ONE VOICE, ONE HUMANITY: Human Rights Day 2021
Event description
One Voice, One Humanity is an online program curated by the UNAA (NSW) Human Rights Pillar, in partnership with the Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion (UTS), GHD Foundation and Affinity Intercultural Foundation to celebrate Human Rights Day.
The program brings together voices from a variety of communities to shed light on the complexity of the Human Rights issues, create awareness of the challenges, and highlight the ongoing achievements. The diversity of voices from Indigenous, multicultural, refugee, youth, ageing, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ communities aims to showcase our shared humanity and reaffirm the importance of Human Rights both within Australia and internationally.
Speakers will touch on a range of themes such as:
- Embracing our Common Humanity
- Pivoting the Impact of COVID
- Shaping the Future of Human Rights
- Sports and Human Rights
Hear from Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Lorraine Finlay, David Cross, Dr Dinesh Palipana, Dean Parkin, Lucy Stronach, Peter Bol, Catherine Madziva, Dr Graham Thom, Mariam Veiszadeh, Craig Foster, Matt Levy, Toby Marshall, Jo Metcalfe, Rabbi Zalman Kastel, Calisha Bennett, Dr Patricia Jenkins & Phillipa McDermott.
Featuring performances from Roje Ndayambaje, Sina Karimi & Kirsten Moore.
Hosted by SBS Journalist and CNN Fellow Omar Dehen, and Verity Firth, the Executive Director of Social Justice at UTS.
Join us in celebrating Human Rights Day on Friday the 10th of December from 11am to 1:30pm AEDT as we bring together the many faces of humanity to look toward the future with hope and resilience!