The missions of the Human Rights Center (HRC) is to promote human rights in the communities of Chapel Hill & Carrboro.
The HRC was formally established in February of 2009 in two apartment buildings at the Abbey Court Apartments in Carrboro, NC. In January 2012 we moved to our new home, closeby at 107 Barnes St. in Carrboro. We now have a large home with a garden and space for our future workers' center, chicken coop and festivals!
HRC activities include youth tutoring, soccer, ESL and computer classes, nutrition and yoga classes, collaborative programs with community residents, festivals, advocacy, and promoting food security and nondiscriminatory housing & labor practices.
The HRC has five core objectives:
The HRC was formally established in February of 2009 in two apartment buildings at the Abbey Court Apartments in Carrboro, NC. In January 2012 we moved to our new home, closeby at 107 Barnes St. in Carrboro. We now have a large home with a garden and space for our future workers' center, chicken coop and festivals!
HRC activities include youth tutoring, soccer, ESL and computer classes, nutrition and yoga classes, collaborative programs with community residents, festivals, advocacy, and promoting food security and nondiscriminatory housing & labor practices.
The HRC has five core objectives:
- To promote inter-cultural understanding and peoples' full recognition of the dignity and fundamental rights of others -- across the many lines that divide us: race, ethnicity, class, nationality, religion.
- Provide resources, including skills, opportunities and intercultural learning for people of color living in poverty while providing learning opportunities for college students.
- To provide opportunities for college students in courses that highlight experiential learning. These include courses on human rights but also courses on immigration, poverty, and inequality.
- To work with community organizations and local residents to combat poverty, racism, exclusion, abuse of workers and tenants, sexism, xenophobia, and homophobia in the broader communities of Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
- To promote awareness of the significance of human rights among residents of Chapel Hill & Carrboro.
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