News and views on human rights
In This Issue: No. 12: May 2006 
•   Firsthand report on Darfur crisis
•   Help make economic justice at General Assembly 2006
•   Darfur peace agreement
•   Rights Aloud, UUSC’s speakers bureau
•   Freedom Summer 2006: A Civil Rights Journey
Firsthand report on Darfur crisis
Atema Eclai, UUSC’s director of programs, recently spent four days in the war-torn region of Darfur in western Sudan, where she witnessed the horrors of what the United Nations says is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Read Atema's firsthand account of what she saw.

Darfur peace agreement
Despite the peace accord between the Sudanese government and the largest rebel group, the humanitarian situation on the ground in Darfur, as well as in refugee camps in neighboring Chad, remains dire.

UUSC Hotwire has timely updates and analyses of the Darfur crisis.

Freedom Summer 2006: A Civil Rights Journey
The third annual civil rights journey will travel through several southern cities that were hotbeds of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, offering participants a chance to learn firsthand from the veterans of those battles.

Get more information or apply for this transforming experience.

Help make economic justice at General Assembly 2006
Come to General Assembly this year and leave knowing you have done something to make a difference in the lives of oppressed people.

Get a sneak preview of our GA workshops and special events.

Rights Aloud, UUSC’s speakers bureau
UUSC staff members are passionate about human rights. They have devoted their lives to working for a world free from oppression and injustice, and they're eager to share their knowledge and experience.

Learn more about our new speakers bureau.

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