Advancing the rights, health, and wellbeing of people, animals, and the planet through education, research, and advocacy. Join us.🕊🌍
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Opportunity can emerge during a crisis. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka reflects on improving people’s and animals’ health together in The Power of Principles. Explore the course: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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Dr. Himani Bhakuni on where health, human rights, and justice meet, from the 2026 IURHJ Leadership Program. Explore the 2027 program: phoenixzonesinitiative.org/i…
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What does justice-centered One Health look like? PZI President Dr. Hope Ferdowsian joins Dr. Ginger Dixon-Kmieciak to discuss Just One Health, the WHO Pandemic Agreement, and the Institute for Universal Rights, Health & Justice. youtu.be/1CCPyoWCoeE #JustOneHealth #OneHealth
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Applications are open for the 2027 IURHJ Leadership Program. Explore a six-week virtual program connecting rights, health, and justice. Learn more and apply: phoenixzonesinitiative.org/i…
What changes when we consider health rights beyond humans? Dr. Himani Bhakuni explores protections that reflect the needs of people, other animals, and ecosystems—and the conditions each needs to flourish. Watch this IURHJ Leadership Program excerpt.
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Start small. Measure what changes. Altamush Saeed shares lessons from teaching animal and environmental rights during our 2026 IURHJ Leadership Program. Explore the 2027 program and apply: phoenixzonesinitiative.org/i…
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Humans are not the only ones extending care. In The Power of Principles, pattrice jones describes a community co-created by people and other animals at VINE Sanctuary (@VINEsanctuary). Watch the conversation on compassion: youtu.be/SuZJEfvmqds
What if sovereignty were understood through relationships and mutual obligations? Dinesh Wadiwel considers self-determination alongside the flourishing of people, other animals, and living environments. Watch: youtu.be/i-CXB0V1Ihg
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Whose knowledge shapes policy? Nina Jamal discusses why frontline communities should help design solutions for people, animals, and shared environments. A highlight from our 2026 IURHJ Leadership Program. Explore the 2027 program and apply: phoenixzonesinitiative.org/i…
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What helps people and other animals rise and thrive? Dr. Hope Ferdowsian (@HopeFerdowsian) introduces the principles behind Phoenix Zones: liberty and sovereignty, love and compassion, justice, opportunity, and dignity. Watch this excerpt from The Power of Principles.
Applications are open for the 2027 IURHJ Leadership Program: six weeks online, June 3–July 8. Explore the connected rights, health, and wellbeing of people, animals, and the planet. Free through donor support. Learn more: phoenixzonesinitiative.org/i…
At least 85% of Phoenix Zones Initiative's budget is spent on programs supporting education, research, advocacy and leadership development. Your support helps advance justice for people, animals and the planet. Give: phoenixzonesinitiative.org/d… #PhoenixZones
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From learning to action. Participants in the 2026 IURHJ Leadership Program are applying their work through published writing, constitutional analysis and university teaching, advancing new approaches to justice for people, animals and the planet. #PhoenixZones #OneHealth
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"Animals, the earth, or human rights." A 2026 Leadership Program participant once felt they had to choose. The program offered another perspective: "It's all connected." Justice grows stronger when people, animals and the planet are considered together. #PhoenixZones
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A legal victory is only the beginning. Altamush Saeed reflects on why lasting change requires education, public participation and implementation beyond the courtroom. "The power is in the people." #PhoenixZones #RightsHealthJustice #Advocacy @AltamushSaeed
What if our understanding of rights extended beyond humans? 2026 Leadership Program participant Josephine Götze explores how animal rights, One Health, public health and environmental justice intersect. Read: everydayhumanrights.substack…
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What changes when we focus on what humans and other animals share? Jim Mason reflects on play, joy and shared biology, and why deeper scientific understanding strengthens the case for animal rights. #PhoenixZones #AnimalRights #RightsHealthJustice @JimMasonAUO
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25 leaders. 12+ countries. One shared vision. The inaugural IURHJ Leadership Program brought scholars, advocates & professionals together to explore how the rights, health and wellbeing of people, animals and the planet are connected. #PhoenixZones #JusticeForAll
Imagine a world where rights are upheld, health is restored, and justice thrives. That's a Phoenix Zone. At Phoenix Zones Initiative, we're building this vision for all beings and the planet. Join us in creating resilience! #PhoenixZonesInitiative #Resilience
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Human rights protect the vulnerable from systemic harm. How should we extend this to animals? It's time to widen the frame for #JusticeForAll. Thoughts? Learn more: muse.jhu.edu/article/916348 #AnimalRights
