Fulfilling the Promise of Human Rights:
the Universal Declaration at 60

A Connecticut conference marking the 60th anniversary
of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT
Dec. 6, 2008


Audio recordings from the day's compelling workshops, including:

  • Keynote Address (only) by U.S. Rep. John Conyers, Jr. of Michigan
  • Conference Opening Address by Al Marder, New Haven Peace Council introducing David Ives, director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute
    Henry Lowendorf, Greater New Haven Peace Council introduces James J. Silk, director of the Schell Center for Human Rights at Yale
  • Connecting Human Rights with a Living Wage, workshop moderated by John Olsen, president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO
    Tom Swan, Health Care for America NOW and CT Citizens' Action Group
    Carol Walter, CT Coalition to End Homelessness
    Phil Apruzzese, Connecticut Education Association
    Nancy Carrington, Connecticut Food Bank
    Ashaki Binta, United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers and Jobs with Justice
  • We Won't Go Back! Dismantling the Landmines of Political Injustice, workshop moderated by Theresa Younger, CT Permanent Commission Status on Women
    Andrew Schneider, CT ACLU
    Edward Alwood, associate professor of journalism, Quinnipiac University
    Joan Chrisler, National Organization for Women, Greater New Haven
    Kathy Maskell, Love 146
  • The Peace Economy - The Key to Sustainability, workshop moderated by Marie Lausch, United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers,
    Dan Olson, Merrill Lynch Social Investing,
    Mark Mitchell, CT Coalition for Environmental Justice,
    Anat Belitzki, Albert Schweitzer Institute and Tel Aviv University
    Joel Rinebold, CT Center for Advance Technology
  • Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor -- the Universal Right to Cross Borders, workshop moderated by Marie Lausch, Michael Wishnie, clinical professor of law at Yale University,
    Virginia Carstens, Leete, Kosto and Wizner,
    Art Perry, SEIU BJ 32,
    Chris George, Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services
    David Amdur, American Friends Service Committee
  • Humanizing the United States Justice System with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, workshop moderated by Sherwood Anderson, Connecticut Bar Association
    Robert Nave, CT Network to Abolish the Death Penalty and Amnesty International
    Barbara Fair, People Against Injustice
    Karen Goodrow, CT Innocence Project
  • Bold Experiments - Using the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Social and Economic Struggles, workshop moderated by Henry Lowendorf, Greater New Haven Peace Commission
    Lucy Nolan, End Hunger Connecticut
    Andrea van den Heever, Connecticut Center for a New Economy
    Jamey Bell, Connecticut Voices for Children
    Luz Santana, Vecinos Unidos
    Sheila Hayre, New Haven Legal Assistance Association