Human Rights Action Center celebrates the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights anniversary each year with a musical event.
Participating artists include Francis Dunnery, Wynton Marsalis, the Untouchables and a syndicated radio show with Natalie Merchant, Mike Watt and Special Beat/Ranking Roger.
HRAC produced the
50th anniversary concert for the United Nations celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
HRAC continues a campaign asking governments of the world to
print the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the passports of all governments.
HRAC works with the
US Campaign for Burma. HRAC has had three "missions": to see Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, record her words and bring those messages out.
HRAC's Jack Healey also speaks regularly at forums for this cause and he serves as
senior advisor to Jeremy Woodrum , Director of the US Campaign for Burma. Together, they have spoken twice to the National Security Council re Burma.
HRAC also
sponsored a concert for the Burmese cause in
Bankok in 1999 featuring Glen Phillips, Raven Simone and Breeze.
HRAC arranged for the financing of
rebuilding a factory in Bosnia which now employs over 900 women.
HRAC has worked with the
Human Rights Center in Haiti as a consultant, preparing a human rights campaign strategy for the organization, evaluating the effectiveness of the Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims in Haiti.
HRAC did a
syndicated radio show with Westwood One in December 1999.
Before HRAC, Founder
Jack Healey was
Director of Amnesty International for 13 years;
Peace Corps director in Lesotho for five years;
Freedom from Hunger for five years; and
advisor to Dick Gregory, re: world hunger, for three years. He was a
Franciscan monk for 10 years and a
Catholic priest for four years.