Human rights

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Fall 2009: Justice, Injustice and Human Rights! Reporter Amy Costello, journalist George Krimsky, and correspondent Michael Maren discuss human rights issues, including women's rights. Interviewed by Davyne Verstandig, Director of LCWP. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut.

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Drama 251: American Film, Filmmakers of Litchfield County. Reporter Amy Costello discusses her television investigation Sudan: The Quick and the Terrible. Interviewed by Davyne Verstandig, Director of LCWP, and John Long, Professor of Film and Drama. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut.

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Drama 251: American Film, Filmmakers of Litchfield County. TV producer Anne Makepeace discusses her film Rain in a Dry Land (2006), a documentary about two Somali Bantu families who are refugees. Interviewed by Davyne Verstandig, Director of LCWP, and John Long, Professor of Film and Drama. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut.

Abstract Fall 2009: Justice, Injustice and Human Rights! Professor Nan Taylor's Psychology class Metanoia as Repentance: Forgiveness and Punishment and the University's Metanoia: Preventing Violence Against Women. Antoinette Bosco (journalist and syndicated columnist) and Ben Jones (Yale graduate student and executive director of the Connecticut Network for the Abolishment of the Death Penalty) discuss their advocacy to abolish the death penalty, and the challenges of forgiveness and mercy....

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Barry Blitt and Marc Simont, political cartoonists and illustrators, present a montage of their work and discuss its impact as a medium in political and environmental events. Interviewed by Davyne Verstandig, Director of LCWP. Presentation also includes accompanying PDF of several political cartoons. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut.

Scope and Content Note File contains two photographs of ELLA members; documents listing addresses and phone numbers of ELLA members; flyers advertising ELLA events; pamphlets; correspondence between ELLA and politicians regarding bills related to NATO and other foreign affairs; other correspondence including letters to book editors regard facts; clippings; notes relating to ELLA activities such as lists of which ELLA members are attending certain meetings and events; offical ELLA position statement on NATO...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: Central elements of Bruce Morrison's political career were his influence with Irish voters, his dedication to the plight of Irish immigrants, and his work to aid the peace process in Northern Ireland during the period known as "The Troubles." The "Irish Americans for Clinton-Gore" subseries includes documents relating to his work to mobilize the Irish vote in support of Bill Clinton during the 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns...

Abstract World-renowned authors and PEN American Center members Candace Bushnell (writer, journalist, and TV producer), Honor Moore (poet), David Rabe (playwright and screenwriter), Roxana Robinson (author of novels, short stories, essays, and biography of Georgia O'Keefe), and Rose Styron (poet, journalist, translator, and human rights activist) read selections from the PEN Freedom to Write program and discuss their perspectives and personal involvement with PEN. Interviewed by Davyne Verstandig,...

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Records of the non-governmental organization, Coalition for International Justice (CIJ), which operated from 1995-2006 to support the work of international criminal tribunals and special courts investigating human rights violations in Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, Cambodia, Sudan, East Timor, and Sierra Leone. The collection also contains documentation from a 2004 survey of over 1200 refugees from Darfur along the border of Chad and Sudan.

Scope and Content Note From the Series: Central elements of Bruce Morrison's political career were his influence with Irish voters, his dedication to the plight of Irish immigrants, and his work to aid the peace process in Northern Ireland during the period known as "The Troubles." The "Irish Americans for Clinton-Gore" subseries includes documents relating to his work to mobilize the Irish vote in support of Bill Clinton during the 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: Central elements of Bruce Morrison's political career were his influence with Irish voters, his dedication to the plight of Irish immigrants, and his work to aid the peace process in Northern Ireland during the period known as "The Troubles." The "Irish Americans for Clinton-Gore" subseries includes documents relating to his work to mobilize the Irish vote in support of Bill Clinton during the 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: Central elements of Bruce Morrison's political career were his influence with Irish voters, his dedication to the plight of Irish immigrants, and his work to aid the peace process in Northern Ireland during the period known as "The Troubles." The "Irish Americans for Clinton-Gore" subseries includes documents relating to his work to mobilize the Irish vote in support of Bill Clinton during the 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns...

Abstract Contains correspondence, photographs, CDs, posters, flyers, promotional postcards, press releases that document the life of Magdalena Gómez as a poet, writer, spoken word performer, and social activist for such issues as homeless, arts in K-12 education, teenage bullying, teenage empowerment through the arts, women’s rights, Latino/a and other minorities rights, etc… In addition there are materials such as flyers, posters, correspondence, and DVDs that document Magdalena Gómez involvement...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: Central elements of Bruce Morrison's political career were his influence with Irish voters, his dedication to the plight of Irish immigrants, and his work to aid the peace process in Northern Ireland during the period known as "The Troubles." The "Irish Americans for Clinton-Gore" subseries includes documents relating to his work to mobilize the Irish vote in support of Bill Clinton during the 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns...

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The collection includes thousands of human rights publications from around the world collected from 1977 to the present by Human Rights Internet, a non-governmental organization based out of Ottawa, Canada, founded by Laurie S. Wiseberg and Harry Scoble. The collection includes materials not found in any other libraries in North America, and includes publications in a variety of languages including English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Swedish, Chinese and Japanese (among many others).

Scope and Content Note From the Series: Central elements of Bruce Morrison's political career were his influence with Irish voters, his dedication to the plight of Irish immigrants, and his work to aid the peace process in Northern Ireland during the period known as "The Troubles." The "Irish Americans for Clinton-Gore" subseries includes documents relating to his work to mobilize the Irish vote in support of Bill Clinton during the 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns...

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Photographer and writer Jennifer Almquist presents her photographic series Images of Hunger and discusses her work. Interviewed by Davyne Verstandig, Director of LCWP. In addition, the winners of the first Creative Sustenance Writing Contest at Torrington, Castle Yuran (poetry) and Anna Winters (prose), read their work on hunger. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut.

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The collection consists of 11 oral histories with leading activists in Connecticut who have been a part of the marriage equality movement as well as been engaged in other forms of LGBT activism in the state and beyond. The interviews were conducted by Valerie Love, Curator for Human Rights and Alternative Press Collections, between July 2010 and April 2011. Six of the eleven interviews have been transcribed and are available.

Abstract Fall 2009: Justice, Injustice and Human Rights! Peter Reilly (exonerated after being convicted of murder), Donald Connery (author and independent journalist who wrote about the case), and Andrew Schneider (CEO of the Connecticut ACLU) discuss wrongful convictions, unjust imprisonments, and false confessions. Interviewed by Davyne Verstandig, Director of LCWP. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: Central elements of Bruce Morrison's political career were his influence with Irish voters, his dedication to the plight of Irish immigrants, and his work to aid the peace process in Northern Ireland during the period known as "The Troubles." The "Irish Americans for Clinton-Gore" subseries includes documents relating to his work to mobilize the Irish vote in support of Bill Clinton during the 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: Central elements of Bruce Morrison's political career were his influence with Irish voters, his dedication to the plight of Irish immigrants, and his work to aid the peace process in Northern Ireland during the period known as "The Troubles." The "Irish Americans for Clinton-Gore" subseries includes documents relating to his work to mobilize the Irish vote in support of Bill Clinton during the 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: Central elements of Bruce Morrison's political career were his influence with Irish voters, his dedication to the plight of Irish immigrants, and his work to aid the peace process in Northern Ireland during the period known as "The Troubles." The "Irish Americans for Clinton-Gore" subseries includes documents relating to his work to mobilize the Irish vote in support of Bill Clinton during the 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: Central elements of Bruce Morrison's political career were his influence with Irish voters, his dedication to the plight of Irish immigrants, and his work to aid the peace process in Northern Ireland during the period known as "The Troubles." The "Irish Americans for Clinton-Gore" subseries includes documents relating to his work to mobilize the Irish vote in support of Bill Clinton during the 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns...

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Research files and photography by noted photographer and documentary filmmaker U. Roberto (Robin) Romano, who has documented child labor in Brazil, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nepal, and Pakistan, migrant farm labor in the United States and Mexico, and the cocoa industry in the Ivory Coast.

Abstract Fall 2009: Justice, Injustice and Human Rights! Davyne Verstandig, Director of LCWP, leads roundtable discussion about writing and human rights with Roxana Robinson (Secretary of BOT at American branch of PEN Literary Society; author of novels, short stories, essays, and biography of Georgia O'Keefe), A.R. "Pete" Gurney (prolific playwright and novelist), and Lynn Bloom (Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor at UConn, Professor of English, Aetna Chair of Writing, and author of several...

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The Lottie B. Scott Papers consist of personal documentation she held about her organizational involvement throughout her civic and professional career.

Scope and Contents This folder contains a series of documents relating to the efforts of University of Connecticut students to spread awareness of the ties between the university’s board of directors and various entities, both corporate and governmental, that either participate in or benefit from human rights abuses, with particular focuses on the ongoing struggle of African Americans, the university's connections to the mines of South Africa, and the continued presence of the United States military in...

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This folder contains documents pertaining to the University of Connecticut Third World Students Union, a group of UConn students dedicated to spreading awareness about international social issues, particularly focusing on groups in less developed countries. The specific documents in this folder focus on the unjust treatment of Palestinians living in Israel.