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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New Video: What is Co-Governance?

What is Co-Governance, and how can it help us create systemic change and a better world? Our new video breaking it down is available now on YouTube! Featuring work from partners such as the Chinese Progressive Association, Patterson Education Fund, Cooperation Jackson, …
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Seattle Is Walking Back Its Promises on Community-Led Anti-Displacement. Is Your City Next?

When it launched a first-in-the-nation anti-displacement fund in 2016, Seattle established itself as a leader in racial equity. But a new attack on the City’s Equitable Development Initiative (EDI), part of a national backlash against government efforts to address systemic …
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Towards a Worker-Driven Just Transition

The planet is heating up. In the month of July, the record for the hottest day on earth was made and then broken the following day. 2023 was the hottest year on record, and 2024 is on track to beat …
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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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