Come join the Boston Firefly Project for a night of art, poetry, and activism as we raise awareness around the issue of poverty worldwide. Local artists, poets, and writers will be presenting and displaying their work on Thursday, August 14th from 7-9pm at the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy on 113 Brattle Street in Cambridge, a short walk from the Harvard Square T stop. Come meet other activists in the area and take part in the convergence of art and human rights - snacks and beverages provided!

Who're on the current Boston Human Rights Commission?...

Human Rights for Massachusetts Initiative (HR4MASS) a coalition of groups interested in "MAKING HUMAN RIGHTS A FACT IN MASSACHUSETTS. " We work with the legislature to increase broad awareness and implementation of the whole gamut of human rights (civil, political, economic, cultural, and social), through education and possibly the establishment of an independent Commonwealth Human Rights Commission.” Dr. Laura Roskos, co-founder and acting director of the Massachusetts CEDAW Project and chair of the Advancing Human Rights Committee.

Torture and Detention: Is This The American Way? [Flyer (PDF)] 

Barbara Olshansky, senior attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights and author of Secret Trials and Executions: Military Tribunals and the
Threat to Democracy

Steve Oleskey, attorney for six Guantanamo detainees
Erik Saar, former Army translator at Guantanamo Bay and co-author of Inside the Wire, a book describing abuses at the U.S. base