{"id":4507,"date":"2014-12-10T15:29:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T20:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2014-12-10T15:30:41","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T20:30:41","slug":"human-rights-day-dec-10-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=4507","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Day &#8211; Dec. 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/HR365v2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4509\" alt=\"HR365v2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/HR365v2.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/HR365v2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/HR365v2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>by Geoff Ryan<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The United Nations chose December 10 as the day to celebrate human rights achievements \u2013 but human rights really ought to occupy a place in our daily lives, beyond just one cold December day. That\u2019s why the UN is celebrating this Human Rights Day under the banner of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/humanrightsday\/\">Human Rights 365<\/a> \u2013 to bring home the idea that every day is Human Rights Day.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that this concept holds true at the Union of National Employees. I\u2019m so proud to be part of a union that places so much importance on human rights. During the last few months, I\u2019ve had the tremendous pleasure of working with the passionate members who make up our human rights committee. I\u2019ve been touched by how everyone at the table is so willing to share their experiences \u2013 and how everyone grows as a result.<\/p>\n<p>This capacity to put ourselves in the shoes of others is what propels us forward. So, for the next 365 days and beyond, open your mind and be compassionate. That\u2019s the first step to becoming an ally.<\/p>\n<p><i>Geoff Ryan is the National Vice-President for Human Rights.\u00a0<em>This article was written as part of our union\u2019s member journalism program. If you\u2019d like to find out more,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=1890\"><em>click here<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0\u2013 to pitch a story or for any questions, please send an email to\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:communications@une-sen.org\"><em>communications@une-sen.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Geoff Ryan The United Nations chose December 10 as the day to celebrate human rights achievements \u2013 but human rights really ought to occupy a place in our daily lives, beyond just one cold December day. That\u2019s why the UN is celebrating this Human Rights Day under the banner of Human Rights 365 \u2013 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=4507\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Human Rights Day &#8211; Dec. 10&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,9,12,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4507"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4507"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4513,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4507\/revisions\/4513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}