Fw: [CivilSoc] 2003 Columbia Univ. Human Rights Advocates Training Program--Deadline August 1

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From: "Civil Society International" <[email protected]>
To: "CivilSoc" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 7:40 PM
Subject: [CivilSoc] 2003 Columbia Univ. Human Rights Advocates Training
Program--Deadline August 1


> A reminder that applications are due on August 1. Please help us to
identify
> good candidates for the program!!!
>
> July 2002
>
>
>
> Dear friends and colleagues:
>
> I am delighted to announce that the application for the 2003 session of
the
> annual Human Rights Advocates Training Program at Columbia University is
now
> available.  I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the Program
> and to encourage you to disseminate [information about it] to human rights
> activists based in developing countries.  Please feel free to make
multiple
> copies for further distribution. Each year, the Center for the Study of
> Human Rights hosts a four-month intensive training program for human
rights
> activists. The Human Rights Advocates Training Program seeks to equip
> emerging human rights leaders with the tools and information necessary to
> resolve human rights issues in their own communities, and with the
resources
> needed to link their issues to a broader struggle.  To accomplish this,
the
> Advocates Program utilizes a combination of theory and practice,
> complementing academic training in the principles and theories of human
> rights with practical workshops on issues such as human rights advocacy,
> reporting, and fundraising. Advocates also participate in visits to
> international human rights institutions and local community based
> organizations in New York City and Washington, DC.
>
>
>
> Based on the premise that human rights are inter-related and universal,
the
> Advocates Program brings together activists from around the world working
on
> a wide range of human rights issues.  In addition to supporting emerging
> leaders from countries with significant abuses of civil and political
> rights, the Program supports areas of struggles such as indigenous rights,
> Roma rights, and gay and lesbian rights, exposing Program participants to
a
> broad vision of human rights. The Program reinforces the indivisible and
> inter-connected nature of all human rights by bringing together activists
> working on civil and political rights as well as economic, social and
> cultural rights.
>
>
> The Program is designed for lawyers, journalists, teachers, community
> organizers, and other human rights activists working for non-governmental
> human rights organizations. Participants are selected on the basis of
their
> previous work experience and commitment to the human rights field, as well
> as the appropriateness of a rigorous semester-long training at Columbia.
> Preference is given to candidates from areas where human rights work is
most
> difficult, and where the existing human rights networks are least
developed.
> In addition, priority is given to applicants who have had limited
> opportunities to study or travel abroad.
>
>
> Advocates must currently be working for a human rights organization, and
> must commit to returning to that organization upon completion of the
> Program. Fluency in English is required.  Up to fourteen applicants are
> accepted to the program, which takes place from January to May each year.
>
>
> Attached please find an overview and the 2003 application packet.
[CivilSoc
> note: These items were removed, to keep e-mail brief.  Interested parties,
> please write to Ms. Bartling at
>
> <[email protected]> and request them or visit the website below, where
they
> can be downloaded.]
>
>
>
> The completed application is due by 5:00 PM on August 1, 2002.  Please
note
> that late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.
>
>
>
> For further information or to download additional copies of the
application,
> please refer to our website at
> http://www.columbia.edu/cu/humanrights/training.htm
>
>
> Warm Regards,
>
>
> Holly Bartling
> Director of Training
>
> <[email protected]>
>
>
>
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