Jack Healey

Towards a Sustainable Peace: Demilitarization and Nonviolence in Burma

Jack Healey | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Northern Ireland, Kachin, Human Rights, Myanmar, Burma, Jack Healey, Asia, Tom Andrews, Washington DC, World News
Jack Healey

How can we best support a transition towards full reform in Burma? How might we best support human rights there? The answers may not be simple, but there are certain steps that are.

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Human Rights Day and Indigenous People of Winnipeg

Jack Healey | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Human Rights Day, Jack Healey, Canada, Indigenous People, Winnipeg, International Human Rights, Impact News
Jack Healey

The raw and violent past of residential schools literally stole aboriginal children away from their parents' homes and stuck them in new and unsettling homes.

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Washington DC's Mayor Must Respect Human Rights

Jack Healey | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Economic Rights, Washington DC, Jack Healey, Human Rights, Vincent Gray, Budget Cuts, Politics News
Jack Healey

Already facing numerous scandals, Gray seems poised to take the politically easy road and place the burden of the city's budget shortfall overwhelmingly on the shoulders of its most vulnerable residents.

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Roadies, Refugees and the One World Futbol

Tim Jahnigen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Futbol, Disaster Relief, Haiti Disaster Relief, One-World-Futbol-Project, Roadies, Jack Healey, Refugees, Haiti, Impact News
Tim Jahnigen

Inside this crew, there's a core group of folks that are determined to take this quiet competence and use it to contribute to solving bigger problems -- all while being ready for sound check at 4:00 p.m.

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Let's Be Clear: "No Torture" Is a Commitment We Must Make

Jack Healey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jack Healey, Human Rights, Human Rights Action Center, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Politics News
Jack Healey

If you feel torture should be allowed to protect our national interests and therefore we are exempt as a nation, at least do this one thing: read or meet a story of a survivor of torture.

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And Now For Something Completely Different: The Secret Policeman's Film Festival

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terry Jones, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Donovan, The Who, Neil Innes, John Cleese, Bob Geldof, Bill Graham, The Secret Policeman's Ball, Bono, Pete Townshend, Jack Healey, Monty Python, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

With the steady stream of elaborately produced, consciousness-raising concerts, The Secret Policeman's Ball is a symbol that anything is possible when you're trying to do the right thing for the planet.

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