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July 2006, Human Rights PSAs released by Youth for Human Rights and supported by Artists for Human Rights.
December 2006, International Human Rights Day Celebration – Los Angeles City Hall. Dignitaries, youth leaders, community leaders, religious leaders and artists celebrated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the steps of City Hall and supported by a City of Los Angeles Proclamation. Hundreds signed a Human Rights Pledge unfurled down the steps of City Hall.
December 2006, Anne Archer appears with Director of the award-winning documentary, Cargo: Innocence Lost, Michael Corey Davis, on Tribune’s KTLA Morning Show to discuss Human Rights and Human Trafficking. The show, which airs in national segments, tops all network morning shows reaching over 12,000,000 viewers.
Anne showed human rights public service announcements while Michael Corey Davis commented on clips from his gripping film. The hosts were astonished to find how prevalent human trafficking is throughout the United States with estimates of human being trafficked in the United States today, exceeding those before the Civil War. Watch the video
July 2006, Artists for Human Rights Launch – Los Angeles, CA . Artists for Human Rights was formally launched in an event at Celebrity Center International in Hollywood, California. Anne Archer, Academy Award-nominated actress and Founder of Artists for Human Rights articulated its purpose of bringing all races, creeds, nationalities and ethnicities together in the common cause of raising awareness of our human rights utilizing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the educational document. She also pointed out the artist’s power and responsibility to make a difference in the human rights arena. “Artists have the ability to change viewpoints on a large scale and in a relatively short period of time. Never has that been more needed than today.”
May 2006, Human Rights Heroes Awards – Washington, DC. Founding members of Artist for Human Rights Anne Archer and Managing Director Michael Wisner attended the Human Rights Hero Awards in Washington, DC at the Rayburn Building. Actress Jenna Elfman presented hero awards to a number of outstanding youth who have brought the human rights message to their diverse communities. Congressman Brad Sherman announced a Congressional Resolution on Human Rights.