Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation envisions a world where every child is free, safe, healthy and educated. Their mission is to protect child rights through holistically tackling violence against children to ensure their safety, rehabilitation, education and health. They want to move forward with promulgation and implementation of Global and National Policies by addressing data and evidence gaps in child protection, education, health and nutrition through extensive research, public engagement and outreach.
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UConn Office of Brand Partnership
The mission of the Office of Brand Partnerships and Trademark Management within University Communications is to strengthen and protect the reputation and brand of UConn while maximizing our value through trademark licensing, corporate sponsorships, and strategic partnerships. In order to broaden UConn’s corporate social responsibility efforts both internally and externally, we serve as the University liaison to the Worker Rights Consortium, Fair Labor Association, and other human rights advocacy groups on behalf of the President’s Office. We manage the operation of the President’s Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility and host academic interns focused on corporate social responsibility, human rights, and sport management and corporate partnerships.
Windham Community Food Network
The Windham Community Food Network is an alliance of diverse community members, farmers, businesses, agencies, and partners who are working together to build relationships, share ideas, and develop projects to promote access to healthy food, generate economic opportunities, and promote diverse community participation in problem-solving for the Windham Region. Their mission is to “create opportunities for the community by building a healthy food network.”
HIV Medicine Association
The HIV Medicine Association is a community of health care professionals who advance a comprehensive and humane response to the HIV pandemic, informed by science and social justice. Their strategic priorities are to (1) Increase access to health care services and coverage for populations at risk for HIV and people with HIV; (2) Sustain and build a robust, diverse, and culturally competent HIV workforce; (3) Focus advocacy and communications to increase access to comprehensive health care services and coverage and reduce health inequities; and (4) Engage in education and advocacy to support, expand, and diversify the HIV workforce to decrease health disparities with a special focus on key populations and underserved communities.
EPOCH, UConn History Department
EPOCH (Engaged, Public, Oral and Community Histories) formalizes the History Department’s initiatives to promote engaged, public, oral and community histories. It fosters collaborative intellectual inquiry between students, faculty, and community-based organizations around a particular historical theme and through a number of training activities and deliverables. Training includes: exhibition design, label writing, oral history training, and dialog facilitation and moderation. Deliverables include exhibits, curriculum, free public lectures, community conversations, and panel discussions. EPOCH encourages students to share their work in a public forum, take informed action on a range of social justice issues, develop curricular resources for K-12 outreach, and partner with community organizations to address a particular theme. Faculty deliver public lectures and host panel discussions in community venues and via web-based platforms. EPOCH partners with organizations such public libraries, community colleges, churches, and social organizations to research and present free public programming and resources that engages historical and contemporary themes. Current areas of research include migration and housing.
Human Rights Measurement Initiative
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) is a global social enterprise aiming to track the human rights performance of countries across a comprehensive suite of measures. They are producing a free easy-to-access database of metrics, summarizing human rights performance in countries around the world.
Feminist Majority Foundation
The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF), which was founded in 1987, is a cutting edge organization dedicated to women’s equality, reproductive health, and non-violence. FMF engages in research and public policy development, public education programs, grassroots organizing projects, leadership training and development programs, and participates in and organizes forums on issues of women’s equality and empowerment. Our sister organization, the Feminist Majority, engages in lobbying and other direct political action, pursuing equality through legislative avenues.
FactSet Research Systems
For 40 years, the world’s financial professionals have relied on FactSet, across teams, across asset classes, and at every stage of the investment process. Our goal is to provide a seamless user experience spanning idea generation, research, portfolio construction, trade execution, performance measurement, risk management, reporting, and portfolio analysis across the front, middle, and back office to drive productivity and performance. FactSet’s flexible, open data and software solutions can be implemented across the portfolio lifecycle or as standalone components serving different workflows in the organization.
{Any internship with Factset must relate to human rights}
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
The Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health promotes solutions to food insecurity, poor diet quality, and weight bias through research and policy.
The Rudd Center was founded in 2005 by Kelly Brownell, PhD, at Yale, with a contribution from the Rudd Foundation. Key initiatives were launched as part of the Rudd Center’s work, based on a core philosophy of creating the greatest impact by working through important institutions that affect food policy and public health, such as schools and communities, government agencies, scientific and medical communities, and the media. This approach has distinguished the Rudd Center as a multi-disciplinary policy research center dedicated to providing high-level expertise and guidance on obesity prevention, food marketing to children, food assistance programs, food and nutrition-related policies, and policies to reduce weight bias against individuals with obesity.
New Horizons Domestic Violence Services
New Horizons works to end the cycle of abuse and break the silence of domestic violence. Through victim defined advocacy and a trauma informed approach, our advocates strive to provide services to victims of abuse tailored around each individual’s unique situation. They believe that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect regardless of their race, gender and sexual orientation, all while achieving individualized success and empowerment, leading to a brighter tomorrow.