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Pepsi Honors Mother and Son as Everyday Freedom Heroes
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The ED and CEO of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Dr. Spencer Crew, devoted 20 years to the Smithsonian Institute and was professor of African American and American History at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
The human rights issues facing children around the world, including the staggering 800,000 people who are victims of human trafficking every year across international borders by the underground black market and the 27 million people who are enslaved in the world today, Shuttleworth realized more human rights education was needed as a preventative measure. “What we need is a Human Rights Renaissance” said Shuttleworth. So, in 2001 she started her second major project, Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI), an educational group with a very specific purpose: to teach youth about human rights, specifically the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and help them become valuable advocates for tolerance and peace.
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