Human Rights Day and Other Events For best results using a screen reader, choose the text Only Version. Professor Adrien K. Wing to speak at Human Rights Day Celebration Professor Adrien K. Wing will speak at a free evening event to celebrate the 14th
annual Seattle Human Rights Day on Thursday, December 10, 7-8:30 pm at Town Hall on 8th Avenue
and Seneca. The evening event also will include presentation of the 2009 Human Rights Awards
to local human rights leaders. FEATURED SPEAKER: As an expert in international human rights and social justice, Professor Adrien K. Wing has advised the founding fathers and mothers of three constitutions: South Africa, Palestine, and Rwanda. Professor Wing has authored more than 100 publications on topics such as constitutionalism, women's rights, rape in Bosnia, Muslim headscarves in France, Tunisian secularism, and Turkish democracy. Her US-oriented scholarship has focused on race and gender discrimination. An accomplished public speaker, Wing has lectured all over the world. For more information call the Seattle Office for Civil Rights at (206) 684-4500 or check back at this web page for updates. Human Rights Day 2009 is produced by the Seattle Office for Civil Rights, Seattle Human Rights Commission, the Bush School, United Nations Association-Seattle, and Amnesty International, with support from Seattle Women's Commission, King County Civil Rights Commission, WA State Human Rights Commission, and Youth for Human Rights. Press release: Seattle Human Rights Day 2009
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