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.
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?
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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Co-Governance and Participatory Democracy in Action Map
As we come together in these perilous times, here are some powerful examples of community and government working together to build power and fight for our rights through co-governance strategies. You can learn more about these examples in this interactive map. …
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Listen: The Workers Bill of Rights With Britain Forsyth & Nadiyah Muhammad of Step Up Louisiana
Host Max Rameau is joined by two leaders of New Orleans’ workers’ bill of rights campaign, which recently passed in the November elections. Britain Forsyth is an organizer with Step Up Louisiana and a member of the Louisiana Democratic State …
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How Can We Create More Affordable Housing?
Let’s talk about housing. Why is it so expensive, and what can we do about it? Find out more about our work on Housing, Land and Environmental Planning.
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