What are you an Advocate for? This year, the world population exceeded 7 billion people. That’s 7 billion people with 7 billion ways to be an advocate for human rights and social change. The Advocates has officially launched the “I am an Advocate” campaign at the 2011 Minnesota State Fair. Using a human rights framework, The Advocates believes that every person can be an advocate for issues that impacts them, effect change, and make a difference. Speak up about what human rights issues are most important to you and why. 

Take Action. 

Do you have 10 minutes? A day? A week? A month? A year? Activism comes in many ways with small and big steps. Discover how to be an advocate for human rights issues with our resourceful toolkits: http://discoverhumanrights.org/Toolkit.html.

Learn. Do. Be.

Learn about human rights in the United States. Do take action for human rights. Be an advocate for human rights. 

Human rights are standards that allow all people to live with dignity, freedom, equality, justice, and peace. Every person has these rights simply because they are human beings. They are guaranteed to everyone without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Human rights are essential to the full development of individuals and communities.

The “I am an Advocate for Human Rights” campaign builds on The Advocates’ name to engage people on an individual level to be part of the human rights movement, to see their work and their passions as essential human rights work, and to advocate for polices that respect human rights.