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Date: Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 3:00 AM
Subject: Share your ideas for New Tactics conversation topics!
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Learn about our current and upcoming dialogues, and explore this month's feature tactics and resources.
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Share your ideas for conversation topics

New Tactics has been hosting open online conversations for this community of human rights defenders since September of 2007. With your help, we’ve covered a wide range of topics related to creative human rights work such as using budgets for monitoring, engaging the UN Human Rights Council, using theatre, using social media, using humor, and many more.

To ensure that this community and its online discussions are useful and relevant - we need your help to identify what topics you would like to discuss!
  • What kinds of tactics would you like to learn more about?
  • What kinds of tactics have you mastered that you are eager to share with others?
  • What are you struggling with in your work that this community could help you with?
Share your ideas and feedback by adding your comments to this discussion topic!

Next Conversation: Powerful Persuasion: Combating Traditional Practices that Violate Human Rights

Join the New Tactics online community for an online conversation on Powerful Persuasion: Combating Traditional Practices that Violate Human Rights from August 19 to 23, 2013. Traditions and rituals are often supported by strongly held cultural beliefs.  The deep roots of traditional cultural practices can make it very difficult to change behaviors that are harmful and violate the human rights of a community or individual. Often, the key to this kind of cultural shift is respectful, patient, community-led persuasion to create movements for change.

If you are interested in helping to lead this conversation, please contact us!

Updates from the New Tactics Team

We are thrilled to introduce you to our new New Tactics Program Manager, Susan Atwood! Learn more about Susan and join us in welcoming her to our team by adding a comment to the announcement on our website.

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New Tactics in Human Rights helps human rights defenders work more effectively so they can achieve their goals and better address human rights violations around the world. New Tactics is a program of the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT). CVT works to heal the wounds of torture on individuals, their families and their communities and to stop torture worldwide. New Tactics supports this work by strengthening the culture of human rights and the ability of human rights defenders to more effectively advance and advocate for human rights.
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