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Universal Human Rights Initiative

Universal Human Rights Initiative believes that achieving human rights and social justice begins with education. Working in partnership with the United Nations, academic institutions, nonprofit and for-profit sectors, UHRI leverages technology to extend the reach of human rights education and maximize its impact through intergroup dialogues.

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2 Submitted Ideas

  • LEARN ·2025 Grants Challenge

    Democracy Dialogues

    Amid a global rise in anti-democratic pressures, LA County communities, schools and institutions are threatened by polarization, and US based democratic institutions are under daily attack. We know that it takes people power to uphold fragile democratic systems, and we are responding to the call to protect them by launching virtual and in person educational dialogues that promote empathy and constructive conversations across divides, facing systemic and political issues together with curiosity, empathy and personal commitments to action.

  • LIVE ·2024 Grants Challenge

    Community dialogues with housed and unhoused neighbors

    With over 75,000 people unhoused in LA County, we know that we need housing solutions. And while there is a will to expand housing, there is resistance when it comes to housing in “our’ neighborhood. Harmful stigmas cause isolation and harm for our unhoused neighbors, so we need to change the public mindset. UHRI aims to expand its community dialogues between people with and without lived experience of homelessness to dispel myths and encourage everyone to take part in solutions.

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