This summer at New Tactics I'm doing a project to get to know human rights advocates, particularly in the twin cities area, a little bit better. It's not always an easy job, and the diversity of individuals that devote their time to struggling for human rights is incredible; the diversity of how they do that is no less impressive. So listen in, and get to know your human rights community; they've got a lot to offer.

Kristi Rudelius-Palmer, featured here, is Co-Director of the University of Minnesota Law School's Human Rights Center. In this interview she tackles some really tough questions that face all human rights advocates: personal motivations and challenges, burnout, ethical accountability, the importance and difficulty of collaboration, and more.

Mary Ellingen, interview featured here, is a staff attorney at The Advocates for Human Rights in Minneapolis. Mary specializes in the Women's Program at The Advocates, and has done a lot of work in the area of domestic violence; the Women's Program has really made tracks in assisting countries with reforming their legal systems to better protect women in their private environments. In this interview she offers us some insight into her early feminist motivations that brought her here, as well as a number of unique challenges that women's issues and their advocates face.

This summer at New Tactics I'm doing a project to get to know human rights advocates, particularly in the twin cities area, a little bit better. It's not always an easy job, and the diversity of individuals that devote their time to struggling for human rights is incredible; the diversity of how they do that is no less impressive. We want to know, what makes them tick? How did they get here? How do they do their work, and what makes them keep at it? I have been conducting interviews with activists in the twin cities area, and now we want to share their insights with you. So listen in, and get to know your human rights community, they've got a lot to offer.

Across the world, sport generates some of the most popular and participatory social networks and events. Lots of media, lots of attention, and lots of fun! Right now the World Cup football competition is occupying the attention of sports fans worldwide: a great big international dialogue of alliances complete with facepaint, hoots, and hollers. A great place to publicize human rights?