PHM-Exch> Health and Human Rights - Los Angeles, USA

[Claudio Schuftan]

>  From: <mailinglist at wellchild.org>
>
>  On June 5th, 2009, over 700 individuals convened at the First Annual
> South Los Angeles Health
> and Human Rights Conference. In ten workgroups reflecting different social
> determinants of  health,
> participants began a groundbreaking series of discussions on the lived
> experience of  human rights
> violations and opportunities. They also started to draft the South Los
> Angeles Declaration of Health
> and Human Rights.
>
> On August 22nd, many new community voices joined the conversation, shared
> powerful stories
> and ideas in workgroup meetings, and helped to move the human rights agenda
> forward.
> Evaluations and feedback have already demonstrated that these gatherings
> have significantly
> increased awareness of and commitment to health and human rights in South
> Los Angeles. As
> the organizing committee, we thank those of you who have been part of this
> historic work.
>
> The work goes on. *Over the next two months*, workgroups representing
> major determinants of
> health in south Los Angeles will continue to work towards two concrete
> goals. First, participants
> are drafting the South Los Angeles Declaration of Health and Human Rights
> in time for its release
> on December 10th, International Human Rights Day. Second, participants are
> developing
> a prioritized action plan to complement and carry out the solutions that
> will be part of the
> Declaration. We will all meet on *November 7th, 2009 *at the next major
> South Los Angeles
> Health and Human Rights Community Forum to review our progress.
>
> Please feel free to contact us to get involved. You
> may also visit our website www.southlahealthandhumanrights.org<https://mail.wellchild.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=9241d2c809eb4364acd68cbc2cfa2363&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.southlahealthandhumanrights.org>.
>
>
> The South Los Angeles Health and Human Rights Conference
> Organizing Committee.
>
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