Presidenti​al proclamati​on — Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week, 2013

Below is a proclamation signed by  President Obama  regarding Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week, 2013. HUMAN RIGHTS DAY AND HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK, 2013 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Six and a half decades ago, delegates from around the world convened to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, rejecting…

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UESE officially launches and partners with the UN to bring LGBT equality in sports to the world stage

LOS ANGELES — David McFarland, founder and CEO of United For Equality In Sports & Entertainment (UESE), has announced the non-profit’s official launch with a high-level event, Sport Comes Out Against Homophobia, at the United Nations. The goal of the event, which  takes place today is to create a global discussion on the role of sport in…

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Union Bank receives top score on Human Rights Campaign’s 2014 Corporate Equality Index

SAN FRANCISCO, – Union Bank, N.A., announced today that it earned a perfect score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2014 Corporate Equality Index. This is the first year that Union Bank participated in HRC’s rating system, which serves as the national benchmarking tool for corporate policies and practices related to lesbian,…

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Oregon United for Marriage hits signature milestone

PORTLAND, Ore—On the one-year anniversary of the day same-sex couples could first receive marriage licenses in Washington state, Oregon United for Marriage is announcing that the campaign has collected more than 116,284 signatures, the minimum needed to put the Freedom to Marry and Religious Protection Initiative on the November ballot. The campaign, which began collecting…

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Nelson Mandela Memorial service: a ‘giant of history’ is laid to rest

SOUTH AFRICA – Nelson Mandela was lauded as a “giant of history” and “one of the greatest leaders of our time” as tens of thousands cheered and almost 100 world leaders paid tribute to the anti-apartheid icon at a memorial service today. President Barack Obama, addressing the 95,000 capacity crowd in the  First National Bank…

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