November Convening to Address Racial Justice and Human Rights

The U.S. Human Rights Fund—in collaboration with The Overbrook Foundation, Ford Foundation, and Just and Fair Schools Fund—invites you to a convening on human rights and racial justice. This gathering of advocates and funders will take place from November 7-9, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More than 125 social justice advocates working on a diverse range of issues including immigration, housing, education, criminal justice, and poverty alleviation plan to attend.

The convening goals are to:

1. Improve the ability of advocates and funders to use human rights values, standards and strategies to fight racial injustice through sharing experiences and lessons learned.
2. Strengthen human rights organizing, advocacy and litigation outcomes by establishing and/or enhancing alliances across racial justice issues among advocates and funders.
3. Build the capacity of groups, especially those led by affected community members, to promote racial justice and human rights.
4. Help advocates and funders more effectively use arts, culture and new media for racial justice communications and advocacy through trainings and site visits.

The convening welcomes the participation of interested funders. Please contact Angela Kahres at the U.S. Human Rights Fund for more information or to RSVP.