I
believe that every
child has the human
right to:
Human
Rights Education
At
the intersection of human
rights and early
education is love. Universal
love requires respect
and dignity for all.
Love enables human growth
and learning. Every child
has a right to human
rights education.
Children have a right
to be treated with respect,
which includes learning
through joyful discovery.
Beyond respect, children
also have the right to
be loved,
without
condition, by those responsible
for their care.
About
Me - Human Rights
Organizer
I am an organizer
in the fight to end poverty
and to expand human rights
to all. Working with the United
Workers, a Maryland-based economic
human rights organization
of over 1,000 low-wage
workers, I have participated
in popular education workshops,
countless home visits and
in protests against poverty.
I
helped co-ordinate the
planned
Living Wages Hunger Strike
of the United Workers.
Announced in August 2007,
the strike was called
off when the governor agreed
to workers' demand for
a living wage at Camden
Yards. This victory followed
a three-year struggle
and shifted
over $300,000 annually
from temp agencies to
low-wage workers. Wages
more than doubled from
the average
flat-rate of $4.50
an hour in 2003 to $11.30
an hour in 2008.
I
am currently working
on
the Human
Rights Zone at Baltimore's
Inner Harbour campaign,
which will extend the
human rights to health
care, education and
work with dignity to
every
low-wage worker in
the Harbour.
About
Me - Preschool Teacher
I
have also been a preschool
teacher, storyteller
and toy store owner.
I've told stories to
thousands of children
at school assemblies,
science shows and birthday
parties. I've taught
children ages two to
twelve, young adults
thirteen to twenty and
adults of all ages.
