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November 17, 2005

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Carl Young, Interim Director of Communications
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Cascadia Community College Global Human Rights Alliance Hosts Two-Day Symposium

Bothell, WA - The Cascadia Community College Global Human Rights Alliance invites the public to attend a two-day symposium on December 1st and 2nd. Human Rights Through the Lens of Disaster will take place on Thursday, December 1, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm and on Friday, December 2, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. All activities will take place on the Cascadia/UW Bothell campus in UWB Building 2, Room 005.

“This is an event to urge participants to move from dialogue to action,” said Denise Michaels, associate faculty at Cascadia and lead organizer for the symposium. “We welcome members of the community to join our students and faculty in focusing on the issue of global human rights.”

Dr. Bill Christopher, president of Cascadia Community College will welcome participants at 9:00 am on Friday. Other speakers will include activist and author Paul Loeb (Soul of a Citizen and The Impossible Will Take a Long Time), who will make a keynote address on Friday morning. Local community service agencies such as Hopelink, Share Wheel, Habitat for Humanity will be represented to provide information about their community efforts. A panel discussion will include:

The symposium is being held in recognition of Human Rights Day on December 10, an annual commemoration of the UN General Assembly adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

For more information, contact Denise Michaels at dmichaels@cascadia.edu.

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