Saša Madacki, Toni Samek, Bert Verstappen and Youk Chhang were the featured resource practitioners in the September New Tactics Monthly Tactical Discussions.

September Featured Tactical Discussion

Join the New Tactics in Human Rights Community to participate in the on-line tactical discussions, including:

Information is Power: Librarianship and Human Rights

You can read the discussion that took place from September 26 to October 2 with our featured outstanding world experts in knowledge activism - Saša Madacki (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Toni Samek (Canada),and Bert Verstappen (Switzerland). We welcome your on-going comments and questions about the critical role of librarians and information experts in helping organizations research, document, collect, organize, store and use information for action. It's not too late to add your comments!

Save the Dates - October Monthly Tactical Discussion

The Power of Place featuring practitioners from the International Coalition of Historical Sites of Conscience including Sarwar Ali, Trustee from Liberation War Museum in Bangladesh; and Ereshnee Naidu, Director of Programs for Africa and Asia at the International Coalition office in New York and former Project Manager for Memorialization at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation in South Africa. Save the dates, October 24 to 30. Join to participate.

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RESOURCES

Please take advantage of the wonderful resources written by this month’s Tactical Discussion Resource Practitioners that can help you navigate in the vast information wilderness.

• Saša Madacki’s New Tactics Tactical Notebook, Making Sense of the Information Wilderness: Library and Information Services for the Improvement of Human Rights Work.

• Toni Samek’s, An Introduction to Librarianship and Human Rights, a paper presented for Shared Dialogue and Learning: International Conference on Educating for Human Rights and Global Citizenship. Her recently released book, Librarianship and Human Rights: A 21st Century Guide, is available through CHANDOS (Oxford) Publishing (www.chandospublishing.com).

• Bert Verstappen’s excellent What is documentation is available along with many other resources at HURIDOCS website.

IN THE NEWSROOM: Competition & Award

[For these and other announcements, please visit http://www.newtactics.org/en/Newsroom]

Ashoka’s Changemakers and Nike open the “Sport for a Better World” Competition.
The “Sport for a Better World” competition aims to find innovative solutions and catalyze a community of changemakers around the use of sport to improve community, accelerate development and drive social change. The three finalists that receive the most votes will be announced on January 30, 2007 and will each receive a cash prize of US$5,000. For more information on entering, the online review, and voting please visit the following website: http://changemakers.net/en-us/competition/sports
You can also join the New Tactics on-line discussion about sports tactics here: http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/roberto-wohlgemuth/sport-better-world

Nominations for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC): The 2008 Felipa Award - Deadline October 15, 2007

IGLHRC calls on the international LGBTI, human rights, and sexual rights communities to submit nominations for the 2008 Felipa Award. The Felipa Award recipient will receive a cash award to help further their work. IGLHRC will also cover all travel and accommodation expenses for the individual award recipient or a designated representative from an organization to travel to the United States to be honored at IGLHRC's annual springtime ceremonies in New York City and San Francisco.

Nominations this year must be submitted in English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese.

For more information about criteria and requirements for the nomination process: Download the nomination form (in Microsoft word format) from IGLHRC website www.iglhrc.org and/or http://www.iglhrc.org/files/iglhrc/felipa2008/Felipa%20nominations%20form%202008.doc