Local Youth Raise Their Voices for Human Rights on the National Mall
National Desk
August 17, 2009
Youth for Human Rights Washington, DC Chapter.
In celebration of International Youth Day on August 12, the Youth for Human Rights Washington, D.C. chapter went out on the National Mall in a quest to make Human Rights known to all. Wearing Youth for Human Rights shirts some group members passed out educational booklets on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, while others got signatures on petitions to educate children and adults around the globe on what their human rights are. A table was set up near the Smithsonian Natural History Museum and Human Rights Public Service Announcements were being shown to passersby.
Youth from Maryland, Virginia, Florida, and DC participated in the petition signing and education event. Hundreds of mall visitors received information on their rights and signed a petition urging "that this Declaration be broadly displayed and promoted; with human rights education made available to children and adults throughout the world."
The "What Are Human Rights" booklets that the youth distributed lay out in simple language the thirty rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was passed by the United Nations on December 10, 1948. Eleanor Roosevelt headed the committee that wrote the declaration and the passage and implementation of the declaration was a lifelong passion for Mrs. Roosevelt.
Some of the rights guaranteed under the universal declaration rights are; don´t discriminate, the right to life, the right to privacy, and freedom of thought. Youth for Human Rights International also created thirty Public Service Announcements that bring to life each of the thirty articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in a way that youth can easily relate to.
Jenny Lindamood, the youth leader at 22 years old, commented, "If children are not taught their rights they will not be able to take action when these rights are violated. It is important for young people to educate our peers as well as anyone about the Universal Declaration and what human rights are. Everyone talks about human rights but few people really know what those rights are."
The group talked to people visiting the Nation´s Capitol including people from the UK, Canada, India, Brazil and various places within the US. They were warmly received by the crowds on the Mall and thanked for getting the message of human rights out.
More information and free copies of the booklet can be ordered from www.youthforhumanrights.org. To sign the petition visit http://www.youthforhumanrights.org/getactive/petition.html
In celebration of International Youth Day on August 12, the Youth for Human Rights Washington, D.C. chapter went out on the National Mall in a quest to make Human Rights known to all. Wearing Youth for Human Rights shirts some group members passed out educational booklets on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, while others got signatures on petitions to educate children and adults around the globe on what their human rights are. A table was set up near the Smithsonian Natural History Museum and Human Rights Public Service Announcements were being shown to passersby.
Youth from Maryland, Virginia, Florida, and DC participated in the petition signing and education event. Hundreds of mall visitors received information on their rights and signed a petition urging "that this Declaration be broadly displayed and promoted; with human rights education made available to children and adults throughout the world."
The "What Are Human Rights" booklets that the youth distributed lay out in simple language the thirty rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was passed by the United Nations on December 10, 1948. Eleanor Roosevelt headed the committee that wrote the declaration and the passage and implementation of the declaration was a lifelong passion for Mrs. Roosevelt.
Some of the rights guaranteed under the universal declaration rights are; don´t discriminate, the right to life, the right to privacy, and freedom of thought. Youth for Human Rights International also created thirty Public Service Announcements that bring to life each of the thirty articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in a way that youth can easily relate to.
Jenny Lindamood, the youth leader at 22 years old, commented, "If children are not taught their rights they will not be able to take action when these rights are violated. It is important for young people to educate our peers as well as anyone about the Universal Declaration and what human rights are. Everyone talks about human rights but few people really know what those rights are."
The group talked to people visiting the Nation´s Capitol including people from the UK, Canada, India, Brazil and various places within the US. They were warmly received by the crowds on the Mall and thanked for getting the message of human rights out.
More information and free copies of the booklet can be ordered from www.youthforhumanrights.org. To sign the petition visit http://www.youthforhumanrights.org/getactive/petition.html
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