December 10 – Human Rights Day - and Nobel Prize Day!

Posted on December 10, 2020

This is an update of my 12/10/2009 post:

Human Rights Day:

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”
These are the first words of Article 1 of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This is a day to embrace diversity and work to end discrimination.

In the U.S., the LGBT community is only slowly gaining the legal rights as the larger society – with some achievements and some setbacks. Also, women are still not unambiguously declared equal in the constitution. Of course, even with the protection of the law, there is still racial discrimination to root out and eradicate. Around the world, examples of sexism, racism, and other forms of bigotry still exist and can be found and eliminated.

U.N. Educational Materials

At this website, there are some resources and links to use today to explore the Declaration of Human Rights and ways to

promote human rights.

U.N. Educational Materials

At this website, there are some resources and links to use today to explore the Declaration of Human Rights and ways to

Also on this date is Nobel Prize Day:

This is the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death, and today Nobel prizes are awarded in literature, economics, and the sciences, as well as the coveted Peace Prize.

Watch the webcasts of the Nobel award ceremonies here.

You can also read about this year’s—or past years’–award recipients.

Create your own serious or seriously funny awards!

Award the people in your life. From “The Banana Award” to the friend with most a-peel (appeal) to “Keeps Us in Stitches Award,” with the prize of a needle and thread, here are some ideas.

If you could name an award after yourself and pass out millions of dollars to worthy people, what sort of achievements would you award? What would your award look like?