Organization Seeks to Have US Descendants of Enslavement Formally Recognized as Unique Ethnic Group
A US based NGO has submitted a formal request to the United Nations' Commission on Population Development to compose an empirical instrument designed to formally define Indigenous and African descendants of colonialism and enslavement in the United States as a…
UN NGO Recommends Kennedy Model to Leverage Billions for Southeast United States
A report published by the UN Economic and Social Council is reaching back to US President Kennedy's administration for guidance to alleviate poverty in the deep south of the United States. The Appalachian Regional Commission was born out of former…
Urgent Appeal to United Nations Human Rights Council to Intervene in US Police Shootings Goes Viral
A campaign calling for the United Nations to weigh in on the recent killings of unarmed people of color by law enforcement in the United States is gaining attention on social media. To raise awareness, UN NGO United States Sustainable…
Dead by Cop Crisis: NGO Issues Urgent Appeal to United Nations Human Rights Officials
Following the recent deaths of Terence Crutcher of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Keith Scott of Charlotte, North Carolina, a US based NGO submitted an appeal as a matter of extreme urgency to five UN Human Rights Special Rapporteurs and the UN Working…
From Local to Global Community Woman's Passion for Justice Spans 25 Years
In October 1993, the opening sentence of a front page article in the Virginian Pilot said her "mind is as sharp as a broken piece of glass". At the time, Ava Gabrielle Wise was engaged in a campaign to secure…
Panel Addresses the Creation of Race in America
In a meeting at the International Social Justice Commission in New York City, founder and president of United Nations NGO, the United States Sustainable Development Corp, Ava Gabrielle-Wise moderated a discussion intended to begin a process of expanding the public…