Dimapur, October 10 (MExN): A Naga scholar Athili Anthony Sapriina is to attend the Human Rights Advocacy Program at Columbia University in New York. The program began on August 29, 2011 and will run until December 13, 2011.
An NGO, calling itself the Tribal Link, is a sponsor and mentor for Sapriina’s program.
A note from Tribal Link director Pamela Kraft and Athili, a freelance journalist from Nagaland of India’s Northeast region first met in 2008 at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) at UN Headquarters in New York.
“In 2009, Athili participated in Tribal Link’s Project Access, which supports indigenous peoples’ participation in a training program that prepares indigenous participants to engage in the Forum where decisions are being made that affect their rights, cultures, and livelihoods. Throughout the training, Athili demonstrated excellent leadership skills and the capacity to work collectively,” a note from Tribal Link informed today.
“We that saw his talent as a writer and his strong desire to use that talent had great potential to effect change in the world. Athili applied to a number of institutions around the world with a particular interest in the Human Rights Advocacy Program (HRAP) of the Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) at Columbia University.
He is one of the 13 advocates chosen from an application pool of over 280 from 64 countries. The four-month program—with an academic, skill-building, and networking curriculum—is located in New York City —an enormous geographical and social distance from Sapriina’s home of Nagaland in North East India.
He has spent over a decade of his life working at regional, national, and international levels in the media with HIV/AIDS, indigenous peoples’ rights, and peace, the note added.
An NGO, calling itself the Tribal Link, is a sponsor and mentor for Sapriina’s program.
A note from Tribal Link director Pamela Kraft and Athili, a freelance journalist from Nagaland of India’s Northeast region first met in 2008 at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) at UN Headquarters in New York.
“In 2009, Athili participated in Tribal Link’s Project Access, which supports indigenous peoples’ participation in a training program that prepares indigenous participants to engage in the Forum where decisions are being made that affect their rights, cultures, and livelihoods. Throughout the training, Athili demonstrated excellent leadership skills and the capacity to work collectively,” a note from Tribal Link informed today.
“We that saw his talent as a writer and his strong desire to use that talent had great potential to effect change in the world. Athili applied to a number of institutions around the world with a particular interest in the Human Rights Advocacy Program (HRAP) of the Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) at Columbia University.
He is one of the 13 advocates chosen from an application pool of over 280 from 64 countries. The four-month program—with an academic, skill-building, and networking curriculum—is located in New York City —an enormous geographical and social distance from Sapriina’s home of Nagaland in North East India.
He has spent over a decade of his life working at regional, national, and international levels in the media with HIV/AIDS, indigenous peoples’ rights, and peace, the note added.
