In this notebook we learn about how effective and beneficial building collaborative relationships with government institutions can be to advancing human rights education. Women for Women’s Human Rights (WWHR)-New Ways in Turkey gained the support and use of government resources for furthering human rights education of women at the local level.

The goal of Action Theatre is to develop the capacities of young people and cultural activists at the grassroots level to be a force for change.  Action Theatre helps to create a society based on human rights, gender equity and social justice.

In this notebook a strong message was sent to theTurkish government when 30 million people turned off their lights for a full minute.  With this simple action the people of Turkey began to speak out against government corruption and break the cylce of fear and apathy.  Turning off lights turned into stronger forms of protest and became the biggest public protest against corruption in Turkish history.