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[Claudio Schuftan]

Human Rights Reader 240

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*THE DOZEN HATS WORN BY HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS*.



Activists do not need to be original thinkers as much as they need to be
original listeners.

They are not only witnesses, but doers, particularly social mobilizers.



As a starter, a random list of desirable attributes can be an eye opener.

Human rights activists are expected to be: agenda setters, catalysts,
promoters, conveners, finders of seed money, collectors, disseminators,
advocates, educators, linkers, sponsors, defenders, observers, judges,
presenters of the proper and contesters of the faulty evidence, pushers of
changes-people-can-believe-in (D. Gwatkin), visionaries that see tomorrow
when others only see today, active opponents of corporations that violate
social and environmental standards in their operations, vectors/promoters/
announcers of the new human rights (HR) paradigm…

The full Reader can be accessed at


http://www.socialmedicine.org/2010/05/14/human-rights/the-dozen-hats-worn-by-human-rights-activists/




Claudio
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