Workshop: Community Action Planning in Healdsburg, California
Katie Dwyer
The Oxford Consortium for Human Rights Workshop Series: Human Rights, Activism, and Community Action
DATES: March 31 - April 3
LOCATION: Healdsburg, California
This workshop builds on our past seminars that feature both eminent scholars and local activists. How do we mobilize responses to build compassionate and just communities? How do we integrate theory and practice? What is the role of international human rights principles on the scale of a small local community?
Healdsburg is our chosen location for this event because of its fascinating location in the heart of California wine country. While this phrase conjures images of leisure for many, it creates a striking juxtaposition between farmworkers and the wealthy members who reside there. As communities face increasing risks of wildfires and climate change, we are also at a moment when dialogues around justice and equality can happen. Healdsburg offers this view both as these conversations are deepening in recent years but also in the long tradition of civil rights activism in the farmworker community.
As with all of our workshops, participants will hear from scholars from Oxford and elsewhere, will be involved in discussions and work groups, and will also learn from activists. Healdsburg is home to the remarkable organization Corazón, which will give us our case-study for a community action planning model.
