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Advocate Highlight
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Zach Norris attended the 2007 HRAP.  He recently published his first book "We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities". The book lays out a radical way to shift the conversation about public safety away from fear and punishment toward growth and support systems for families and communities. He advocates for truly dismantling the Us vs. Them mentality, building relationships within the community and bridging the divides.

Advocate Highlight
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Carol Dyantyi attended the 2014 HRAP. She is the Founder and Director of Ikageng Itireleng AIDS Ministry, a South African community-based organization dedicated to children whose parents have been diagnosed with or died from AIDS. Known as “Mum” Carol, she has dedicated her life to advocating for the rights of all children in South Africa and providing them with the resources needed to live a fulfilling, healthy life. Carol holds a Bachelors in Community Development and Leadership from the University of Johannesburg.
2012 Advocate honored with the Peace & Reconciliation Award
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

On January 24th, the German Embassy in Kampala honored 2012 Advocate Primah Kwagala with the Peace & Reconciliation Award. Primah is a human rights lawyer and founder of the Women's Pro bono Initiative (WPI).

Advocate Highlight
Betty Lee Odur
Thursday, January 23, 2020

Betty Lee Odur attended the 2016 HRAP. She is a Legal/Program Officer at the Uganda Network on Law, Ethic and HIV/AIDS (UGANET), an NGO committed to the development and strengthening of policies and ethical responses to HIV/AIDS in Uganda. She has headed the Kampala office since 2011. She earned a bachelor’s of legal laws from Uganda Christian University in 2008 and a postgraduate diploma in legal practice from the Law Development Center in 2009.

Advocate Highlight
Sylvester Uhaa
Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Sylvester Uhaa attended the 2013 HRAP. He is the founder and director of Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) in Nigeria, a chapter of International CURE. Under Sylvester’s leadership, CURE-Nigeria has grown from a state to a national organization. In 2011, CURE-Nigeria hosted the 5th International CURE Global Conference on Justice Reforms. CURE-Nigeria has organized training workshops to build the capacity and skills of judicial officers and police on human rights, alternative dispute resolution, and restorative justice.

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