Came out for lunch and found this pleasant surprise outside @amnesty office. Joining @JoeWestby and Anna B (and the mystery campaigner) to ask @google to #DropDragonfly
"Ballet West dancer Lucas Horns spends every Sunday staffing the front desk at a shelter for homeless youths in downtown Salt Lake City and running a support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender clients there." #lgbtq#slc
Must read: @HRC Youth Ambassador Alex Cooper shares her powerful story of surviving the dangerous and debunked practice of "conversion therapy" in Utah.
"I had to wear a backpack full of rocks to feel the physical burden of being gay." https://t.co/nN0UsjyLPd
As the world celebrates the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders today, we honour #NonhleMbuthuma of #Xolobeni on the east coast of #SouthAfrica. Nonhle and her community are fighting to protect their land from mining. ✊🏾🕯#RightToSayNo#W4R18#Brave
This past week was spent studying Ahmadi communities, their history and the challenges they face as a result of persecution.
Our members also designed posters stating their support for the Ahmadi community and demanded an end to the discrimination they continue to face.
Name one great thing about November (besides Thanksgiving break). Saturday Service Project! Come join us on Nov. 17 @UUtah! We're fighting hunger and homelessness. Register at https://t.co/TUuIkhbmKH
Egyptian authorities arrested 19 human rights activists and lawyers - 8 women and 11 men- in one day yesterday demonstrating their ruthless determination to dismantle the human rights movement in the country https://t.co/Xku32FVlsB
Want to learn more about the several ballot questions and propositions facing Utah voters this election? "Informed Decisions 2018" Election Brief is now available, prepared by @KemGardnerInst and @hinckleyinst. #utpol#Election2018. https://t.co/cC1y5L0fGX
The largest refugee camp in the world is in Bangladesh with an estimated 800,000 refugees. These people are in limbo for an averageof 25 years waiting for resettlement @amnestyusa#AmnestyAction
Vote like a bunch of school children were shot and a bunch of other children were put into camps indefinitely bc they werent white and like a journalist was murdered and like you are being lied to daily by rich liars who harass / assault women & wont renounce white supremacy
“Leaving No One Behind.” Governments are making that pledge to LGBTI citizens globally at the Vancouver meeting of the #EqualRightsCoalition @ panel chaired by @cafreeland