Partners for Dignity & Rights

We envision a just world where everyone is treated with dignity, everyone’s human needs are met, and everyone can thrive and reach their full potential.

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Our History

Over our history, Partners for Dignity & Rights (formerly known as National Economic and Social Rights Initiative) has worked deeply in partnership with community organizations across the country.

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Affordable for Whom

Affordable for Whom?

As a human right, housing must be habitable, accessible, culturally adequate, healthy, proximate to what we need, secure from forced eviction and affordable. Partners for Dignity & Rights with over 200 activists from across the country called out those programs in the first “Affordable for Whom?” national conference.

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Watch: Populist Threats: Building Democratic Resilience with Participatory Communities

Ben Palmquist, Program Director, New Social Contract for Partners for Dignity and Rights, recently participated in a panel discussion, “On their Own Terms: Centering Youth in Participatory Democratic Processes” at Populist Threats: Building Democratic Resilience with Participatory Communities, the annual …
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Read DSC Decodes: Project 2025 and the Perils of Inadequate Education Reforms

The Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC) is excited to share our latest publication: DSC Decodes Project 2025 and the Perils of Inadequate Education Reforms This document digs into conversations around and adjacent to Project 2025—a policy blueprint from conservative think …
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Democracy Beyond Elections: People’s Budget Cleveland

In 2023, People’s Budget Cleveland launched a historic ballot initiative todirect the City of Cleveland to put aside funds equivalent to 2% of the City of Cleveland’s General Fund each year towards participatory budgeting. While the vote was razor thin, …
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New Social Contract in the Time of COVID-19

A New Social Contract in the Time of COVID-19

COVID-19 has helped clarify what is essential. Read news and analysis from our work to address the systemic issues behind this crisis.

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