The Dorothy Cotton Institute is sponsoring human rights education workshops for Ithaca area schools and community-based programs throughout this coming school year. For more information please contact us.
She brings attention to local efforts for social justice; over the next year she will continue to interview local activists about their work, interests and passion. Her first interview, Human Rights Belong to Everybody, was with DCI Senior Fellow, Laura Branca.
Vitamin L is a young people’s chorus based in Ithaca, NY, that produces award-winning character-building recordings and concerts for children. See the photo above of their performance at the Celebration for Dorothy Cotton’s National Freedom Award. They sing about rights, love, and connection. It’s Audition Season for Vitamin L for youth currently in 5th – 11th grades! For more info, see their audition section
A great way to stay informed about local efforts, local human rights activists and educators and ways to get involved.
An opportunity for frank dialogue on race and racism for racially and ethnically mixed groups. Since 2008 there have been over 35 circles and well-over 400 participants.
The vision of the Tompkins County Workers’ Center is that all people are respected in the workplace, have a Living Wage, the right to organize, quality health care, housing, childcare, transportation, and access to healthy food and water, as guaranteed by the Declaration of Universal Human Rights as ratified by the United Nations in 1948.
Its grassroots leadership is dedicated to getting rid of the root causes of poverty and injustice in the larger society and capitalist economy. The center has raised standards, held institutions accountable, and built leadership as part of local, statewide and global networks to transform the economic system.
The Tompkins County Human Rights Commission investigates allegations of human rights violations and provides civil and human rights education to Tompkins County residents and organizations.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Build is a collaboration of several non-profit, educational, and volunteer organizations in Tompkins County, NY. We are comprised of members from the Africana Library at Cornell University; The Center for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity at Ithaca College; teachers and staff developers from the ICSD; The Family Reading Partnership; the Multicultural Resource Center; the Village at Ithaca; the Tompkins County Public Library, and community members.
The mission of The MLK Community Build is to engage all sectors of the community in realizing, as King said, that “we are tied in a single garment of destiny.” We aim to have people from all walks of life come together through shared readings, discussions, and events based on the writings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Get Your GreenBack Tompkins is a community-based campaign to inspire all 42,000 households and every business in Tompkins County to take meaningful steps to save energy and money in the areas of Food, Building Heating and Lighting, Transportation, and Waste.
Get Your Green Back is a local initiative that promotes both environmental and economic rights by striving to reduce our local carbon footprint, promote a just and sustainable food system, and provide local jobs in the process.