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Courtyard by Marriott
6280 Ridgewood Ct. Dr. Jackson, MS 39211 601-956- 9991 (Phone) 601-956- 9994 (Fax) Starting at $85 USD per nite (does not include taxes). About this hotel: Free high speed internet; fitness center; pool; complimentary Parking; free wireless in public areas Rooms fully equipped irons/ironing boards Keurig coffee makers and hair dryers. Complimentary business center with cutting edge technology assortment of restaurants!!! To get the special $85 a nite rate, book by November 17th Note: Hotel does not provide free breakfast. Free continental breakfast provided at SHROC!!! For more information: 662-334- 1122 or email [email protected] disabled, retired/unemployed and the elderly |
Reg fee is *$50 for general and $15 for students
(*=+$3 if you register online) Register by mail: Send your check in the appropriate amount made payable to: The Mississippi Workers’ Center for Human Rights P.O. Box 1223 Greenville, MS 38701 (Indicate in the Note: SHROC 20th) REGISTER BY November 17th!!! |
Background
Southern Human Rights Organizers’ Conference (Savannah, GA, December 12-14, 2014)
"SHROC is an important gathering of people from different movements." Sarah White, Board President of Mississippi Workers' Center For Human Rights. SHROC serves as an important link between US Southern human rights struggles and those in the Global South. The primary goal of SHROC is to identify innovative and practical methods of organizing across the region. Another important objective is to strengthen the capacity of civil rights and social justice organizations in the Deep South. This would enable these organizations to expand their programmatic work beyond civil rights and social justice campaigns to more effectively address international human rights issues. The reality of globalization demands that the US southern human rights struggle connects with struggles in other parts of the world. Through SHROC, activists and organizers will work together across the region to build an anti-racism movement that adheres to a human rights framework in its struggle toward justice. Everyone should be aware of their individual and collective human rights and have the capacity to defend them. SHROC uses a collaborative approach to fighting injustice by encouraging activists from the anti-racist, women’s rights, children’s rights, disability rights, and gay and transgender rights movements to come together as a unified force. "I've met people from all over the world at SHROC. I have learned about their struggles and what it means to be people who are not respected and not treated like human beings. And so I come to every conference so I can learn about the struggles of people of color from wherever they may come." Shelley Inniss, Retired Teacher. "SHROC reinforces the application of human rights standards and the use of international mechanisms in establishing a standard for human dignity. Also, it keeps the existence and the work of imprisoned political activists and human rights defenders in the minds of the people and on the agenda for liberation." Efia Nwangaza, Director of The Malcolm X Center for Self Determination. "As the founder of the very first SHROC convening, I am amazed at how the gathering has become an institution in our movement. It is hard to believe that we've been coming together for 18 years, bearing witness to struggles and victories. Raising our voices and making just demands for an end to all forms of slavery, discrimination, xenophobia and colonization. We are really a central point for solidarity and principled unity. May we continue for the next twenty years and beyond. " Jaribu Hill, Human Rights Defender. |
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