Hinckley Institute of Politics

at the University of UTAH – Linked with the Uyghur American Association UAA, with Hinckley forum discusses Turkish minority’s lack of rights in China; and with Oslo Freedom Forum – a conference for human rights.

The Hinckley Institute was established in 1965 through the generous bequest of the Noble Foundation and Robert H. Hinckley. It is dedicated to teaching students respect for practical politics and the principle of citizen involvement in government … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Political Resources; Campaign; Internship; Scholarships; Publications; Media; Forum; Calendar;
Address: Hinckley Institute of Politics, 260 S. CENTRAL CAMPUS DR. RM 253, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84112,
Contact.

About 2/2: … The Hinckley Institute of Politics’ mission is to promote political and civic involvement and to engage university students in the political process. Continuer la lecture de « Hinckley Institute of Politics »

Uyghur American Association UAA

Linked on our blogs with Hinckley forum discusses Turkish minority’s lack of rights in China, with Hinckley Institute of Politics, and with Oslo Freedom Forum – a conference for human rights.

  • The Uyghur American Association (UAA) is based in Washington, DC and is a tax-exempt, non-profit membership organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Tax Code.
  • The Uyghur American Association (UAA) works to promote the preservation and flourishing of a rich, humanistic and diverse Uyghur culture, and to support the right of the Uyghur people to use peaceful, democratic means to determine their own political future. The UAA has undertaken the Uyghur Human Rights Project for the purpose of promoting improved human rights conditions for Uyghurs and other indigenous groups in East Turkistan (also known as China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), on the premise that the assurance of basic human rights will facilitate the realization of the community’s democratic aspirations. (about UAA).

Homepage;
Relief Fund; Join / Service; PDF: Political Prisoners Info; Articles; Gallery; Links; Donate;
Address: Uyghur American Association UAA, 1420 K Street, NW. Suite 350 Washington DC, 20005, USA;
Contact. Tel: (202) 478-1920, Fax: (202) 478-1910, E-mail.

About Uyghurs: An introduction to Uyghurs and their motherland, East Turkistan. Continuer la lecture de « Uyghur American Association UAA »

Hunt Alternatives Fund

Advancing innovative and inclusive approaches to social change at local, national, and global levels. Since its founding in Denver in 1981, the Fund has contributed nearly $90 million to social change through a blend of grant making and operating programs … (full text Homepage).

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Our work; Programs; Resources; Grant Guidelines; Press; Staff; Jobs; Link to Us;
Institute for Inclusive Security; Prime Movers; ArtWork for Kids; Increasing Philantrophy; Demand Abolition; Political Parity;
Address: Mt.Auburn Office, 625 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;
Contact.

About /Mission: Hunt Alternatives Fund advances innovative and inclusive approaches to social change at the local, national, and global levels.  Continuer la lecture de « Hunt Alternatives Fund »

Globalization Studies Network GSN

The first ideas for the creation of a network of globalization research centers were spawned at a lunch among colleagues back in fall 2002. The proposition was made that the topic of globalization and its multidisciplinary perspective was beyond the capacity of any one university to take on and address comprehensively. It was agreed that a coalition of university research centers from all over the world would be able to pool their expertise in globalization and make a more credible and persuasive case to funders about the merits of research proposals addressing the issues of globalization … (Homepage 1/2).

Announcements; About: Participants; Join; Research Commons; Steering Committee; Kiosk/Library;
Contact and Address: not found.

Homepage 2/2: With that initial spark, the Globalization Studies Network has become established. Its formation is a true work of pooling different perspectives and ideas and an interdisciplinary collaboration. Continuer la lecture de « Globalization Studies Network GSN »

Center on Law and Globalization

A partnership between the University of Illinois, College of Law and the American Bar Foundation

  • The Center on Law and Globalization brings together leaders of international organizations, journalists, and legal scholars to understand the legal dimensions of key global issues, to stimulate exchanges on how these issues are addressed, and to advance research and conclusions on major topics in global debates.
  • The Center focuses on international human and legal rights issues, notably justice and security, the international economy and marketplace, and health.
  • By advancing social scientific understanding of global law, global legal institutions and global legal behavior, Center scholars lay foundations for potential solutions … (Mission 1/2).

Homepage;
Resources; Hague Colloquia; Directors; News; Events; Giving;
Contact online.

Mission 2/2: … The Center on Law and Globalization aims explicitly to help international legal agencies, such as the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, the Hague Courts, and the International Monetary Fund, to advance the research and scholarly frames available to global leaders, to enable national legal professions to catch a vision of the contributions they can make to advance participatory democracy and to help global and local leaders better understand the constraints, ideologies, and difficulties of advancing global agendas in a world of nation-states. Continuer la lecture de « Center on Law and Globalization »

Assata Shakur and the Forums

Linked with CSR in a season of economic downturn, with New Economy Movement, with CSR in a season of economic downturn, with New Economics Foundation NEF, and with Emergence Collective.

Assata, Exile since 1979: On May 2 1973, Black Panther activist Assata Shakur (fsn) JoAnne Chesimard, was pulled over by the New Jersey State Police, shot twice and then charged with murder of a police officer. Assata spent six and a half years in prison under brutal circumstances before escaping out of the maximum security wing of the Clinton Correctional Facility for Women in New Jersey in 1979 and moving to Cuba … (Main Page and about Assata Shakur 1/2).

Forum Portal;
News; Resources; Articles; Alerts; Arkade; Gallery; Links;
Partner: The talking Drum collective and its collective Member Site;
Contact online.

Main Page and about 2/2 … /Assata /In her own words: My name is Assata (« she who struggles ») Shakur (« the thankful one »), and I am a 20th century escaped slave.  Continuer la lecture de « Assata Shakur and the Forums »

New Economy Network NEN

toward an economy that sustains people and the planet

Linked with New Economy Movement, with CSR in a season of economic downturn, with Assata Shakur Forums,with New Economics Foundation NEF, and with Emergence Collective.

Who we are: The New Economy Network is a network of individuals and organizations interacting and collaborating within a broad framework of shared objectives. It is an ecumenical endeavor open to many perspectives and ideas. We are oriented toward finding solutions, not placing blame. What brings us together as a group, and what defines our activities as a group, is our shared commitment to collaborative action, systemic change, diversity of perspective and mutual learning … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Membership; Working Groups; Events, Actions; History, Structure; Charter; Newsletter; Get involved;
Contact online.

About 2/2 … /Why We Have Come Together:  Continuer la lecture de « New Economy Network NEN »

Emergence Collective

creating innovation momentum – a blog about the Future of Money Project

Linked with What story would you tell? with CSR in a season of economic downturn, with Emergence Collective, with new economic forum nef, with Assata Shakur Forums, and with New Economy Movement.

  • Emergence Collective is a prototype of the future of open innovation collaboration. True innovation cannot be owned; it is the result of resonance with the spirit of the times (zeitgeist) and is fundamentally dependent on the collective intelligence manifested through distributed parallel research and development on a global level. For innovation to have a measurable and positive impact on global society it must be allowed to flourish throughout the information ecosystem as an unrestrained cultural meme. Emergence Collective invites daring individuals who want to join the bleeding edge of global innovation the chance to co-create aesthetic, technological and social momentum.
  • Our first initiative, The Future of Money project, is currently underway. (Concept).

Homepage;
Contributors;
Contacts: see Twitter-links on Contributors.

The Future of Money Project /About: On October 25th 2010, Venessa will be presenting a keynote at the SIBOS conference in Amsterdam, the world’s premiere financial services event. We are taking this opportunity to share our perspective with some of the movers and shakers in the financial industry in the form of a 3-5 minute video to accompany Venessa’s presentation. We are calling this project The Future of Money.  Continuer la lecture de « Emergence Collective »

ArmsNetAfrica – Arms Management in Africa

a project of the Institute for Security Studies ISS

ArmsNetAfrica is a web portal that presents a variety of resources, documents, events and links on armed violence (and its reduction), arms proliferation, arms control and disarmament in Africa. ArmsNetAfrica is intended to be a reference tool for policy makers, researchers, journalists and civil society activists working on these issues. It is hosted by the Arms Management Programme (AMP) of the Institute for Security Studies. AMP welcomes contributions and partners wishing to play a role in the development of the site. (Homepage).

WMDs; Weapon’s database; Research; Campaigns; Blog; Newsletter; Events; Links;
Address:  Arms Management Programme, Institute for Security Studies ISS, PO Box 1787, Brooklyn Square, Tshwane (Pretoria), 0075, South Africa;
Contact. Tel: +27 (0)12 346 9500/2, Fax: +27 (0)12 460 0998, Email, Web enquiries.

About: The Arms Management Programme (AMP) of the Institute for Security Studies ISS has been addressing arms control and disarmament issues in Africa for more than a decade, undertaking policy-orientated research, transferring knowledge and providing training to key government and civil society stakeholders. Continuer la lecture de « ArmsNetAfrica – Arms Management in Africa »

Media Institute of Southern Africa MISA

promoting media diversity, pluralism, self sufficiency, independence

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) is a non-governmental organisation with members in 11 of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries. Officially launched in September 1992, MISA focuses primarily on the need to promote free, independent and pluralistic media, as envisaged in the 1991 Windhoek Declaration … (about /Background 1/2).

Homepage;
Programmes; Publications; Events; Releases; Newsletter; Jobs; Links;
Address: MISA Regional Secretariat, 21 Johann Albrecht Street, Private Bag 13386, Windhoek, Namibia;
Contacts.

About /Background 2/2: … MISA seeks ways in which to promote the free flow of information and co-operation between media workers, as a principal means of nurturing democracy and human rights in Africa.  Continuer la lecture de « Media Institute of Southern Africa MISA »

Council for Assisting Refugee Academics CARA

(former Society for the Protection of Science and Learning SPSL). – Linked with Network for Education and Academic Rights NEAR.

The Academic Assistance Council  (AAC) was founded in March 1933 by William Beveridge, then Director of the London School of Economics, in response to an article in a Viennese newspaper announcing « that a dozen leading professors were being dismissed from posts in German Universities by the newly established Nazi regime, either on racial or on political grounds » … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
What; Campaigns, Events; UK Univ. Network; Resources; Media; Grants; How to help;
Address: CARA, London South Bank University, Technopark, 90 London Road, SE1 6LN, London, UK;
Contact: Phone: +44 (0)207 021 0880, Fax: +44 (0)207 021 0881, e-mail.

About 2/2: … He returned to the UK to rally support for fellow academics suffering persecution under the rise of  Fascism in Europe and, eight weeks later, the AAC was born.  Continuer la lecture de « Council for Assisting Refugee Academics CARA »

European Council on Refugees and Exiles ECRE

  • Working Together to Protect and Respect Refugees: ECRE (European Council on Refugees and Exiles) is a pan-European network of 69 refugee-assisting non-governmental organisations that promotes a humane and generous European asylum policy.
  • Together with our members, we promote the protection and integration of asylum-seekers, refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) based on values of human dignity, human rights and an ethic of solidarity. (About).
  • See ECRE also on wikipedia.

Homepage;
Vision,values; Projects; Our people; Members; Membership; Topics; Resources; Advocacy Network; Donors;
Address: ECRE, Secretariat, Rue Royale 146, 2nd Floor, 1000 Brussels, Belgium;
Contact.

What We Do: ECRE responds to EU and governmental initiatives at EU level. Through our pro-active policy work and research, we encourage new thinking on refugees and asylum in Europe.  Continuer la lecture de « European Council on Refugees and Exiles ECRE »

REDRESS

ending torture, seeking justice for survivors

REDRESS is a human rights organisation that helps torture survivors obtain justice and reparation. REDRESS works with survivors to help restore their dignity and to make torturers accountable … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Info for Torture Survivors; Reparation; Our work; Bill; News, events; Mechanisms: International, Domestic;
Address and map: REDRESS, 87 Vauxhall Walk, London, SE11 5HJ, UK;
Contact.

About 2/2 … /Mission:  Continuer la lecture de « REDRESS »

Who Funds Who?

money in south african politics – a common project of ISS and of IDASA

The private funding of political parties is a necessary prerequisite to ensure that all parties can reach the electorate during the polling process. However a lack of transparency and regulation over the private funding of political parties may allow the wealthy to ‘buy’ influence and access through secret donations, drowning out the citizens’ voice and undermining the equal value of each person’s vote … (about /Why Focus on Who Funds Who? 1/2).

Project’s Homepage;
The Problem; Monitor; Research, Publications; Position Papers and Studies; Legislation; Links;
Addresses and Contacts on Institute for Security Studies ISS resp. on Institute for Democracy in South Africa IDASA.

About /Why Focus on Who Funds Who? 2/2: … Triggered by the glaring absence of a provision for the regulation of private funding of political parties in South African law, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (Idasa)  initiated this web-based resource, the first of its kind on the African continent. This is envisaged to inform the policy debate into the private funding of political parties in South Africa.  Continuer la lecture de « Who Funds Who? »

Citizen's Advice Guide

an online help from citizen’s advice bureau (UK)

  • … The Adviceguide website is the main public information service of Citizens Advice, providing people with round-the-clock access to CAB information on their rights – including benefits, housing and employment, and on debt, consumer and legal issues.
  • We aim to empower people by providing them with the information they need to solve their own problems and to signpost them to appropriate advice when necessary. Adviceguide helps you to have a better understanding of your rights and entitlements, and also to take the first steps in resolving your problems.
  • The information in this website is for general guidance on your rights and responsibilities. If you need more details on your rights or legal advice about what action to take, please contact an advisor or solicitor  … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Accessibility; Help;
Links in the left column: Your Money /Benefits … etc.; Your family /Family ;  Your daily life /Communications ;  Your rights /Discrimination … and so on;
Contact Feedback online.

About this site: … For help on choosing and using a solicitor, go to ‘Using a solicitor’ in Adviceguide.  Continuer la lecture de « Citizen's Advice Guide »