HISTORY OF THE SUMMIT
2004
FIRST ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMIT
"A Continuum of Violence"
Held May 4 - 7, 2004. Students presented their final papers on three different panels which focused on the following topics: peacetime crimes in the Bay Area; sexual violence; discrimination; and indigenous peoples' rights.
Xavante youth in Central Brazil. Photo MLF 2003.
2005
SECOND ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMIT
"Hidden Genocides"
Held May 3 - 6, 2005. The panel topics included the prison system in the United States; indigenous peoples and repatriation; women's rights; and gender violence.
Guarani medicine man Candido Ramirez, at 86 years of age, selling
hearts of palm at a street market, southern Brazil. Photo MLF 1999
2006
THIRD ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMIT
"Roots of Our Future: The Human Rights of Children"
Held May 2-5, 2006. Students presented their research on the following themes: medical access and privacy; health disparities among youth communities; gender issues; standardization and medicalization of youth “experience;” current issues in activism and education. More information on the Third Summit.
  
2007
FOURTH ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMIT
"Power and Pleasure: Expressions and Repressions of Sexuality and Reproductive Rights"
Held April 30 - May 2, 2007. Activities included panels, performances, community outreach on the campus lawn, gallery exhibits, and a sex literacy workshop facilitated by members of SFSU's National Sexuality Resource Center. Check out the gallery for pictures of the event. Read article in student newspaper [X]Press. More information on the Fourth Summit.
  
3rd PURI Project and Navarette x Kajiyama Dancetheatre perform at the 2007 Human Rights Summit.
Photos J.Kennedy 2007
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