“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Eleanor Roosevelt, first chairwoman of the U.N. Human Rights Commission
The Advocates has a long history of educating about human rights and providing people with the skills they need to advocate for them. The Advocates develops and distributes curricular resources, publications, and reports; conducts presentations, lectures and film series, conferences, CLE and CEU sessions, and public forums; and provides numerous free resources through our website. We educate on topics such as: immigration, post- 9/11 human rights violations, asylum, the death penalty, child labor, women’s human rights, transitional justice, conflict resolution, and peacemaking. Welcome to our website!
Learn more about our education work:
"The Advocates has undertaken pioneering work in the emerging field of human rights education and is one of the organizations at the forefront of developing programs that pave the way for human rights education locally and in the United States." Independent Evaluator, 2006
For more information or feedback, contact Sarah Herder at sherder@advrights.org