On Human Rights Day, December 10th, 2013, NESRI and the Poverty Initiative held an event at the Church Center of the United Nations in honor of Peg Franzen, a community leader who made an incalculable contribution to growing the movement for health care as a human right. Without leaders like Peg, the breakthrough in 2011—when the state of Vermont committed to establishing a truly universal publicly financed health care system—would not have happened.
Here’s a video from the second part of the evening where the inimitable Laura Flanders of GRITtv led us through a lively exchange with organizers from the Healthcare is a Human Right Campaigns in Vermont, Maine, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Laura facilitated a seamless dialogue amongst James Haslam of the Vermont Workers’ Center, DrewChristopher Joy of the Southern Maine Workers’ Center, Sergio Espana of United Workers in Maryland, Nijmie Dzurinko of Put People First! Pennsylvania, and our own Anja Rudiger at NESRI. These cutting-edge organizers highlighted their commitment to human rights values and vision, and to putting people at the center of the struggle.
This video was shot by NESRI interns Melissa Crisco, Laia Roxlo and Bing Wang and edited by NESRI intern Sage V.
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Healthcare Is a Human Right Roundtable Discussion: Human Rights Day, 2013
Date published: September 1, 2014