Getting Serious About Human Rights | Matthew Mullen | TEDxLincoln
"Freedom does not stand alone - as a human right, it is intersectional and interdependent with restraint and responsibility." - Matt Mullen
Join Dr. Matthew Mullen, director of the human rights organization, Article 30, as he shares his investigations of human rights across the globe and ties it back to the US and what steps can be taken to improve human rights for all.
Dr. Matthew Mullen is a human rights and peace practitioner who specializes in navigating oppression and marginalization.
Recently returning to his hometown of Lincoln after living in Thailand for over a decade, Mullen has conducted fieldwork in military-ruled Myanmar, North Korea, Ethiopia, and many other contexts. He is the author of Pathways that Changed Myanmar (2016, Zed Books) and led community engagement efforts on a Small-holder Farmer Centric Investigation of the Ethiopian Dairy Sector for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
He currently directs Article 30, an organization that works to confront harmful business-related activities. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
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This is by far one of the best, most critical and highly-educational videos I’ve ever seen. And, I agree, hear you and also long for deep change right here on our home soil. Things aren’t what they appear, and we all have an enormous responsibility to not only face these paralyzing issues, but to do the hard work....whatever that may be, or however long the road to get there or how uncomfortable we feel about strand up for all the basic values we have all taken for granted for far too long...those primal, free-spirit, we-all-matter-voice that makes our beautiful country was founded upon, however, I know not one human being that has true freedom in their life, life that is theirs and theirs to chose in all facets of “agency”, nor did I realize until recently just how controlled, violated and manipulated every single thing we try to do, voice a protest or be the unique, bright thinker our country desperately needs to change what we know must be changed --or we will lose the choice forever. When an individual stands up to corruption, abuse of power or unbelievable violence -we must listen. Silence and ignorance is exactly what breeds these long standing abuses and attacks on humankind you for your courageous voice....excellent and refreshing, well done!
I hope many people can see this video and start to think about this more. I myself need to process and think more about what he's said before blindly agreeing with him, but I'm certain he's right about accountability. I know that the US can live up to its original promise, and though it may be a long, hard-fought battle to reach that point it will be so worth it to know our future generations can, no matter who they are, be proud to call themselves Americans.
Great work
Human Rights are the Laws that are applied by Nature's God and can be seen in the wilderness, the jungle, and nature applying to all the animals and man is an animal. These Rights are made by the Creator and ruled over by Nature's God and the Creator.
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Tell that to a judge..
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