High Road for Human Rights
Embracing Democracy for Humane Action
 How
often have you learned of a terrible injustice, but felt unable to do
anything about it? Have you wanted to help bring about change in our
world, but believed it was too difficult and too big for you to tackle?
Do you wonder where the
leaders are – why so many people are suffering, yet no one is leading
the way toward effective solutions?
Have you said to yourself, “I
feel strongly about the genocide in Darfur, (or about human trafficking,
global warming, torture and about other human rights violations) but
what can I do about it?”
Now, there is a channel
for your caring, your passion, your desire to make a positive difference
in our world. Imagine the power of a citizens’ lobby – people
throughout the nation who, together, achieve specific, effective, humane
changes in public policy.
High Road for Human Rights
offers a unique approach, bringing together compassionate people throughout
the United States to effect change.
HIGH ROAD NEWS
Rocky Anderson speaks at the
Humanities Happy Hour.
Breaking the Cycle of Complacency
Humanities Happy Hour
Salt Lake City, Utah
September 15, 2008
The
1960’s and early 70’s were a time of new ideas, a
questioning of just about everything, and effective activism by ordinary – and
some not-so-ordinary – citizens intent on making the world a
more peaceful, healthy, compassionate place. Concerned citizens, through
their activism, helped bring to an end a monstrously unjust war. Through
such activism as the first Earth Day celebration in April 1970, which
brought 20 million Americans together for peaceful demonstrations
advocating environmental reform, they created a national consciousness
about responsible environmental practices so powerful that Richard
M. Nixon called for the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency,
which he wanted to be, in his words, “a strong, independent
agency.” And they marched, at great risk to their own safety,
to achieve the Civil Rights Act.
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Rocky Anderson Interviewed in The City Weekly 5 Spot
Feature
Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson now heads up
the High Road for Human Rights (HighRoadforHumanRights.org). He spoke
Sunday, Sept. 14
at the Forum for Questioning Minds, on human-rights atrocities.
What can be done locally about human-rights atrocities?
History shows that most elected officials never act on their own to stop
major human-rights atrocities. It takes citizen activism to bring about
change. Things we can do locally to find solutions and reduce harm include
1. Join High Road for Human Rights, which organizes people in local communities
across the country to push together for change; 2. Join with other local
citizens to meet with editorial boards of TV and radio stations and newspapers
to achieve better coverage of human rights issues; 3. Join other local
residents in attending every meeting where members of our congressional
delegation are present and push for change in U.S. policy.
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Climate Change Leadership
and Legacy
Presentation
by Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson
September
4, 2008 - Rocky Anderson Addresses The Regional
Mayors’ Institute on Climate Change Regional Plan Association in
New York, NY.
"Imagine great leadership. Far-sighted leadership
with integrity and vision. Bold, effective, principled leadership. People
who
will stand up, even when it may be unpopular or risky. People who will
lead – even in the face of enormous forces of inertia, and even when
opposed by powerful, wealthy, entrenched interests – toward better
lives and a safer, healthier, more just world, now and far into the future.
"It shouldn’t be left for our imaginations. For a change,
we and our children are entitled to honorable, capable leadership. Let
that change – let
that leadership – begin with us."
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