Dec. 6/2011 International Human Rights Day in Eugene Oregon with speaker Ajamu Baraka

Speakers included Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy and Ajamu Baraka.
Ajamu Baraka has been Executive Director of the US Human Rights Network and served eight years in that position starting from the Network's inception in 2003. Under Baraka, the Network grew exponentially to meet the increasing demand for its services and programs and now comprises more than 300 U.S.-based member organizations and more than 1,500 individuals working on the full spectrum of human rights issues. A human rights defender whose experience spans three decades of domestic and international education and activism, Baraka earlier served in various leadership capacities with Amnesty International (USA). As AIUSA's Southern Regional Director, he played a key role in developing the organization's 1998 campaign to expose human rights violations in the United States. Baraka also directed Amnesty's National Program to Abolish the Death Penalty.

The event was held in a fine hall but there was a problem with a lack of light and a strong backlight...which made for some difficult video. To get cleaner video the camcorder was moved to a back area, which required taping the speakers from the side.

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