The Kitsap County Human Rights Conference
December 6th, 2010 by marcieThe 20th Kitsap County Human Rights Conference is Friday December 10th. This event is put on by the Kitsap County Council for Human Rights, and is held each year on a Friday close to International Human Rights Day. This year the dates coincide.
International Human Rights Day is celebrated on the anniversary of the day the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed, December 10th, 1948, and was formally established in 1950.
According to their web site, the Kitsap County Council for Human
Rights was formed in 1989 and has a vision that “Kitsap County
shall be a caring, supportive, and safe community which values each
individual, celebrates individual differences, and recognizes the
importance of each person’s contribution to the community.”
www.kitsapgov.com/hr/wsolympic/humanrights/hrcboard.htm
Over the 20 years of the conference the topics presented have varied widely and included such timely discussions as last year’s poverty and homelessness. The topics intended for this year’s conference include: Immigration Reform, Immigration issues in Kitsap County, the Seattle Police Department’s successes and difficulties in establishing a working relationship with the LGBTQ community, Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask About Transgenderism, How Do We Relate to People (Not) Like Me, and What’s Going on Across the State. Also planned is a performance by the North Kitsap High School Dramatic Arts of Then They Came For Me: Remembering Anne Frank (by James Still) and LaCausa – a Living Voices dramatic presentation.
The conference is always a full day of learning – both about current human rights issues affecting people in Kitsap County, and about the wonderful work local folks are doing around these issues.
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December 6th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
Thank you for the efforts it took to put up this blog! It is already informative & interesting! Keep up the good work!!
December 9th, 2010 at 9:05 am
How much money does the Kitsap County Council on Human Rights receive from Kitsap County taxpayers? If the answer is >0, I want funding cut. One of the speakers at the scheduled conference, Pramilla Jayapal, advocates illegal behavior. I do not want my tax dollars going to support that.
December 17th, 2010 at 11:48 am
The only illegal activity relating to Pramila Jayapal that I could find were references to acts of civil disobedience (sit-in type of protests), I can see where not everyone would agree with those. I want to add, however, that the progress made over the years for human rights issues is full of acts of civil disobedience.
FYI – The Kitsap County Budget for 2010 can be found at: http://www.kitsapgov.com/das/
December 17th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
Pramila Jayapal and OneAmerica advocate illegal entry into the United States (and taxpayer funded support of those who do so). Not only do I find it inappropriate for our County Commissioners to be hosting her, I believe our elected representatives should evaluate whether that organization should have its non-profit tax exemptions revoked.
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