An invitation from The Organizing Committee of the:INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR LEARNING HUMAN RIGHTS AS A WAY OF LIFEDear Friends and organizations from around the world: Please join us as a member of the Organizing Committee of the International Consortium for Learning Human Rights As a Way of Life. Enclosed you will find our mission statement and the United Nations Resolution which has served as our inspiration. This Committee is forming to move the discussion of human rights from the halls of government to human rights learning in the village square and from policy discussion to action. Our goal is that each and every human being can learn and own their human rights and therefore move to participating fully in the decisions that impact their daily lives. We take seriously the call for civil society to engage in integratinghuman rights learning in your activities at the community level to reach every woman, man, youth and child around the world.It is only through civil society and its organizations that our mission can become a reality. This makes your participation important to the future of the International Consortium and the very people you serve. Please take the time to read the enclosed documents and join us in learning how to integrate such learning in your work. Include your name, affiliation, and appropriate contact information and direct all responses to . We look forward to your participation and to working together to ensure a brighter safer and healthier world for all of us. With gratitude and expectations: The Organizing Committee: in Formation* Rev. Chris Ferguson, NY-UN Rep. WCC; Jeffery Huffines, NY-UN Rep. CIVICUS; Bruce Knotts, Unitarian Universalist- UN Office; Kathleen Modrowski, LI University; Dr. Roberta Nassar, Int'l Fed. of Settlements/Neighborhoods Centers; NGO Committee on Human Rights; Marc Scheuer , Alliance of Civilization ; Jackie Shapiro, ECPAT-USA; Dr. Rosa Resnick, UN Rep, Int’l Assoc. of Schools of Social Work ; Elsa Stamatopoulou, Int’l Cultural Human Rights Institute; Fay Parris,The Women’s Bar Assoc. of the State of NY Interns: Geronimo Desumala, Melissa Jhunja, Suzanne Rosenberg *Names of Organization for identification purposes only

Facilitators: Robert Kesten, and Shula Koenig,PDHRE, People’s Movement for Human Rights Learning: / shulakoenig@gmail,com