PLEASE JOIN US Reception and Gallery Opening Thursday December 1, 2008 5:00pm-8:00pm Youth Art Connection Gallery 63 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta GA
ABOUT THE UDHR AND ORGANIZATIONS
Following the end of World War II, Eleanor Roosevelt was chosen by the United Nations to lead the Commission on Human Rights. The Commission wanted to create a document that would help prevent another terrible war from happening and show all human beings and countries how to treat each other respectfully. On December 10, 1948, the United Nations made this document official, calling it the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which was then signed by 51 countries.
The UDHR says that all people everywhere have the same human rights, which no one can take away. This Declaration affirms the dignity and worth of all people, and the equal rights of women and men. The Declaration is the basis of freedom, justice and peace in the world, and the rights described are the common standards for all people everywhere.
Please direct any questions to youth.art@cchrpartnership.org.
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THE CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS
The Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, scheduled to break ground in 2009, will commemorate the contributions of Atlantans and Georgians to the historic struggle for African-American freedom and equality, and also serve as a living center for ongoing contributions to human rights struggles around the world. The center will be a space for ongoing dialogue, study and contributions to the resolution of current and future freedom struggles of all people at the local, national and international level.
NO PLACE FOR HATE®
is a program of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that helps schools enhance or create a culture of respect. No Place For Hate® empowers members of the school community to value differences, treat everyone with respect, and take a stand against all forms of bullying and bias. By participating in No Place For Hate®, a school or school system has the opportunity to reduce bullying, name-calling and other expressions of bias; create a safer learning environment; promote unity and pride; and live by the core value of respect for others. To learn more, contact Holli Levinson, Education Director, hlevinson@adl.org
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CONTEST Winners
ART CONTEST WINNERS
Kindergarten -
2nd Grade
First Place
Lacy Ott, Kids Have the
Right to Play, 2nd grade, High Meadows
Second Place (Tie)
Isabella Borek, It’s Ok
if You Speak a Different Language, 2nd, The Pike School
Nicholas Diaz, Woman
Wanting to Vote, 2nd grade, High Meadows
Grade 3 – Grade 5
First Place
Arabia Walker, Untitled,
Frank L. Stanton Elementary
Second Place
Kazmine Hill, Hush, 4th
grade, A.D. Williams Elementary
Runners Up
Markeya Edge, Basic Rights, 5th grade,
Frank L. Stanton Elementary
Anthony Lumpkin, Human Rights, 5th grade A.D.
Williams Elementary
David Walker, What If? Frank L. Stanton Elementary
Grade 6 – Grade 8
First Place
Diamond Cherry, Children
Have Rights, 7th grade,
Jean Childs Young
Middle School
Second Place
Ilana Ander, Equality,
6th grade, The Epstein School
Runners Up
Max Fryer, Torture- Article 5, 7th
Grade, The Atlanta
School
Quinn Van Hoene, Birds of Paradise, 6th Grade,
The Atlanta School
Grade 9 – Grade
12
First Place
Janie Park, Equal Rights
for All, 12th grade, North
Gwinnett High
School
Second Place
Lora Persyn, Believing,
10th grade, North
Gwinnett High
School
Runners Up
Benjamin Lee, The Power of Progression, 10th
grade,
Southwest Dekalb High School
Lloyd Parker, Break Free, 11th grade Southwest Dekalb High School
Special Honorable
Mention Group Projects
Hunter-Pluschau Kindergarten
Class, The Right to Education, K, High Meadows
Miss Lawson’s Class, End
Slavery, Program for Exceptional Children,
L.J. Price Middle School
Kindergarten -
2nd Grade
First Place
ESSAY: Naimah McDonald, Everybody Likes Freedom, 2nd Grade,
The Pike
School
POETRY: Tristan Latham, People Should be Treated the Same Way, 2nd Grade, The Pike School
Second Place
ESSAY: Cade Rose, No one Has the Right to Treat You as a Slave
2nd Grade, The Pike School
Grade 3 – Grade 5
First Place
ESSAY: Kiora Benton, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 4th
Grade, Hamilton
E. Holmes Elementary
POETRY: Shamara Bacon, We have Rights, 4th Grade,
Boys & Girls Clubs of Atlanta
Second Place
ESSAY: Jared Jackson, Human Rights, 4th Grade,
Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary
POETRY: Sydney Stepney, My World 4th Grade, Hamilton E. Holmes
Elementary
POETRY: Nevelyn Thomas, Peace 5th Grade, Peyton Forest
Elementary
Grade 6 – Grade 8
First Place
ESSAY: Nicole LaValley, Heart to Heart 8th Grade, St
Josephs School
POETRY: Mona Adams, Human Rights 8th Grade, Inman Middle
School
Second Place
ESSAY: Jennifer Hennessey, Equality- Big and Tall Small and Short 8th Grade, St
Josephs School
POETRY: Deshayna Dehan, Liberty or Death 6th Grade,
Boys and Girls Clubs of Atlanta
Grade 9 – Grade
12
First Place
ESSAY: Kamalia Blunt, Article 3: Everyone Has the Right to Life, Liberty and Security of
Person, 11th Grade, Booker T. Washington High School
POETRY: Natalie Cook, Same in Every Country, 10th Grade,
Dekalb School of the Arts
Second Place
ESSAY: SpOkEn OpInIon, 11th Grade, Booker T. Washington High
School
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JUDGING
There are four judging divisions for the contest:
- Division I (Kindergarten - Grade 2)
- Division II (Grade 3 - Grade 5)
- Division III (Grade 6 - Grade 8)
- Division IV (Grade 9 - Grade 12)
For all age groups, judges evaluate each entry based on:
- Content: Does the entry interpret / reflect one or more of the articles of the UDHR?
- Originality, Creativity, and Presentation
- Is the entry organized and well presented?
- Is the written material clear and grammatically correct?
- Is the visual material well constructed?
- Is the entry imaginative in dealing with the subject matter?
Prizes will be awarded in the following ways:
- Four Grand Prizes in Art- One in each Division
- Four Grand Prizes in Writing- One in each Division
CCHR reserves the right not to award a grand prize winner in any of the above categories if no entry merits such designation. The judges will be chosen representatives of CCHR. The decision of the judges shall be made in the judges' full discretion and is final. Challenges will not be permitted.
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PRIZES
All entrants will be acknowledged with a Read It Embrace It Express It Certificate.
The overall contest winner will receive a US savings bond worth $150 and recognition at the opening ceremony for 60 Years of Progress 10 Days of Recognition. 8 grand prize winners will receive $75 savings bonds and recognition at the opening ceremony. Selected pieces will be displayed during 60 Years of Progress 10 Days of Recognition events throughout the city. Schools and organizations who submit the most entries will also be eligible for a prize of up to $1000 and recognition at the opening ceremony.
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