Do Human Rights have a Future? Former Amnesty International president to speak at UNR
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sun, 12/07/2014 - 4:49pm
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December 13, 2014 - 11:00am Dr. William Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA for 12 years, will discuss abolition of the death penalty and the future of human rights at two Reno talks Saturday.
“Abolishing the Death Penalty in the United States: A Conversation with Dr. William Schulz” will be held in the Joe Crowley Student Union, room 423, at the University of Nevada, Reno, Dec. 13 at 11 a.m.
Following that presentation, at 5 p.m., Schulz will deliver the Second Talso Lecture on Social Justice at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Nevada. His talk will be, “Do Human Rights Have a Future?”
The UNR presentation is free, the lecture at the Unitarian Church is $5 for adults in advance or $8 at the door, and $3 for students. Tickets may be obtained at www.eventbrite.com. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, the International Center of UNR, the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Northern Nevada (PLAN) and Acting in Community Together in Organizing Northern Nevada, (ACTIONN).
"We are honored to have an American human rights leader of Dr. Schulz's stature here in Reno for such an important lectureship,” said Dr. Kevin Murphy chair of the Talso Lecture committee at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. “He will bring grace, understanding and insight to the university, the Reno-Sparks community and our congregation."
As president of Amnesty International USA, the world’s oldest and largest human rights organization, Schulz led missions to Liberia, Tunisia, Northern Ireland, and Sudan. He served as president of from 1994 to 2006. He is currently executive director of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, a human rights and social justice organization allied with the Unitarian Universalist Association.
The Talso Lecture was created by a bequest from Bobbie Talso a long-time Northern Nevada teacher and social justice advocate.
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is at 780 Del Monte Lane in Reno. It serves all of northern Nevada and northeastern California. Schulz will also lead the church’s worship service Sunday.
About William Schulz
Schulz is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Oberlin College, holds a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Chicago, and both a master's degree in theology and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Meadville Lombard Theological School at the University of Chicago. He has received eight honorary degrees for his work in human rights.
Prior to working for Amnesty International, he was president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, an organization of more than 1,000 Unitarian Universalist congregations around the world. He was the recipient of the 2000 Humanist of the Year award from the American Humanist Association.
From 2006-2010 he was a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress specializing in human rights and has served as a consultant to a variety of foundations, including the MacArthur Foundation, UN Foundation, Humanity United and the Kellogg Foundation.
He is the author of two books on human rights, “In Our Own Best Interest: How Defending Human Rights Benefits Us All” and “Tainted Legacy: 9/11 and the Ruin of Human Rights”; and he is contributing editor of “The Phenomenon of Torture: Readings and Commentary”, and “The Future of Human Rights: US Policy for a New Era”.
According to the New York Review of Books in 2002, "William Schulz…has done more than anyone in the American human rights movement to make human rights issues known in the United States."
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