Constitutional Convention
by louisesparza
Sociologists Without Borders is organizing a Constitutional Convention at the ASA meetings this August. Many human rights scholars and those that do comparative government or study peace building have noted, even insisted that constitutions in other countries include human rights protections. Meanwhile, the US Constitution remains unchanged. This convention is an attempt to propose human rights amendments.
The way to get involved is to join their Think Tank and then contribute to the blogs on the matter. They have broken the conversation into Economic/Social Rights, Cultural Rights, Civil/Political Rights, and Environmental Rights. If you cannot make it to the actual meeting, they will be having a live video feed and a Skype connection so that you can participate remotely. I am expecting it to be an exciting political exercise.