jhrUKing’s is looking for Digital Ambassadors

The goal: To mobilize our networks to assist us in our mission to raise and spread human rights awareness with the use of new and digital media.

Spreading the word: The core task of the Digital Ambassador is to share information about JHR ’s programs and human rights in general by using the various social media tools that they already access on a daily basis. The Social Media Coordinator will send a bi-weekly calendar through email to JHR’s team of Digital Ambassadors with the most relevant and pressing information.

Brainstorming ideas and providing feedback: Digital Ambassadors will be frequently consulted for feedback on JHR’s online as well as related offline engagement campaigns and projects. They will help to determine what our audience is interested in, contribute specific content ideas, notify us of opportunities or news stories, and may even occasionally create content for JHR.

Responsibilities:

• Be an active participant in our online communities (i.e.: comment on our Facebook page, retweet JHR posts on twitter, share JHR produced videos, photo’s and articles, take part in online group chats, encourage friends to read JHR fields notes and success stories, encourage friends to become digital ambassadors.)
• Rebroadcast all material sent to you by JHR’s social media coordinator on your personal and/or professional social media networks. New featured content to publicize on your Facebook, twitter and other SM accounts will be sent to you bi-weekly. Digital Ambassadors must make at least ten tweets and three posts each week.
• Check JHR’s website for new information, human rights news, success stories and publicize new JHR content on a consistent basis.
• Maintain political impartiality on issues when representing JHR.

Interested? Sign up here and send us an email at jhrkings@gmail.com. We’ll get you started with the Digital Ambassadors welcome package.

March Newsletter

THIS MONTH IN REVIEW

In late-February, jhrUKing’s teamed up with Dalhousie International Development Studies students Rebecca Singbeil and James Jenkinson for a screening of 8^th Fire.

“This four-part CBC miniseries explores the 500-year-old relationship between Canada’s Aboriginal and settler communities. It argues that now is the time for these two communities to work together to transform their relationship into one based on justice and harmony. Host Wab Kinew and other engaging Aboriginal voices reveal their perspectives on the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit experience today. They take us far beyond common misconceptions and stereotypes, and introduce us to a dynamic, diverse, and rapidly growing community that cannot be ignored or repressed.”

We showed the first two episodes: “Indigenous in the City” and “It’s Time!” To view these clips and tons of additional information related to 8^th Fire, check out their webpage on CBC.ca.

We thank everyone who joined us for this fun and informative evening.

Want jhr’s help to host an event like this one? Check out the Partnerships section below.

RIGHTS MEDIA

jhr’s annual Speak Magazine is a bit late but should be arriving at King’s soon, so keep an eye out for it around campus. The magazine features articles written by members of jhr university chapters across Canada. It will be available in the KSU office, outside Prince Hall, the Wardroom, the Journalism School (3^rd floor of the A&A) and various other locations around King’s.

JHR OPPORTUNITIES

Elections — Extended Deadline

The school year is soon coming to an end, which means jhr will be looking for new people to take over executive positions for the fall!

The positions are:

• President
• Vice President
• VP Finance
• VP Communications
• VP Outreach
• VP Events

Additional information about each position is posted on our blog.

Any King’s students can apply (you do not need to be a journalism student or a current member of jhr). We are now accepting nominations until April 4. In 200 words or less, tell us why you are interested in being a part of jhr and what you plan on bringing to the society. Please send applications to jhrkings@gmail.com.

Partnership

This year jhrUKing’s is looking to partner up with other campus groups to promote rights awareness. If you are part of a society or group at King’s that is human rights based, or are interested in publishing Rights Media stories, contact us so we can work together on promotion and media coverage!

Write for JHR!

Members are welcome to submit rights media articles to our blog at any time!

New Executive Nominations

Journalists for Human Rights is looking for  new executive team for the fall! If you’ve been looking for a chance to be more involved in jhr or in a King’s society in general, this is your opportunity.

Being on the jhr executive means making the King’s community more aware of human rights issues locally, nationally and across the globe. It also means planning fun and interesting events on campus, and publishing Rights Media to our blog and with other media outlets. You get to partner with other King’s societies and contribute to the community at King’s we love so much. Plus, as a member of the jhr executive, you will have priority over exciting internships at the jhr Head Office in Toronto and with their project overseas.

Have I enticed you yet?

Any King’s students can apply (you do not need to be a journalism student or a current member of jhr). Please review the available positions below and send your nomination to jhrkings@gmail.com by March 27. In 200 words or less, tell us why you are interested in being a part of jhr and what you plan on bringing to the society.

President

• Administer chapter strategic plan
• Primary contact for Head Office communications
• Host meetings and maintain project targets
• Support all other group members

VP Events

• Promote Rights Media through HollerDay and Night for Rights
• Connect with Head Office about event background and resources
• Conduct all event logistsics (booking spaces, decorations, volunteers, promotions)
• Create a committee to assist in promotion

VP Communications

• Write monthly chapter article
• Create and maintain jhr university WordPress Blog
• Create and maintain jhr social media outlets (Facebook page, Twitter account)
• Work with VP events on promotional material

VP Finance

• Establish and maintain chapter bank account
• Co-sign financial transactions with President
• Create annual budget to be put into the strategic plan
• Record all expenses and income
• Seek sources of income from faculty, departments, alumni, sponsorship

VP Outreach

• Work with experts in Rights Media to train chapter members and broader community
• Liaise with like minded groups on collaborative projects and stories
• Event promotion

February Newsletter

THIS MONTH IN REVIEW

jhrUKing’s would like to thank everyone who attended our Night for Rights at Pacifico Bar & Nightclub on Feb. 3!

We were able to raise $850 from ticket sales and $70.13 from cupcake sales at the Wardroom. The money will go toward supporting future jhr events that will work to spread awareness of human rights issues.

A big thank you also goes out to Pacifico for kindly allowing us to host our event at their venue and keep all the funds from ticket sales. If you are part of a society that is interested in holding a fundraising event at Pacifico, check out their website.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Our last event of the year will be a Best of Open Mic Night at the King’s wardroom in support of a local human rights cause and initiative. If you’re interested in playing, a sign-up list will be posted outside of the Wardroom very soon! Additional details to follow on our blog, Facebook, and through our listserv.

When: Wednesday, March 21, 9pm-midnight
Where: Wardroom (basement of the King’s A&A building)

RIGHTS MEDIA

jhr’s annual Speak Magazine will be arriving at King’s in mid-March, so keep an eye out for it around campus. The magazine features articles written by members of jhr university chapters across Canada. It will be available in the KSU office, outside Prince Hall, the Wardroom, the Journalism School (3^rd floor of the A&A) and various other locations around King’s.

JHR OPPORTUNITIES

Elections
The school year is soon coming to an end, which means jhr will be looking for new people to take over executive positions for the fall!

The positions are:

• President
• Vice President
• VP Finance
• VP Communications
• VP Outreach
• VP Events

Additional information about each position will be posted on our blog and Facebook page on Wednesday, March 7, when nominations open. If you are interested in applying for a position or learning more about what it would entail please email us at jhrkings@gmail.com.

Partnership
This year jhrUKing’s is looking to partner up with other campus groups to promote rights awareness. If you are part of a society or group at King’s that is human rights based, or are interested in publishing Rights Media stories, contact us so we can work together on promotion and media coverage!

Write for JHR!
Members are welcome to submit rights media articles to our blog at any time!

+ Have you joined our Facebook group yet?
+ Follow us on Twitter when you get the chance!
+ Don’t forget to spread the word about jhr to your friends!

January Newsletter

UPCOMING EVENT: NIGHT FOR RIGHTS

Want to party for a good cause? Night for Rights is an annual, nation-wide fundraising event in support of the jhr university chapter program. This year, jhr UKing’s Night for Rights is taking place at Pacifico in downtown Halifax on Friday, February 3. Pacifico is a wonderful supporter of local and student organizations. They generously gave us 100 tickets to invite our friends to their VIP room.

Tickets are $10, which includes cover and two drinks. They must be bought before the event at Alexandra Hall front desk or from one of our jhr members. See our Facebook event and blog page for more details.

On January 20 and 27, jhr UKing’s had a booth at the University of King’s College campus bar The Wardroom. There, we promoted the upcoming event and sold “justice” cupcakes for a total of $70.13! 

NIGHT FOR RIGHTS
When: Friday, February 3, 9pm-2am
Where: Pacifico Dancebar, 1505 Barrington Street

NEW INVESTIGATION

Jhr UKing’s president Natascia Lypny reported on the Can You Solve This? campaign launch at Mount Saint Vincent University on January 9. This international effort targets the Iranian government’s systematic denial of education to various groups of student based on their religious and political beliefs. The effort is primarily based in letter writing strategies and is unique for its use of quick response codes to attract people to its website.

Read Natascia’s investigation, A simple campaign asks a big question, in our Investigations section to learn more about the Can You Solve This? campaign.

A YEAR IN REVIEW

How far has jhr UKing’s come in the past year? WordPress put together a fantastic summary of our blog’s year in review. Check it out for highlights of our progress, best events and rights media pieces.

JHR OPPORTUNITIES

Radio blogging
Concordia University’s journalists for human rights chapter hosts a regular rights media radio show. Their new podcast called jhr Reports is looking for an East coast correspondent! If you’d be interested in chatting with the radio host about once a month to update him on human rights stories occurring on our coast or create your own sound bites to contribute to the show, please email us at jhrkings@gmail.com.

Partnership
This year jhrUKing’s is looking to partner up with other campus groups to promote rights awareness. If you are part of a society or group at King’s that is human rights based, or are interested in publishing Rights Media stories, contact us so we can work together on promotion and media coverage!

Write for jhr!
Members are welcome to submit rights media articles to our blog at any time!

Night for Rights

jhr UKing’s will be holding a fundraiser at Pacifico nightclub on Friday, February 3 in support of the jhr university chapter program. This is a nation-wide event, so come celebrate human rights protection and media with us!

We are selling tickets at $10 each — includes cover and 2 drinks.

Tickets will be on sale at Alex Hall Front Desk and at the Wardroom during Early Happy Hour on January 20 and the 27.

or contact these jhr members to buy a ticket:

• Leena Ali – (902) 789-8497
• Natascia Lypny – (902) 266-3678
• Ken Wallingford – (902) 237-8480
• Adrienne Bernstein – (902) 488-4837
• Jessamyn Griffin – (902) 489-8072
• Hilary Creamer

Please RSVP to our Facebook event!

A simple campaign asks a big question

A new Investigation by Natascia Lypny into the Can You Solve This? campaign coming to Halifax.

Campaign coordinator Emad Talisman and volunteer Pegah Atbin man the Can You Solve This? station at Mount Saint Vincent University (Natascia Lypny photo).

A small group of Mount Saint Vincent students launched the Halifax chapter of the Can You Solve This? campaign on Jan. 9.

This international effort targets the Iranian government’s systematic denial of education to various groups of students based on their religious and political beliefs.

“It’s been hard to maintain consistency with these movements, to get people to weigh in, and to participate in a meaningful way,” says Halifax campaign coordinator Emad Talisman of similar endeavors to tackle human rights protection in Iran. “Our campaign is a little bit different in that its focus is somewhat more pointed.”

Talisman highlights two goals the campaign hopes to accomplish: first, to raise awareness of the Iranian government’s violation of Article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which declares an equal accessibility to education; second, to engage participants in letter-writing to pressure local as well as Iranian political representatives to enact change.

Read on here.

2011 jhrUKing’s Blog in Review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,700 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 28 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

November Newsletter

This Month in Review

jhrKing’s kick-started November with HollerDay! We raised awareness about sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and introduced many new people to our society. We raised $224.36 for jhr media projects in the DRC that target this systemic abuse.

Our knowledge Centre provided visitors with videos and information panels about what’s happening in the DRC. Visitors were also able to post their own statements on our Hollerwall. Check out this post for more photos and details on HollerDay!

 

Upcoming Event

A jhr Intern’s Perspective on Rights Media Journalism

When: Friday, December 2 @ noon 

Where: J-School computer lab (3rd floor of the King’s A&A building)

What: Current King’s journalism student Laura Bain presents stories and photographs from her six-month internship with jhr in Ghana. She will describe jhr‘s approach to media development and the creation of Rights Media. She will also discuss how she got involved with jhr, the projects she’s worked on, and the opportunities that she has been afforded because of this experience.

Please RSVP to our Facebook event.

 

jhr Opportunities

Partnership

This year jhrKing’s is looking to partner up with other campus groups to promote rights awareness. If you are part of a society or group at King’s that is human rights based, or are interested in publishing Rights Media stories, contact us so we can work together on promotion and media coverage!

Write for JHR!

Members are welcome to submit right’s media articles to our blog at anytime!

Look out for Jhr’s annual publication, Speak Magazine, which will be released January 13^th. The magazine features a combination of articles written by jhr members from chapters across Canada.

Field Notes

A jhr Intern’s Perspective on Rights Media Journalism

Laura Bain as featured on jhr's "Field Notes" web page.

When: Friday, December 2 @ noon

Where: J-School computer lab (3rd floor of the King’s A&A building)

What: Current King’s journalism student Laura Bain presents stories and photographs from her six-month internship with jhr in Ghana. She will describe jhr‘s approach to media development and the creation of Rights Media. She will also discuss how she got involved with jhr, the projects she’s worked on, and the opportunities that she has been afforded because of this experience.

Bio (adapted from the jhr website): Laura Bain is no stranger to Journalists for Human Rights, or Ghana, for that matter. She spent three months in Ghana in 2010 with jhr as a radio intern in Kumasi. At Kapital FM, Bain helped to produce a weekly human rights radio program called “Know Your Rights.” She worked on stories about the rights of children and sex workers in Ghana, in addition to a piece about the maltreatment of prisoners in the country.

For her most recent jhr internship beginning in January 2011, she was stationed at the African University College of Communications (AUCC), where she worked with faculty and students to host workshops, develop curriculum and support campus media.

Before joining jhr, Bain studied Professional Writing at York University, where she was a columnist for community newspaper, Excaliber and an editor at an arts and literature journal, Existere.

Please RSVP to our Facebook event.