Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  > Inside U Michigan  U Michigan News Roosevelt Vanguard dream.DETROIT Upcoming Events Kyra Davis, Berkeley Chapter co-president, opens at the Berkeley-Stanford Policy Workshop Announcements Africa Policy Conference @ UNC Perfect Presidential Platform crafted @ UGA Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More National Press Chronicle of Higher Education The Nation LA Times New York Times > More "Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground." — Teddy Roosevelt    Human Rights and Peace Studies > Roosevelt Home > U Michigan > Human Rights and Peace Updated 1/22/2008 HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACE STUDIES   Next Meeting!!!! Wednesday  February 13, 6:00 pm 1st Floor Dana Building Mission Statement: The objective of the Center for Human Rights and Peace Studies is to provide researched solutions to policy problems concerning threats to human rights and the preservation of peace. Our mission is to produce quality research and policy proposals to facilitate the commitment of human rights practices in US and foreign politics. Overview Information: The Center of Human Rights and Peace Studies will meet at the same time as the Civil Liberty Center and we will be addressing issues of conflict, conflict resolution as well as any and all threats to human rights. Issues of particular interest: Torture/ Rendition Human trafficking and slavery Nuclear proliferation and arms control Child soldiers and violence against women.  However, being that this is a new center we are more then willing to incorporate new topics for research and publication.   For more information, contact: Co-Director: Kurston C. Cook (kccook@umich.edu or kurston.cook@gmail.com) Co-Director: Greg Sunstrum (sunstrum@umich.edu) Administrative Director: Alfa Berhane-Andu (alfaber@umich.edu) Related Resources Roosevelt Facebook Group Universal Declaration of Human Rights   image obtained from: Human Rights Project Meetings: Wednesday 6:00 pm, Dana Building Group members: Kurston C Cook Gregory J Sunstrum Alfa Berhane-Andu Darin Goldstein Katlyn G Leight Dan Marcus Darci E Sprengel Kate S Vander Tuig   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 1527 New Hampshire Avenue NW, 4th Floor / Washington, DC 20036 || Fax: (202) 483-2657