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Human Rights for All:

A Massachusetts Initiative to Infuse Human Rights Standards & Values into State Law

The Human Rights Initiative in support of House Bill 706 continues to grow.

As of June 16, 2005, the following Massachusetts organizations have made formal decisions to join the Human Rights for All Initiative in Support of HB 706. HB 706 is building momentum as evidenced by the growing numbers of organizations that have signed on as supporters. If you would like to establish your organization as a supporter-of-record, please download the endorsement packet here.

HB706 Electronic Newsletters

African and African American Development, Education, and Research Training Institute Amherst Human Rights Commission
American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts ARISE for Social Justice
Amnesty International USA Association of Haitian Women 
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Boston Women’s Fund
Boston Black Women’s Health Institute   Cambridge City Council
Brockton Commission on the Status of Women Cambridge Peace Commission
Cambridge Human Rights Commission Center for New Words
Cambridge Women’s Commission Centro Presente
Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights, Suffolk University Citizens for an Informed Community (Greater Bridgewater)
Coalition for a Strong United Nations Coalition Against Poverty
Community Change, Inc. Greater Boston Civil Rights Coalition
Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility  HarborCOV, Inc
Healthcare for All  Human Rights Education Associates
League of Women Voters of Massachusetts Martín Baró Fund for Mental Health and Human Rights
Massachusetts Association of Human Rights and Relations Commissions Massachusetts CEDAW Project
Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services
National Association of Social Workers-
Massachusetts Chapter		 Massachusetts Welfare Rights Union
National Organization for Women: Massachusetts Chapter Men’s Resource Center (Amherst )
Physicians for Human Rights Out Now
Somerville Women’s Commission Peace and Justice Committee
of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
Survivors, Inc. ROCA, Inc.
UDHR, Project, Heller School, Brandeis University Somali Development Center, Inc.
United for Justice with Peace  Taprock Peace Center
Western Massachusetts Darfur Coalition Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Women’s Action for New Directions, Newburyport Chapter University of Massachusetts Boston Human Rights Working Group
Women’s Community Cancer Project WILD for Human Rights ( San Francisco)
Women’s International Networ (WIN) News Women’s Bar Association
American Association of University Women-MA  Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
  Zonta Club of Northampton Area

Interested in Learning More?

Testimony Provided at the June 7, 2005 Joint Judiciary Committee Hearing

Northeastern School of Law Previews the Implementation of HB 706

Patriot Ledger Op-ed Favors HB 706