Events in 2009

  1. •Aug. 26                     Women’s Equality Day

  2. •Sept. 22                    Nomination Deadline for IHR Award

  3. •Oct. 22                      UDHR Reading, Capitol (House chamber)

  4. •Oct. 24                      United Nations Day, UDHR Reading, noon

  5. •Oct. 28                      UNA-USA Wake County Chapter Annual Dinner

  6. •Nov. 10–Dec. 15       “Love after Loss,” exhibit of Ethiopian photographs by Elena Rue in recognition of Human Rights Day. Monday–Thursday, 1–9 p.m., and Fridays, 1–5 p.m., N.C. State University African-American Cultural Center Art Gallery, Witherspoon Student Center.

  7. •Nov. 10                     Opening reception. Meet the artist, Elena Rue. Presentation of Chancellor Woodward’s Human Rights Day proclamation. Witherspoon Student Center

  8. •Nov. 12                     W.W. Finlator Dinner, N.C. State University Club, 6 p.m.

  9. •Nov. 14                      Forum: “Guantanamo Bay: Beyond the Law’s Reach?” North Carolina Advocates for Justice Headquarters, 1312 Annapolis Drive, Raleigh, 5-7 pm.

  10. •Dec. 1–31                  Display (with handouts) focusing on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Bill of Rights at the following Wake County libraries: Athens Drive, Cameron Village, Cary, East, Eva Perry, Green Road, North, Richard B. Harrison and Southeast.

  11. •Dec. 7                        Public reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Exploris Middle School 8th-graders at the Capitol (House chamber). Speaker: Lonna Harkrader, “The Arc of the Moral Universe is Long but it Bends Toward Justice,” noon–1 p.m.

  12. •Dec. 8                        International Human Rights Award Dinner honoring Jerry Markatos, N.C. State University Club, 6:30 p.m.

  13. •Dec. 10                     Human Rights Day

  14. •Dec. 10–16               Human Rights Week

  15. •Dec. 13                     Speaker: Professor Judith Blau, “Embedding Human Rights in Communities,”
    Community United Church of Christ, 814 Dixie Trail, Raleigh, 9:15–10:15 a.m.

  16. •Dec. 15                     Bill of Rights Day, Joint celebration at the Capitol (Senate Chamber) of the anniversaries of the UDHR and the Bill of Rights, Speaker: Dan Figgins, “Are Human Rights Indivisible?” 12:15–1 p.m.

  17. •Dec. 18                     30th anniversary of adoption by the United Nations of the UN Convention on  the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). 186 nations have ratified; Iran, Nauru, Palau, Somalia, Sudan, Tonga and the United States have not.

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