First of 2006-2007 Human Rights Lecture Series
 

Coverage Opportunity

What:		The 2006-2007 International Human Rights Lecture Series at Trinity College, “The Global Impact of the ‘War on Terror’ on Human Rights,” will commence with a lecture by Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International U.S.A. During his address, Cox will discuss the implications of the “war on terror,” on the fight for all human rights around the world as well as for human security in the United States.
When:		Wednesday, September 20 at 5:00 p.m.
Where:		Washington Room, Mather Hall, on the Trinity College campus
Background:		Larry Cox was appointed executive director of Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) in January 2006, after serving 11 years as senior program officer for the Ford Foundation’s Human Rights unit. In assuming leadership of AIUSA, Cox's career came full circle. In 1976 he joined the organization as its first press officer, and ascended through the ranks, establishing the AIUSA Program to Abolish the Death Penalty and then taking on the role as its first communications director and deputy executive director. In 1990, Cox became the executive director of the Rainforest Foundation, an international organization that works with indigenous peoples in the Brazilian Amazon to protect their rights. While at the Ford Foundation, Cox co-edited and co-wrote the introduction to the report, Close to Home: Case Studies of Human Rights Work in the US. The report examines the traditional human rights tools—such as fact-finding, litigation, organizing and advocacy—that U.S. human rights organizations use to reduce poverty, promote workers’ rights and environmental justice, abolish the death penalty and end discrimination. Cox holds a B.A. in history from Mount Union College, has completed graduate work at the University of Geneva, and is currently pursuing an M.A. in religion and human rights at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

This free event is sponsored by the Human Rights Program at Trinity College. For more information, call (860) 297- 2437.

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