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HumanRights Prjct 21: A hand once shackled/Raises to vote/In a new democracy/The will of the people/Transcends all http://ow.ly/M5uA
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HumanRights ARTICLE 21... (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or t (cont) http://tl.gd/18jjr
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HumanRights ARTICLE 21... (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or t (cont) http://tl.gd/18jjr
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HumanRights Prjct 21: A hand once shackled/Raises to vote/In a new democracy/The will of the people/Transcends all http://ow.ly/M5uA
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HumanRights ARTICLE 21... (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or t (cont) http://tl.gd/18jjr
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HumanRights Prjct 21: A hand once shackled/Raises to vote/In a new democracy/The will of the people/Transcends all http://ow.ly/M5uA
on Wednesday
HumanRights Prjct 21: A hand once shackled/Raises to vote/In a new democracy/The will of the people/Transcends all http://ow.ly/M5uA
on Wednesday
HumanRights ARTICLE 21... (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or t (cont) http://tl.gd/18jjr
on Wednesday

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Hometown:
da bronx
Stage or Page or Both
Both
About Me:
From the romantic to humor and social commentary, Jaffe impacts audiences with a rich emotional range, masterfully crafted. His poetry appears in numerous publications as well as the Internet where he is considered an artistic pioneer. Jaffe has been featured in a variety of poetry venues and festivals both throughout the U.S. and abroad and has read his work in such distinguished locations as the Japanese American Museum, the Hammer Museum, the Museum of Tolerance, the Jewish Museum and the Museum of Literature in Prague and the Dylan Thomas Centre in Wales. Jaffe’s dynamic work integrates a strong sense of humor along with his tough stand on human rights and freedom.

The former poet-in-residence at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Jaffe has been hosting and curating poetry readings for several years while also co-founding Poetix Poetry Magazine (a guide to Southern California Poetry). Additionally, Jaffe was a featured poet for Daimler/Chrysler’s Spirit in the Words poetry program. He is the co-founder of Poets for Peace (now Poets for Human Rights) and spearheaded along with Rattapallax Publisher Ram Devineni the United Nations Dialogue among Civilizations through Poetry project which incorporated hundreds of readings in hundreds of cities globally using the aesthetic power of poetry to bring understanding to the world.

For his entire professional career Larry Jaffe has been using his art to promote human rights and to reward this commitment was recently appointed Poet Laureate for Youth for Human Rights (www.youthforhumanrights.org). He was the recent recipient of the Saint Hill Art Festival’s Lifetime of Creativity Award, the first time given to a poet.
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Favorite Poet or Author:
langston hughes

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Poets for Human Rights' 4th Annual Anita McAndrews Award Poetry Contest

Poets for Human Rights' 4th Annual Anita McAndrews Award Poetry Contest is now open for submissions. First prize $200. The theme is Human Rights. Deadline for submissions is November 1, 2009. Winner will be announced during the International Poets for Human Rights awards event, December 12, 2009. Reading fee is $2 per poem. Make checks payable to Stazja McFadyen. Send reading fee and two copies of each entry, one with your name and contact information, one without name. Mail to:

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Posted on September 4, 2009 at 10:26am —

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International Human Rights Poet Laureate Makes Twitter his Voice for Peace

International Human Rights Poet Laureate Makes Twitter his Voice for Peace

International award-winning poet, Larry Jaffe, reaches out to the youth of the world by tweeting each of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 140 characters or less to spread a message of peace and responsibility for humankind.

Tampa Bay, FL, July 27, 2009 - Poet Larry Jaffe has been using his art to promote human rights his entire career. As an official Ambassador for Youth for… Continue

Posted on July 27, 2009 at 9:22pm —

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Ambulances of Death

"The [Palestinian] Health Ministry stated yesterday that Hamas militias had raided 46 ambulances, donated by Arab states during the recent aggression on the Gaza Strip, of the medical equipment that they contained... and used them as military vehicles to arrest civilians, after painting [the ambulances] black.

The Ministry's director of public relations and information, Dr. Omar Nasr... said that the medical equipment removed from the ambulances was expensive. He demanded that the Hamas militia… Continue

Posted on June 9, 2009 at 11:26pm — 1 Comment

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English Please

Please remember this site is not about politics it is about human rights. If you want to write a poem in a language other than English please translate it into English for those of us who are not fluent in your language.

Posted on April 7, 2009 at 10:28pm — 2 Comments

Lawrence Jaffe

A Special Message to PHR!

My Dear Friends,

I would like to tell you a story of acrimony that turned into friendship with a solid foundation of understanding. A couple of weeks ago Genevieve and I had quite a tussle with much bitterness and even name calling. I tried to be understanding (or thought I was) but one email led to another and I finally felt I had to ban her from the site. In reality, I felt horrible about this. I felt like I was acting just like the prejudiced a-hole that I did not want to be. Nevertheless, t… Continue

Posted on March 15, 2009 at 1:48pm — 2 Comments

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At 10:13am on October 10, 2009, tim scannell said…
law...
oh...cool
got it there
dunno
how
:)
tim
At 10:09am on October 10, 2009, tim scannell said…
law...
got the
PIC
on my page...but how do
i get it to
the shilloutte?
put it there if you can
tim
At 9:52am on October 10, 2009, tim scannell said…
okey-dokey
lawrence...
will get

ONE

up this day...:)
tim
port angeles
wa
At 11:05pm on October 4, 2009, Airyn Lentija said…
Hello sir.
At 3:31pm on June 14, 2009, NICOLE BERNHART said…
hi lawrence, please assist me with how to go about posting a poem...i am finally ready to give it a try..

thanks

Nicole
At 4:26pm on April 19, 2009, angelina neves said…
Fernando Pessoa (Portuguese), Mia Couto (Mozambican), Carlos Drumond de Andrade (Brazilian)… and many other poets (some just for one beautiful poem that touched me!)

Good evening from this side of the world!
I come in just now and it seams a very interesting place to go around. I’m sorry that it is late in here and tomorrow I have to work early in the morning, so I have to go… but I will try to come back here as soon as I can. I’m especially interested in everything related to children and youth and I will look you up also in the www.youthforhumanrights.org.
All the best to you
angi
At 8:06am on April 12, 2009, Christine Michael said…
happy easter season larry...good wishes...chris..
At 4:13pm on March 2, 2009, Nader Ghanim said…
Dear Lawrence,
Thank you for clearing out the latest banned member issue.
It came to me as a surprise actually, because I always thought that Genevieve was a nice person who contributed here quite a bit.
But afterall, I see your point of view, and I totally stand by it.
Warm regards,
Nader
At 7:34am on March 1, 2009, cherif ismail said…
salut Lawrence, Genevieve :

l' m Cherif Ismail, a member of the site the Palestinian Mothers
But some of the difference in opinions, Ms. Iqbal to delete my profile entirely from the site

I am not sad because I know that she do not like Arabs and differ with them a lot and had already done much with them

We Arabs know that Iqba is complicated, like psychology, but not the same, but how she do it with the French, which they forget to enjoy protection in the State in which the British gave the Balfour Declaration to the Jews and they were struggling for the restoration of Palestine, it is a strange paradox

Unfortunately, this is the reality of Mrs. Iqbal

Mrs. Iqbal disagreed with Mary, but turnout has not been able to and were of the Forum
At 2:43am on February 15, 2009, Ambika said…
Hello Lawrence - Please email me at my personal address. Thanks
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