Here's a small sampling of our current projects.
Advocating For Local Independent Human Rights Commissions
There is an urgent need to address the issues of specific groups of people. The issues range from race, socio-economics, health, gender, environment, and much more. To successfully address these issues, organizations that work on these issues must have a thorough understanding of their local, historical, and cultural context. The best way to remove conflicts of interest and solve these issues in an appropriate and proactive way is to form an independent group. This group must have the right a mission and vision that fits the local population and their needs. We locally analyze the social, political, and economic issues and environment to determine if a local independent human rights commission is a relevant institution that can affect change. To find out more, we recommend the following report:
State and Local Human Rights Agencies: Recommendations for Advancing Opportunity and Equality Through and International Human Rights Framework (Columbia Law School, Human Rights Institute and the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies, under the auspices of The Campaign for a New Domestic Human Rights Agenda, 2016)
Listening to The People To Create Solutions
As an example, our team is tasked with aiding the Great Council of the Iroquois Confederacy reconvene. The elders of the council last met over ten years ago. We are involved in the design and implementation process of bringing together the elders of the Great Council of the Iroquois Confederacy. Our process lets peoples lead design, listens to their needs, and then follows through with actionable items achieve their end goal.
New Beginnings 2020
There are so many issues in the world today, but we need strong voices to help determine how to address the most important issues. We are convening thought leaders across the globe in order to effectively and efficiently share and apply best practices with a tailored and personal approach. 2020 seemed to be a big inflection point in our understanding of the following issues 1. Understanding how to combat an economic recession towards depression 2. Uplifting oppressed peoples with a deep understanding of the mechanics and history of oppression (specifically with regards to race) 3. Evaluating issues like epidemic disease and violence, especially as technology and globalization increases global linkages and network effects.
Despite all of these challenges, we believe that a crisis is the best time to push for and implement effective solutions.