Godfrey Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 03:04:52 +0200 Subject: [ActLeft] New Tactics in Human Rights E-Newsletter I have most of the conference workbooks in printed form, if anyone wants a copy, plus address list of all participants at the recent conference in Turkey (600 from 90 countries) for networking purposes if you can't find on the website (www.newtactics.org). Some of the workshops seem highly relevant should anyone be interested in researching, using or developing new tactics in human rights or other political activism. http://www.newtactics.org/main.php/ToolsforAction/TacticalNotebooks A. -----Original Message----- From: New Tactics in Human Rights [mailto:ntsql-FzMXNuYGd/[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 12:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: New Tactics in Human Rights E-Newsletter THE NEW TACTICS NEWSLETTER - November 10, 2004 If your e-mail program does not display this message properly go to http://www.newtactics.org. The New Tactics Newsletter is produced monthly by the New Tactics in Human Rights Project of the Center for Victims of Torture. For subscription information, see below. ~~~ Para más información en español del Proyecto Nuevas Tácticas y el Simposio Internacionel en Ankara, Turquía. http://www.newtactics.org/main.php/ProyectoNuevasTacticas ~~~ In-depth, Practical Tools Online From street theater to the halls of the UN, people around the world are using innovative tactics to advance human rights. We have 29 in-depth case studies with stories like these available to download or print. The authors overcame challenges, built some surprising alliances and documented ways that their tactics could be applied in other situations. Could some of these be useful in your work? See the full list of notebooks. http://www.newtactics.org/main.php/ToolsforAction/TacticalNotebooks ~~~ Liz Sevcenko, of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum and the International Coalition of Historic Sites of Conscience, presented at the symposium, along with two colleagues from other historic sites. Brainstorming sessions wit! h participants produced several specific ideas for projects that can expand the use of historic sites around the world. [more] http://www.newtactics.org/main.php/WorldSymposium/First-HandReflections/Usinghistoricsites To share your reflections on the Symposium, write us at [email protected] or go to the New Tactics online forum. http://database.newtactics.org/Forums/index.php ~~~ "I Am a Human Rights Worker!" First-Hand Reflections from Symposium Participants Eva Spranger is a social worker who helps torture survivors in Minnesota. She had never thought of herself as part of the human rights movement before she attended the Symposium. The diversity of people she met there and the work that they do convinced her that she is indeed deeply involved with human rights. Eva came home with at least five specific tactics she thinks she can apply directly to her work in torture treatment. [more] http://www.newtactics.org/main.php/WorldSymposium/First-HandReflections/Iamahumanrightsworker "I'm already using the information here at home" What impact will the Symposium have on the participants and their work? Many people have already told us that they have held workshops for their colleagues, distributed materials and made plans with their fellow participants for further contact. And just as importantly, many have told us that it changed the way they approach their own work. [read more feedback here] http://www.newtactics.org/main.php/WorldSymposium/First-HandReflections ~~~ Continuing the Work Around the World Symposium participants began laying the foundation for future cooperation before they even left Ankara. They gathered twice during the Symposium in regional caucuses, where they could build networks and make plans for using the principles of the New Tactics project. [more] http://www.newtactics.org/main.php/WorldSymposium/RegionalCaucuses ~~~ New Tactics in Human Rights Workbook Now Available to Order New Tactics in Human Rights: A Resource for Practitioners (also known as the New Tactics Workbook) is now available to order. This 200-page book includes 100 stories about how people around the world have addressed human rights concerns, along with practical worksheets and a theoretical discussion of tactical and strategic thinking. http://www.newtactics.org/main.php/ToolsforAction/TheNewTacticsWorkbook ~~~ SHARE A TACTIC Are you involved in innovative work that advances human rights? Do you know someone who is? Tell us about it! Remember, anyone working to promote the fundamental dignity of human beings is doing human rights work, whether they work in business, government, environmental groups, labor organizations, women's groups, or any number of arenas. [Share a Tactic: http://www.newtactics.org/main.php/JointheDiscussion/ShareaTactic] ~~~ The New Tactics Project is an international initiative led by a diverse group of organizations and practitioners from around the world. The project is coordinated by the Center for Victims of Torture (http://www.cvt.org) and grew out of its experience as a creator of new tactics and a treatment center that also advocates for the protection of human rights from a unique position-one of healing and reclaiming civic leadership. If you received this newsletter from a friend and would like to continue to receive it please send an e-mail to: [email protected] ~~~ --- ------------------------------------------------ [email protected] http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/Encounter-EMEM http://www.salam-shalom.net --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). 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