Dec
04

CFC Cause of the Week: Defending Human Rights

This week’s CFC Cause of the Week is Human Rights. Protecting, defending, and promoting human rights are fundamental to ensuring autonomy and freedom for all. Human rights touch the lives of everyone: those with a disability, Native populations, those who face racial and ethnic discrimination, the LGBTQIA+ community, the unhoused, refugees and migrants, patients and those recovering from addiction, prisoners, and countless others.

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Many CFC charities create a more equitable, accessible, and free future for millions of people around the globe. One of the CFC charities provides an inclusive education project to help support students who are blind or living with low vision. This allows students who would have otherwise struggled in school to receive personalized educational support and flourish.

Do you want to live in a world that treats everyone with dignity, respect, and equality? Donate today. (Please make sure that you list 20560 for the Smithsonian Zip Code when donating.)

Here are a few more examples of how your CFC donations can help:

  • Publish materials to educate classrooms on cultural diversity issues.
  • Provide legal assistance to overturn wrongful convictions.
  • Offer a safe place for refugees fleeing persecution in their home country.

Learn more about Human Rights and visit the Virtual Charity Fair.

December is a month of generosity and gift giving. Your gift through the CFC can be life changing. Help us reach the Smithsonian’s goal by donating today!

 

Sincerely,

Julissa Marenco
Assistant Secretary for Communications and External Affairs
Chief Marketing Officer

Co-Chair
2023 Combined Federal Campaign

 

For further information on this message, contact Office of Communications and External Affairs Campaign Managers:  Michelle Gelhausen, GelhausenM1@si.edu and Ed Tudor, TudorC@si.edu in the Office of Visitor Services.

 

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Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.