Human Rights
Myth: Human rights violations only happen in other countries.
Fact: Many in the United States believe that human rights violations only occur in other countries, to other people. And many U.S.-based Ashoka Fellows work on behalf of these other countries – leading global torture survivor networks, fighting against sex-trafficking in Asia, empowering deaf people to teach deaf children in Africa, and holding global corporations legally accountable for human rights violations overseas. But their insights also reach into the dark corners of the United States and light the paths to undoing racism, stopping the abuse of women in rural communities, ending the U.S. trafficking of women and children, helping devout youth choose pluralism over religious extremism, using playgrounds to reduce prejudice against the physically impaired, and creating access to justice for the young, the homeless, and the victims of capital crimes. The stories of these Ashoka Fellows, their courage and relentless pursuit of justice, give us a window to a world where the rights to health, prosperity, and peace are possible for all.
US Fellows in the Field of Human Rights:
- Amy Bank - Puntos de Encuentro/Meeting Point
- Amy Barzach - Boundless Playgrounds
- Steve Binder - Homeless Court Program
- Ron Chisom - The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB)
- Alisa Del Tufo - Threshold Collaborative
- Derek Ellerman - Polaris Project
- Gerald Gray - Institute for Redress and Recovery
- Renae Griggs - National Policy Family Violence Prevention Initiative
- Katie Redford - EarthRights International
- Darell Hammond - KaBOOM!
- Mark Hanis - Genocide Intervention Network
- Van Jones - Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
- Tammy Krause - JustBridges
- Carolyn Laub - Gay-Straight Alliance Network
- Rachel Lloyd - Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS)
- Kevin Long - Global Deaf Coalition
- John Marks - Search for Commong Ground
- Dianna Ortiz - Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International
- Bill Pace - Coalition for the International Criminal Court
- Lynn Price - Camp to Belong
- Katie Redford - EarthRights International
- Eric Rosenthal - Mental Disability Rights International
- Carol Shapiro - Family Justice
- Wynona Ward - Have Justice Will Travel (HJWT)
- Joe Williams - New Creations Community Outreach
