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Celebrating 70 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

For decades, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been heralded as one of the pillars of a global ethic and common conscience for humanity, helping sustain the morale of those subjected to injustices. On the declaration’s 70th anniversary Dec. 10, 2018, global dignitaries, activists and leaders convened at USC to take stock of achievements since 1948, but also to envision the future and set an agenda for the next 70 years.

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In the resource kit below learn more about how cities and local governments are spearheading the most critical human rights issues of our time, from achieving equity and inclusion for all people, to providing for basic needs and human dignity. Through videos, quotes, activities and essay topics, we invite you to explore discussions and calls to action from United Nations human rights trailblazers, mayors from around the world and USC leaders, as well as from actress Alyssa Milano, Jane the Virgin writer Rafael Augustín, Paralympian Candace Cable and YouTube star Gigi

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L.A.’s first lady, Amy Wakeland, navigates shifting political fortunes in final Garcetti years

At the end of a very long and trying 2020, the first lady of Los Angeles recalled the protests over racial injustice and coronavirus restrictions that went on outside her home nearly every day.

Demonstrators chanted into bullhorns and sometimes shouted profanely, Amy Elaine Wakeland said. Mayor Eric Garcetti’s wife said she notified the family’s Los Angeles Police Department security detail whenever the disruptions got so bad that the couple’s 9-year-old daughter couldn’t complete her homework or get to sleep. From March through the end of the year, Wakeland made about 80 complaints in all.

“I would be lying to you,” she said in a recent interview, “to not tell you that it is hard on my daughter and the children in this neighborhood.”

Wakeland acknowledged the protesters’ right to gather outside Getty House, the official residence of the mayor, but also questioned how much good they had done. “I don’t think you build movements by yelling at people,” she said.

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Albion College Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, former Pleiad writer and “future president” (as English Professor Dr. Mary Collar professed) Amy Elaine Wakeland (‘91) revisited Albion last week to speak to Albion College students and faculty. Her return was filled to the brim with her alumni speech, Ford Institute meetings, awards ceremonies, the Elkin Isaac Student Research Symposium, and of course, meeting with students and faculty.

Wakeland, the First Lady of Los Angeles, received the Distinguished Alumni Award due to her great success in changing Los Angeles’s gender, homelessness and occupational inequities. Her successes are innumerable in count, but some include a 300 percent increase in female employment in the Information Technology Agency of Los Angeles; securing $10 million in donations from the Los Angeles Clippers for inclusion of Los Angeles sports programming for all genders, races and socioeconomic statuses; and equalizing the employment and wages of the Los Angeles Board of Commissions in terms of gender. But, before she was able to accomplish all of t