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Jobs & Internships

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Protecting and promoting human rights throughout the world can be a life-changing experience as you are personally involved in helping to generate social change. Having a human rights internship - whether it is a local, national, or international placement - gives you the opportunity to learn about other peoples, cultures and current human rights issues while being engaged in the process of social transformation. Even more important, your internship may help you in more clearly determining where your educational and professional future will lead.

 

Rice University Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellowships on Human Trafficking


Rice University is accepting applications for year-long faculty fellowships to participate in the inaugural Rice Seminar “Human Trafficking – Past and Present: Crossing Boundaries, Crossing Disciplines.” Seeking applicants from any rank (postdoc to senior) and all disciplines whose research interests intersect with the humanistic and scientific study of slavery and human trafficking from the Classical era to the present. Fellows will take part in a year-long academic think tank, leading to the publication of papers in an edited collection with a major university press. We offer $60,000 salary, benefits, and a research/relocation allowance. Deadline January 17, 2012; visit http://hrc.rice.edu/riceseminars for details and to apply.

 

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Upcoming Events

Outside Human Rights Events

  • CVT Benefit Concert (May 21)

    Join us For a concert benefitting the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT). Enjoy a night of music, drinks, food and raffle prizes at Hell's Kitchen in Downtown Minneapolis!

    What: Benefit concert and raffle in support of CVT! $5 cash at the door.
    When: May 21, 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
    Where: Hell's Kitchen, 80 9th Street South Minneapolis, MN, $5 parking in adjacent ramp.
    Why: We are raising money for basic needs to help torture survivors in the Twin Cities.
    Who: This is a 21+ event. Bring your friends!

    (Continue Reading)May 2nd, 2012

  • Freedom Here & Now (May 8)

    Ending Modern Slavery

    Tuesday, May 8, 2012
    12:30-5:30 PM
    Ted Mann Concert Hall
    University of Minnesota

    This event is free and open to the public. Register at http://may8freedom.eventbrite.com/.

    The Twin Cities is among the nation's 13 largest centers for sex trafficking of children. In a concerted effort to combat this disturbing trend, business and nonprofit leaders, law enforcement, prosecutors, advocates, and private funders are working to design a field-leading intervention model to eliminate the sex trafficking of Minnesota girls. Cutting-edge programs--like the Women's Foundation of Minnesota's MN Girls Are Not For Sale campaign and Carlson's training protocol to help Radisson Hotel employees spot and report trafficking activities--are leading the way in this fight.

     (Continue Reading)April 23rd, 2012

  • Jamaican Pride: Defending LGBTI Rights (April 10)

    JaMinn Link in association with the Caribbean Students Association at Macalester College invites you to join us for a discussion with David Kato Vision and Voice Award recipient Maurice Tomlinson about issues facing Jamaica's LGBTI community, the current state of the laws, and homophobia in Jamaica.

    Maurice Tomlinson has been involved in LGBTI and HIV and AIDS activism in Jamaica and the Caribbean for over 12 years. He is an Attorney-at-Law and law lecturer with current research interests in sexual rights and HIV/AIDS advocacy. He is leading the legal campaign to overturn Jamaica's anti-sodomy laws. Maurice is the first winner of the David Kato Vision and Voice award for LGBTI leadership.

    Macalester College
    John B. Davis Auditorium
    1600 Grand Ave.
    Saint Paul, MN 55105

    April 10, 2012
    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
    A brief reception will begin at 7:00 p.m.

    RSVP at http://jaminnwith.eventbrite.com/

     (Continue Reading)March 26th, 2012

  • Opening Reception: Discrimination by Design (April 10)

    There will be an opening reception for the Discrimination by Design Exhibit and Film Series: Curating Invisible Histories on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 from 6pm to 8pm at Elmer L.Andersen Library. The event will feature Ted Phillips, Curator from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and open the Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals Exhibit to be on display at the library from April 2 to May 11, 2012. Please RSVP to cheree@minndakjcrc.org by March 27, 2012.

    Click here for more information about the exhibit and films.

     (Continue Reading)March 19th, 2012

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