Campus Connection

[caption id="attachment_1363" align="alignright" width="134" caption="Conference probes issues of human rights. "][/caption]An international conference in La Crosse will take an in-depth look at how global human rights have changed since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. “We the Peoples:?An International Conference of Human Rights” Oct. 7-9 will probe a number of themes of the declaration. Among them:

• Torture, slavery
• Equity under the law
• Arbitrary arrest
• Right to freedom of movement and residence, thought, conscience and religion
• Peaceful assembly

Keynote speakers include:

• Marjorie Agosin, award-winning Chilean poet and human rights activist
• Sara Roy, research scholar in Middle Eastern Studies and an author of four books on Israel and Palestine
• Bob Peterson, founding editor of Rethinking Schools

The conference is geared toward academics, teachers, curriculum directors, policy makers, members of business and religious communities, and others. The conference is sponsored by UW-L, along with Viterbo University and the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, with support from UW System and La Crosse Community Foundation grants. To register or for more information, contact UW-L?Continuing Education and Extension at 785.6506 or www.uwlax.edu/conted/humanrights.