Know Your Human RightsMetro Hall Welcomes Human Rights Celebration
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Toronto, 10 December 2006: Youth for Human Rights Canada along with the City of Toronto sponsored a special event marking Human Rights Day in Toronto. The afternoon commemoration held at Metro Hall on Sunday had twenty human rights groups involved including the Human Rights Department of the Church of Scientology. Singer/song writer and YHRI national spokesperson Sarah Melody hosted the afternoon and former Toronto Argonaut Orlando Bowen along with prominent Toronto human rights activist Charles Roach provided keynote addressses. Montreal's The Sound of Reason provided entertainment with their inspirational human rights lyrics.Toronto City Councillor Joe Mihevic represented the City of Toronto and Mayor David Miller proclaimed December 10th Human Rights Day in Toronto.
The proclamation reads:
"WHEREAS on December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to recognize the inherent dignity and equal and intrinsic rights of all peoples, and at this time every year, the City of Toronto pays tribute to these principles.
"The City of Toronto joins community groups and institutions in Toronto as we work together toward the empowerment of vulnerable communities and the achievement of a civil society though the elimination of poverty, violence, racism, sexism, homophobia, homelessness, hate crimes, hunger, illiteracy and all barriers to the fulfilment of human rights.
"The City of Toronto continues to take a leadership role in the fight for the elimination of all forms of discrimination and disadvantage to ensure that everyone has the right to live in conditions of dignity, respect and peace.
"NOW THEREFORE, I, Mayor David Miller, on behalf of Toronto City Council, do hereby proclaim December 2006 as "Human Rights Month" and December 10, 2006 as “Human Rights Day” in the City of Toronto."
