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Social Media Now the
Virtual Voice for Human Rights
Poet Larry Jaffe,
Poet Laureate for the Youth of Human Rights
International, uses Twitter to educate people on
their human rights.
Tampa Bay, FL August
10, 2009 - Everyone has the right to life according
to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But
Poet Larry Jaffe
questions whether people know what their human
rights really are. Jaffe, dedicated to telling the
world about the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, has committed to teaching each human-rights
article via Twitter in 140 characters or less.
Human Rights is clearly an issue, evidence by
Americans twittering the right to free speech
against the proposed healthcare bill while other
members of mankind are twittering the concern over
women’s rights in Africa, to executions in Iran, to
Chinese human rights advocates falling under
suspicious political arrest.
“People, who KNOW
their [human] rights, are more likely to stand up -
not just for themselves, but for others,” says
Jaffe. “Get these rights taught to our children so
they know their birthright."
Jaffe’s past weekly
twoems, listed below, have been getting traction far
and wide…making Twitter Jaffe’s virtual voice for
peace.
Article 1. Born
free and equal.
o
Dignified
stars/Soaring through infinity/Autonomous
born/Individuals/Hands linked in freedom
Article 2. Don’t
discriminate.
o
Looking through hate’s glasses/He
shatters the lenses/So he can see again/Don’t
discriminate
Larry’s third Twitter
poem on Article 3, The Right to Life was released
this morning. The new twoem can be found by
searching @larryjaffe on Twitter.
About Poet Larry
Jaffe:
From the sensually
romantic to humor and social commentary, Larry Jaffe
impacts audiences with a rich emotional range,
masterfully crafted. His poetry appears in numerous
anthologies, magazines, and on the Internet where he
has pioneered poetry web sites. Passionate about
his purpose to bring Human Rights to the forefront
of our youth’s minds, Jaffe said, "Every day I read
about various human rights violations and in my
heart I know we can make a better world. It is my
great hope that we as poets lead the way to a new
and better civilization." His poem OWNED has
been adopted as the official poem on human slave
trafficking. In addition to his Poet Laureate
status for the Youth for Human Rights International,
Jaffe is also the co-founder of Poets for Human
Rights, an international coalition of poets and
human rights advocates. Visit Larry at
www.larryjaffe.com
and @larryjaffe on Twitter.
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