Why Can't America Have Human Rights?
Overview
"Why can't America have human rights?" is a question Breakthrough posed to over 600 students, human rights leaders and activists at a public forum at the Riverside Church in New York City. The campaign of the same name looks at human rights not as something that solely exists on international shores and third world countries, but as an important part of the way people are treated in the United States.
In the public forum, representatives from different movements such as the labor movement, women's rights movement, Native American movement, immigrant rights movement and more came together to show that even though groups have individual struggles, we should unite our strengths in the U.S. as part of the greater human rights movement.
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DJ Spooky on “Why Can’t America Have Human Rights?”
video | Posted: 01/07/2009DJ Spooky puts his spin on human rights at Breakthrough’s “Why Can’t America Have Human Rights?” event at the Riverside Church in NYC.
Poet Roger Bonair-Agard on “Why Can’t America Have Human Rights?”
video | Posted: 01/07/2009Roger Bonair-Agard waxes poetic at Breakthrough’s “Why Can’t America Have Human Rights?” event at the Riverside Church in NYC.
Reverend James A. Forbes, Jr. at “Why Can’t America Have Human Rights?”
video | Posted: 01/06/2009Dr. Reverend James A. Forbes, Jr. reflects on human rights in the U.S. at Breakthrough’s “Why Can’t America Have Human Rights?” event at the Riverside Church in NYC.
Music video: “Why Can’t America Have Human Rights?”
video | Posted: 01/06/2009Set to the song, “So Much Trouble in the World,” by New York City’s own DJ K-Salaam, our music video uses historical film footage and still photographs to show that human rights should exist for all in the United States.
“My brother comes home late, but I’m punished”
video | Posted: 01/06/2009Is there justice in throwing an HIV+ woman out on the street? Breakthrough asks this very question about stigma towards positive women.
Mallika Dutt at “Why Can’t America Have Human Rights?”
video | Posted: 01/06/2009Mallika Dutt, Executive Director of Breakthrough, hosts the “Why Can’t America Have Human Rights?” event at the Riverside Church in NYC.
“He can’t drive, but I’m the one being punished”
video | Posted: 12/08/2008Is there justice in throwing an HIV+ woman out on the street? Breakthrough asks this very question about stigma towards positive women.
A man looks at me, but I’m the one being punished.
video | Posted: 12/08/2008Is there justice in throwing an HIV+ woman out on the street? Breakthrough asks this very question about stigma towards positive women.
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