Month: July 2017

Otherness

“Do you know who this is?” Kelli Edwards, the Center for Civil and Human Rights’s Program Manager, asked a group of young children circled around three tables. Kelli held up

Powerful People in Progress: Doug Shipman and Derreck Kayongo

Rights Not Reserved is a podcast from the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. We discuss activism, history and today’s pressing human rights concerns with local, national and international

How to be Black

Being a Black woman comes with many different perspectives and hardships, but I  never knew I would understand the feeling of pride. This disconnect with issues within the Black community

What’s in a Name?

Author of this blog post, Kelly Crosby, is a Gallery Assistant at the Center for Civil and Human Rights. What’s in a name? Apparently, everything. I’ve had many interesting conversations

The Detour and My Foundation

Torrie Shepard is the Marketing and Communications intern at The National Center for Civil and Human Rights.  Standing Room Only is a weekly blog series that follows Torrie’s journey from