These are the cities in which I have been able to find out that there have been celebrations of International Human Rights Day within the last 3 years or are planning an event this year:
City | State | Website or other source | Most recent year | Most recent location | Organization | Contact |
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Montgomery | Alabama | GovLive | 2010 | Silver Spring Civic Building | Montgomery County Office of Human Rights | Kimberly Ham, 240-777-8478 |
Tempe | Arizona | Amnesty International (Tempe chapter) | 2012 | Boulders On Broadway | Amnesty International (Tempe chapter) | Amnesty International (Tempe chapter) |
Tucson | Arizona | Coalicion de Derechos Humanos | 2012 | Coalicion de Derechos Humanos | 520.770.1373 | |
Yuma | Arizona | The Amancio Project | 2012 | Generation “Y” 2000 Diversity Center | "Yuma's progressive-minded citizens" | 928-328-8133 |
San Jose | California | Silicon Valley United Nations Association | 2013 | County McEntee Plaza and Calabazas Branch Library | Silicon Valley United Nations Association | |
Pasadena | California | Pasadena Now | 2015 | Pasadena Central Library | United Nations Association Pasadena/Foothills Chapter | info@ unapasadena.org; Rhonda Stone, (626) 744-7147, rstone@cityofpasadena.net |
San Diego | California | International Museum of Human Rights at San Diego | 2012 | San Diego Repertory Theater | International Museum of Human Rights at San Diego | International Museum of Human Rights at San Diego, 619.223.8074 |
Fresno | California | Community Alliance | 2012 | College Community Congregational Church | Human Rights Commission of Central Valley | Dr. Sudarshan Kapoor, Professor Emeritus, 559-435-2212 |
Los Angeles | California | Los Angeles Sentinel | 2103 | St. John’s Well Child and Family Center | St. John’s Well Child and Family Center | (323)541-1600, info@wellchild.org |
Riverside | California | Kids Side by Side | 2012 | Riverside Arlington Library | Jo Ann Rayshel, orangeskies1967@sbcglobal.net | |
San Francisco | California | The Tisch blog | 2013 | Jewish Community Center of San Francisco | American Jewish World Service and the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco | gelkind@awjs.org, 415-593-3280 |
San Francisco | California | FunCheap | 2013 | Jewish Community Center | Jewish Community Center | 415.292.1233, Arts@jccsf.org |
San Francisco | California | United Nations Association | 2013 | Fort Mason Center | United Nations Association | |
Santa Cruz | California | Santa Cruz Sentinel | 2013 | 740 Front St. | United Nations Association | |
Los Angeles | California | United Nations Association | 2012 | Los Angeles Baha'i Center | UNA Pacific-Los Angeles Chapter & the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is | Barbara Tebyani, (818) 486-6859 |
Davis | California | United Nations Association | 2012 | International House | United Nations Association | Verena Borton, rvborton@comcast.net, 530-756-0632 |
Monterey | California | United Nations Association | 2013 | Elks Lodge | United Nations Association | |
Los Angeles | California | National Economic and Social Rights Initiative | 2012 | Rev. Warner Traynham Auditorium | NESRI | |
Vista | California | The Coast News | 2015 | Buena Vista High School | Amnesty International | |
Los Angeles | California | South Los Angeles Health & Human Rights Conference | 2013 | South Los Angeles Health & Human Rights Conference | ||
Cleveland Heights | California | Heights Observer | 0 | St. Alban Episcopal Church | St. Alban Episcopal Church | |
San Francisco | California | International Justice Resource Center | 2012 | RallyPad | International Justice Resource Center, Center for Justice and Accountability, and Amnesty International | (415) 735-4180 |
Fort Collins | Colorado | United Nations Association | 2012 | United Nations Association | Eleanor Dwight, UNA, eleanor@dwightcentral.com | |
Washington | D.C. | United Nations Association | 2013 | Caucus Room, Cannon House Office Building | UNA-NCA | 202-887-9040 |
Washington | District of Columbia | Human Rights Campaign | 2015 | Newseum | Human Rights Campaign and Human Rights First | |
Orlando | Florida | Amnesty International | 2012 | Amnesty International | ||
Fort Lauderdale | Florida | South Florida Times | 2010 | African American Research Library and Cultural Center | Ethiopia Africa Black International Congress Miami | |
St. Petersburgh | Florida | St. Pete for Peace | 2010 | Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, and The Refuge | ||
Jacksonville | Florida | Plancast | 2011 | |||
Miami | Florida | Miami Dade College | 2013 | Chapman Center, Miami Dade College | Miami Dade College | Cristina Mateo, mmateo@mdc.edu, 305-237-3771 |
Atlanta | Georgia | Human Rights Atlanta | 2011 | Auburn Avenue Research Library | Human Rights Atlanta | |
Honolulu | Hawaii | Hawaii Institute for Human Rights | 2013 | Honolulu Museum of Art | Hawaii Institute for Human Rights | |
Evanston | Illinois | Evanston Now | 2013 | Parks Hall, Northwestern University | Amnesty International | |
Carbondale | Illinois | KFVS News | 2015 | Epiphany Lutheran Church | United Nations Association | |
Bloomington | Illinois | Illinois Wesleyan University | 2015 | Illinois Wesleyan University | Amnesty International | |
Illinois | Illinois Department of Human Rights | 2013 | Illinois Department of Human Rights | |||
South Bend | Indiana | United Nations Association | 2012 | South Bend Human Rights Commission | South Bend Human Rights Commission, (574) 235-9355 | |
Des Moines | Iowa | Des Moines Public Information Office | 2013 | Des Moines Public Library | Des Moines Human Rights Commission | Mikel Johnson, (515) 237-1482, mjjohnson@dmgov.org |
Iowa City | Iowa | Iowa-UNA | 2013 | Iowa City Public Library | Iowa United Nations Association | emilyharmon@unaiowa.org |
Lexington | Kentucky | KyForward | 2013 | Kentucky Theater | Rebecca Glasscock, rebecca.glasscock@kctcs.edu or Kay Sargent, kays@lexingtonky.gov | |
Springfield | Massachusetts | Justice for Charles | 2012 | Rebecca Johnson School | ||
Worcester | Massachusetts | Office of Human Rights | 2012 | Office of Human Rights | Office of Human Rights, (508) 799-1152 | |
Amherst | Massachusetts | MassLive | 2015 | Jones Library | Amnesty International | |
Hyannis | Massachusetts | capecodtoday.com | 2013 | The Brazilian Grill Churrascaria | Barnstable County Human Rights Commission | 508-375-6912, hrc@barnstablecounty.org |
Detroit | Michigan | Irshad News | 2011 | Amnesty International | 313-531-7647 | |
St. Paul | Minnesota | The Advocates for Human Rights | 2010 | State capitol rotunda | Regional Tibetan Youth Congress | |
Minneapolis | Minnesota | University of Minneapolis Human Rights Center | 2013 | Grace-Trinity Community Church | University of Minneapolis Human Rights Center | hrcrsvp@umn.edu or 612-626-0041 |
Jefferson City | Missouri | International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies | 2013 | Doubletree Hotel | Missouri Commission on Human Rights | |
St. Louis | Missouri | United Nations Association - USA St. Louis | 2012 | Missouri History Museum | United Nations Association-USA St. Louis | |
Newark | New Jersey | American Friends Service Committee | 2012 | American Friends Service Committee | 973-854-0402 | |
Ocean City | New Jersey | Ocean City Patch | 2015 | Ocean City Public Library | South Jersey Amnesty International | 609-398-1934, or shanleyg2001@yahoo.coms or rafasy@gmail.com |
Albuquerque | New Mexico | ThurstonTalk.com | 2013 | Abigail Stuart House | Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice | 360-754-3998 |
Hyde Park | New York | Daily Freeman | 2015 | FDR Presidential Library | UNA, Eleanor Roosevelt Center, Amnesty International | |
Ithaca | New York | Ithaca Journal | 2015 | Tompkins County Public Library | Tompkins County Office of Human Rights | |
Brentwood | New York | Long Island Wins | 2013 | Sisters of St. Joseph | Long Island Jobs with Justice | |
New York (Columbia Univ.) | New York | Columbia University | 2010 | Columbia University | Columbia University | |
Bronx | New York | Fordham University | 2014 | Pope Auditorium | Fordham University | btep@fordham.edu |
New York | New York | Fordham University | 2013 | Corrigan Conference Center (on campus) | Fordham BTEP | (212) 636-6640, btep@fordham.edu |
New York (U.N.) | New York | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | 2012 | U.N. | United Nations | |
Rochester | New York | Rochester Human Rights Committee | 2013 | Downtown United Presbyterian Church | International Human Rights Day Committee | |
Yonkers | New York | lohud | 2015 | The Riverview | Yonkers Commission on Human Rights | Sonya Davenport, 914-377-6274 |
King | North Carolina | Amnesty International | 2013 | Medley Meadows | Amnesty International | |
Raleigh | North Carolina | WNCN | 2013 | Cameron Village Library | ||
Danbury | North Carolina | Winston-Salem Journal | 2013 | Danbury Community Church | Amnesty International student group | 336 593-5402, patrick.minges@stokes.k12.nc.us. |
Raleigh | North Carolina | North Carolina State University | 2013 | Witherspoon Center, NC State University | North Carolina State University | |
Cincinnati | Ohio | The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education | 2015 | Hebrew Union College | The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education | 513-221-1875 |
Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | City Sentinel | 2015 | Full Circle Bookstore | Amnesty International | John Walters, 405-720-6467 |
Salem | Oregon | Salem Human Rights and Relations | 2012 | League of Women Voters | ||
Eugene | Oregon | (attended) | 2015 | First Christian Church | Eugene Human Rights Commission | Eugene Human Rights Commission |
Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Global Pittsburgh | 2013 | City-County Building | American Friends Service Committee | jsmith1037@gmail.com: Scilla Wahrhaftig 412 315 7423, awahrhaftig@afsc.org |
Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Amnesty International Pittsburgh | 2013 | Calvary Episcopal Church | Amnesty International Pittsburgh | Ayres or Chris at amnesty39@gmail.com. |
Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | United Nations Association | 2013 | The Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square | United Nations Association | |
Providence | Rhode Island | American Friends Service Committee | 2012 | US District courthouse | American Friends Service Committee | sene@afsc.org 508-399-6699 |
Chatanooga | Tennessee | Chattanooga Organized for Action | 2012 | Chattanooga Downtown Public Library | Chattanooga Organized for Action, et.al. | |
Nashville | Tennessee | Tennessee United for Human Rights | 2015 | John Seigenthaler Center | Tennessee United for Human Rights | |
Dallas | Texas | Wherevent | 2012 | Elm Street | Dallas Observes International Human Rights Day | |
Arlington | Texas | Dallas Peace Center | 2012 | Aldersgate United Methodist Church | Arlington Proyecto Unido, Proyecto Inmigrante, Pueblo Sin Fronteras, SMU | |
Fort Worth | Texas | City of Fort Worth | 2013 | Modern art Museum | Human Relations Unit | |
El Paso | Texas | BorderNetwork for Human Rights | 2013 | Border Network for Human Rights | ||
Houston | Texas | HumanRightsWalk.org | 2013 | Town Green Park, The Woodlands | Demme Durrett, info@humanrightswalk.org, 281-638-3577 | |
The Woodlands | Texas | Houston Peace and Justice Center | 2013 | Town Green Park | Houston Peace and Justice Center / Human Rights Walk & Festival | Demme Durrett, info@humanrightswalk.org, 281-638-3577 |
Salt Lake City | Utah | Salt Lake City | 2015 | Salt Lake City & County Building | Mayor's Office of Diversity & Human Rights and the Salt Lake City Human Rights Commission | |
Alexandria | Virginia | Office of Human Rights | 2012 | City Hall | Office of Human Rights and Human Rights Commission | Office of Human Rights |
Virginia Beach | Virginia | City of Virginia Beach | 2012 | Williams Farm Recreation Center | Virginia Beach Human Rights Commission | (757) 385-1158 |
Newport News | Virginia | Office of Human Affairs | 2012 | City Council Building | Office of Human Affairs | Office of Human Affairs, 757-244-7547 |
Tacoma | Washington | Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies | 2012 | Jane Russell Commons | University of Washington's Center for Human Rights | |
Everett | Washington | South Everett Beacon | 2012 | Snohomish County Campus | Snohomish County Commission on Human Rights | Andrea Pettit, 425-388-7308 |
Olympia | Washington | Olympia Power & Light | 2013 | Abigail Stuart House | Olympia Power & Light | |
Everett | Washington | Lake Stevens Journal | 2013 | Robert Drewel Building, Snohomish County campus | Snohomish County Human Rights Commission | Sherry Cuddy, 425-388-7308, sherry.cuddy@snoco.org |
Seattle | Washington | The Seattle Globalist | 2015 | Town Hall Seattle | Town Hall Seattle | (206) 652-4255 |
Bellingham | Washington | http://kgmi.com/events/international-human-rights-day-celebration/ | 2013 | Bellingham YWCA | Whatcom Human Rights Task Force, Whatcom Peace & Justice Center and Amnesty International | |
Spokane | Washington | The Fig Tree | 2012 | Human Rights Education Institute | ||
Elm Grove | Wisconsin | School Sisters of Notre Dame | 2013 | Notre Dame of Elm Grove | School Sisters of Notre Dame | 262-787-1023, tdewane@ssndcp.org |
Milwaukee | Wisconsin | ACLU of Wisconsin | 2013 | Milwaukee City Hall | ACLU of Wisconsin | 414-272-4032 |
Superior | Wisconsin | University of Wisconsin - Superior | 2015 | University of Wisconsin - Superior, Multicultural Center | University of Wisconsin - Superior |
I have been able to find International Human Rights Day events for 62 of the 200 most populous cities in the U.S.
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