Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellows work for human rights in diverse locales, and among diverse populations, during the course of their fellowships.  But this important work does not end as the fellows return to school or to their normal lives.  When they return, the fellows bring what they have learned through their fellowship experiences back to their communities.  Worthy experiences abroad often produce added value at home. 

Our fellows have returned to their communities to focus on a number human rights issues, including the following:  advocate for asylum seekers who have been victims of domestic abuse; fight for the right to life and health on behalf of the impoverished; work for human rights for children born with severe disabilities; build human rights programs in Africa; incorporate human right into local high school curricula; push for improved social services for children living in poverty; and advocate for the rights of immigrant farm workers.

The Human Rights Center would like to thank 2009 Upper Midwest Human
Rights Fellows, Timothy Meyer, Graham Ojala-Barbour, and Jordan Shepherd,
who worked hard to interview and write these 2009 Fellow Impact Stories.

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