Of the over 9000 homeless in Minnesota, almost 40% are children Hundreds of kids are alone and on the street every night Homelessness is up 85% since 1991 Many are military veterans, including some who recently served in Iraq or Afghanistan. Many are mentally ill. Many are Native American.

Ending Long-Term Homelessness in Minnesota

6:30 pm, Monday, October 20, 2008, 118 LSBE, UMD Campus

A panel discussion on Minnesota’s homelessness crisis will feature Ellen Shelton, Wilder Foundation, St. Paul; Steve O’Neil, St. Louis County Commissioner; a formerly homeless citizen guest; and Daniel Williams, foreclosure counseling, Lutheran Social Services. Alexis Pogorelskin, UMD History Department Chair and Director of the Center for Genocide, Holocaust, and Human Rights Studies will serve as moderator. A question and answer session will follow. Co-sponsored by the Office of Civic Engagement and AAF Duluth/Superior (American Advertising Federation).

The event will also launch the Fall 2008 AAF Duluth/Superior scholarship competition where area advertising and marketing students are invited to to create an awareness campaign about homelessness. Six scholarships are awarded from $100 to $1200.

Event info: Alexis Pogorelskin, apogorel@d.umn.edu, 218 726-7548, http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/ghhrcenter.

Heading Home Minnesota: http://headinghomeminnesota.org/saint-louis

AAF Duluth/Superior Scholarship: http://www.aafduluthsuperior.com OR http://www.lakesuperioradfed.org/community_scholarships.php

UMD Office of Civic Engagement: http://www.d.umn.edu/cehsp/civic-engagement/

Wilder 2007 Overview of Homelessness in Minnesota:
http://www.wilder.org/reportsummary.0.html?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1963
Wilder homelessness research http://www.wilder.org/homelessness.0.html

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On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicize the Declaration.

PREAMBLE

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,

Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,

Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,

Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,