PUSHing the Human Right to Housing

Subtitle: 
w/ Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Housing
Activity Type: 
Panel Discussion
Presenter: 
Leilani Farha
Date: 
Thursday, October 29, 2020 - 19:00
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu
Cost: 
Free and Open to the Public

Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Housing, will speak about her work bringing demands for housing justice to governments and working with the global housing rights movement through her organization #Maketheshift with featured panelists. Panelists include: Carl Redwood, Pittsburgh's Hill District Consensus Group, Dr. Michael Goodhart, Director of Pitt Global Studies Center, and Rob Robinson of the US Human Rights Cities Alliance, International Alliance of Inhabitants and Partners for Dignity Rights.

UCIS Unit: 
Global Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors: 
Department of Sociology
Center for Bioethics and Health Law
Non-University Sponsors: 
Carnegie Mellon University International Film Festival
US Human Rights Cities Alliance
Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance
University Human Rights Working Group and Student Task Force
Is Event Already in University Calendar?: 
No