The U.N. Secretary General is a reformer, committed to restoring trust to the United Nations and this year he has stood up courageously for the Palestinian people.
Students from the microlending club at Quinnipiac University are helping small businesses that need support in Connecticut and Nicaragua. The microlending club gives small loans for expanding inventory, increasing marketing or modifications to the business’ location. Quinnipiac’s administration funds the loans through partnerships with Alianza Americana, a language and leadership school in Nicaragua, and Columbus.
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation named Quinnipiac University a Bee Campus USA Affiliate on April 10. The Xerces Society is an international nonprofit organization that protects the world through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats, according to its website. Sarah Lawson, an assistant professor of biology, said she helped fill out the application.
aConversationWithHumanRightsKerry Kennedy is President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. She is the proud mother of three daughters, Cara, Mariah, and Michaela. A human rights activist and lawyer, she authored New York Times best seller Being Catholic Now, as well as Speak Truth to Power and Robert F. Kennedy: Ripples of Hope. Kerry, the seventh of Ethel and Robert F. Kennedy’s eleven children, has devoted more than 40 years to the pursuit of equal justice, the promotion and protection of basic rights, and the preservation of the rule of law. She works on a range of issues, including child labor, women’s rights, disappearances, indigenous land rights, judicial independence, freedom of expression, ethnic violence, criminal justice reform, immigration, impunity, and environmental justice. She has led hundreds of human rights delegations in support of these causes. Under Kerry’s leadership, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights partners with the bravest people on earth to crea