7. What do human rights leaders need?

An old proverb says that a trouble shared is a trouble halved. That idea underlies a project to support leaders in human rights movements and organizations - the Symposium on Strength and Solidarity for Human Rights. This project creates space for reflection twice a year, using case histories and readings from past struggles as provocation and invites those taking part to compare experiences. For eight days in February and March, some 20 leader-activists met online to discuss the challenges they face and how they might respond. In this episode, the Symposium’s four moderators reflect on the just-completed meeting and what issues seemed most critical to participants.

In this episode:

• A space for human rights leaders to talk – and find support
• The Coda:  An Israeli activist finds new meaning in a poem by Marge Piercy

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