Prizm Project

PRIZM project is a human rights education programme for young women. Four foundational pillars are used in teaching human rights to engaged young women: civic engagement, social justice, inner peace, and critical thinking. PRIZM runs Human Rights Retreats to give young women the necessary tools to become active in their communities to create positive social change. It also provides a toolkit for field organizers to use in running a retreat in their own area. The project is associated with the Global Literacy Project,[http://glpinc.org/ Global Literacy Project], retrieved April 15, 2007 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115021945/http://www.glpinc.org/ |date=November 15, 2019 }} and has worked with schools in the United States to collect books and other literacy materials to send to third-world schools.[http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070331/NEWS01/703310330/1006/NEWS06 Students collecting for S. Africa school]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Celanie Polanick, Courier News Online

Activities

The Prizm Project organisation is active in South Africa and Kenya, as well as holding an annual retreat on the grounds of Douglass College at Rutgers University.{{cite news|url=http://media.www.dailytargum.com/media/storage/paper168/news/2007/04/02/University/Students.retreat.For.Human.Rights-2816592.shtml |title=Students 'retreat' for human rights|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225606/http://media.www.dailytargum.com/media/storage/paper168/news/2007/04/02/University/Students.retreat.For.Human.Rights-2816592.shtml |archivedate=September 27, 2007|work=The Daily Targum|date=April 2, 2007}} The organisation celebrated its launch with a retreat attended by over a hundred young women in Kenya.{{cite web|url=http://www.humanityinaction.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=500 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929011713/http://www.humanityinaction.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=500 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |publisher=Humanity In Action|title=American Fellows Action Plans|accessdate=April 15, 2007}} Other education programmes are in place in Southeast Asia and in Bulgaria.{{cite web|url=http://www.prizmproject.org/FAQ.htm |title=Prizm Project FAQ, point #6|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216200233/http://www.prizmproject.org/FAQ.htm|publisher=Prizm |archivedate=February 16, 2007|accessdate=April 15, 2007|via=The Wayback Machine}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070705134835/http://www.prizmproject.org/index.htm Prizm Project home page]

Category:International non-profit organizations

Category:Human rights organizations based in the United States

Category:Women's rights organizations