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Get Involved in Youth For Human Rights
5. Start your own Youth for Human Rights group
The steps to take to start your own activity in your school, neighborhood, city or region are simple. You can get up and running as a YHRI group by doing several simple actions.
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6. Initiate competitions in your school or club
One of the most effective ways to educate young people about their human rights is through competitions involving the 30 human rights. Step-by-step guides to how to promote and conduct essays/art/poetry competitions are all available to ensure successful activities.
Essay Competition Art Competition Poetry Competition
7. Teach others the history of human rights
The Youth for Human Rights Education Package is a complete, turnkey guide to educating youth about human rights. The Story of Human Rights documentary, the UNITED music video and the public service announcements are powerful audiovisual aids to help others know, demand and defend their human rights. This package is free to educators.
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8. Launch petition drives
From your own group you can immediately launch petition drives and send letters to legislators, asking that they enact human rights legislation (and in turn prevent legislation that endangers human rights).