'Human Rights Awareness Week' begins today
Saba Naseem
Issue date: 4/13/09 Section: News
"I think we have two situations here: there are people who know about these violations of human rights but don't care enough do something about them, and there are others who don't know about what is going on and don't care to learn," said Samantha Puckett, a freshman civil engineering major. "I don't know much about each of the topics, but I'm willing to learn.
"I believe we all should have the opportunity to live abroad so we know what other people are dealing with - we need to look at places outside of our box," she said.
Juliet Morgan, a senior Spanish and French major, said this was something that could be extended to every day or every week.
"We have so many departments here that we could bring in a speaker every week to address a certain human rights issue," she said.
"I definitely think it's good to bring us the opportunity to learn about this," said Mary Hollis, a junior communications major. "We need to know what's going on around the world, especially as students."
Vang said that the goal of Human Rights Awareness Week is simple and obvious: to bring awareness to the UA campus and community.
"Awareness is the first step in ending human rights violations all over the world," she said.
"I believe we all should have the opportunity to live abroad so we know what other people are dealing with - we need to look at places outside of our box," she said.
Juliet Morgan, a senior Spanish and French major, said this was something that could be extended to every day or every week.
"We have so many departments here that we could bring in a speaker every week to address a certain human rights issue," she said.
"I definitely think it's good to bring us the opportunity to learn about this," said Mary Hollis, a junior communications major. "We need to know what's going on around the world, especially as students."
Vang said that the goal of Human Rights Awareness Week is simple and obvious: to bring awareness to the UA campus and community.
"Awareness is the first step in ending human rights violations all over the world," she said.
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