Harrisburg, PA – Several staff members with The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) will visit Embassy of the Czech Republic to attend the embassy’s Human Rights Day breakfast.
“December 10 is International Human Rights Day,” said PHRC Executive Director Chad Dion Lassiter, MSW. “This visit not only affirms our commitment to protecting the rights and freedoms of all Pennsylvanians, but it also aligns with the PHRC social justice global initiative. Everyone deserves to live, work, pray, and learn free from discrimination. The PHRC will never stop working to protect the rights of the marginalized. For the past few years.”
WHAT: Annual Human Rights Day Breakfast
WHO:
PHRC Housing & Commercial Property Director Caroline Eister
PHRC Civil Rights Outreach Director Sheryl Meck
PHRC Civil Rights Outreach Coordinator Joshua Nix
PHRC Civil Rights Outreach Coordinator Omar Henriquez
PHRC Civil Rights Outreach Coordinator Montrell Smooth
PHRC Civil Rights Outreach Coordinator Hector Torres-Diaz
WHEN:
TOMORROW, Tuesday, December 10, 2024
WHERE:
Embassy of the Czech Republic
3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW, Washington D.C.
During this visit, the PHRC staff will participate in a one-hour discussion of the human relations situation in the United States, specifically in Pennsylvania.
“This partnership with the Embassy of the Czech Repubic is an opportunity for the PHRC to discuss human rights issues not only here in Pennsylvania but around the world,” said PHRC Special Assistant Zulay Rojas. “This will be a meeting of like-minded people working for change to provide social justice for all people.”
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