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Hurricane Sandy Art Relief: An Interview with Elana Haviv

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Elana designed The Telling History Project: Understanding the Past to Create the Future , a curriculum to teach students about human rights. She also pioneered art-based healing programs in post-war Bosnia. After 9/11, she spearheaded an art-based CMCE 9/11 Trauma Relief Project in the New York City schools.

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

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According to the Students for Free Tibet International 's blog, the Chinese government arrested a Chinese activist, Yang Chunlin, who had collected 10,000 signatures for a petition entitled, “We want human rights, not the Olympics.” Amnesty International has created a press kit for reporters covering the Olympics.

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

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It is a jack-of-all trades position: I do everything from helping to maintain our Intranet, manage our internal news bulletin, work with our Board of Directors, conduct research that helps shape the strategic direction of our organization, and more. Describe the work you do with Never Again and maybe a bit about the project.

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