Award winning producer Carl Urbin reports to The Hollywood
Sentinel this week how around 600 million people in 6 continents
are already rocking to the latest, hottest, worldwide trend to
raise awareness of fundamental human rights through Youth For
Human Rights International. http://www.youthforhumanrights.org
The members of Youth for Human Rights International's (YHRI)
chapter in Almaty, Kazakhstan, let nothing slow them down when it
comes to educating people about their human rights. The local
YHRI group leader went all-out recently and organized what was
the first ever "Night for Human Rights" in the Almaty Da Freak, a
techno night club in the city center. Co-sponsored by the local
YHRI chapter, a national music TV station and a local radio
station, the "Night for Human Rights" was in
full swing at the well-known electronic dance club from midnight
until 6:00 AM, reports veteran music manager and film producer
Carl Urbin.
Some 1,000 people, aged 20 to 35, showed up for the party and
what they saw were 10 giant plasma screens on the club's two
dance floors featuring the award-winning
Youth for Human Rights International public service
announcements back-to-back and non-stop throughout the evening.
YHRI volunteers also handed out copies of
What Are Human Rights? booklets depicting the 30 rights
described in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, Mr. Urbin adds.
Carl Urbin continues, reporting that The Office of International
Religious Freedom, at the US State Department in Washington, DC
stated of Youth for Human Rights that "The booklet published by
your group, What Are Human Rights?, goes far in helping to
educate children not only here in the United States but around
the globe on the 30 Articles of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights adopted in 1948 and signed by over 100 countries.
Studying this booklet will foster understanding of basic human
rights among youth, teaching them values of respect with
tolerance and thereby bringing the hope of peace closer to a
reality."
Further, Carl adds, UNITED, YHRI's award-winning human rights
music video, entailed two thousand volunteers, including 150
actors, who donated their time to the movie project, which
contains footage from 13 countries. UNITED is truly a youth
undertaking, as the crew comprised mostly teenagers, with young
rappers adding their brilliance with a song about human rights.
First shown inside the United Nations' New York headquarters in
2004, UNITED has received many awards, including "Best Human
Rights Film" at the Taglia Corto Film Festival in Florence, which
is co-organized by UNESCO. Most importantly, however, the message
of the film, available in 15 languages, reaches across barriers
to youth of all races and ethnics. Educators and community
leaders consider UNITED a unique tool for developing human rights
awareness among young people.
Carl Urbin, whose central philanthropic work is to fight human
rights abuses with support of Youth For Human Rights states that,
"YHRI volunteers worldwide employ a variety of activities, from
marathons to car races, concerts and murals, all designed to
raise awareness of fundamental human rights." "As a result," Carl
Urbin concludes, "YHRI has reached 600 million people on 6
continents with the message of what human rights are and how to
defend and protect them. And that is something to support and
celebrate!"
www.youthforhumanrights.org
© 2011, The Hollywood Sentinel.