Human Rights Across the Americas – A Project for the Western Hemisphere

The program in Washington, DC included a half-day workshop on diversity and tolerance; a meeting at the Newseum on freedom of the press; and briefings at the Department of State on U.S. foreign policy in the arena of human rights. A meeting a the Washington Office on Latin America provided insights on that part of the world from Washington, DC-based experts. The remainder of the itinerary included the study of immigrant rights and the rights of defendants and prisoners in El Paso, TX; diversity, civil rights and religious tolerance in Kansas City, MO; LGBTQI rights, policing strategies and juvenile justice in Chicago, IL; and environmental justice, rights of the disabled, and the role of a public defender in Jacksonville, FL. The participants were greatly moved by their experiences in El Paso, feeling that they saw “how things really are” on the ground and because of a profound home hospitality experience they had. The Jacksonville program was a highlight because of the broad range of issues examined and out of the mainstream the countries of the participants.

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