August 21, 2003 | Read Time: 1 minute
A new Web site offers practical information for human-rights activists in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
The Human Rights Connection provides advice and case studies on how to work with the news media, plan an advocacy campaign, and use technology.
The site is operated by three New York organizations: the Center for the Study of Human Rights, at Columbia University; the Digital Freedom Network, an organization that promotes human-rights education and activism through the use of Internet technology; and Forefront, an international network of human-rights activists.
The Human Rights Connection plans to make the material on its site available in Arabic and Chinese, and also add information about how to strengthen governing boards, raise money, manage finances, and cope with the dangers of human-rights work.
To get there: Go to http://www.hrconnection.org.
