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ARTini
Utah State Fairpark
December 31, 2010- Salt Lake City, Utah
Over 400 people joined High Road for Human Rights on New Year's Eve for the second annual ARTini celebration- an evening of food and festivities in support of grassroots action. Guests enjoyed dancing to live music by the Disco Drippers, delicious hors d'oeuvres, an open bar, and a silent auction with nearly 100 pieces from some of Utah's top artists.
Rally for Accountability
Pioneer Park
November 19, 2010- Salt Lake City, Utah
Around 60 members of the community gathered at Pioneer Park to demand that Bush and other criminals in their administration be held accountable for their illegal and immoral conduct. George W. Bush's cross country book signing tour arrived at the Costco in Sandy, UT on November 19th, 2010 promoting his memoir "Decision Points," in which he openly brags about condoning torture during his administration. While the rally was concurrent with Bush's visit to Utah, the message of the rally was bi-partisan: that all citizens must be held accountable according to the rule of law. Speaker line-up included Ashley Anderson, co-director of Peaceful Uprising; Retired Brigadier General David Irvine; Archie Archuleta, President of Utah Coalition of La Raza; youth activist Molly Robbins; and Rocky Anderson, former mayer of SLC and Executive Director for High Road for Human Rights.
Read Ret'd Brig. Gen. David Irvine's Speech
Press: ABC 4 News Salt Lake Tribune KSL Salt Lake Weekly (with video)
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Presentation To Democratic Women of Utah County
November 16, 2010 - Orem, Utah
Rocky Anderson presented to the Democratic Women of Utah County, sharing High Road's mission, focusing on High Road's issue of genocide, and stressing the important role citizen activism can play in stopping human rights abuses worldwide. You can view our presentation here.
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Presentation at Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy
Westminster College
October 11, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
The High Road team spoke before a group of seven international visitors at Westminster College as part of the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy's program. The group is traveling under the auspices of the US Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program to examine human rights advocacy and awareness.
The group included representatives from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Tajikistan. They discussed their experiences in developing their various projects, ranging from a transitional justice organization to a transgender rights nonprofit. The workshop drew out a variety of shared lessons, arriving at Joe Hill's core message: "Don't mourn; organize!"
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High Road Cooler World Music Festival
Liberty Park
October 9, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Thousands of people gathered at Liberty Park on October 9th to enjoy free music and to raise awareness about the climate crisis. Green business, community groups, artists, and other organizations came together for the festival. In conjunction with thousands of events all over the world organized through 350.org, the festival was part of the most widespread day of environmental action in world history.
Press: City Weekly Deseret News Daily Utah Chronicle Salt Lake Tribune Park City Mountain Resort blogs
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Candlelight Serenade Benefit Acoustic Festival
Thanksgiving Point
August 21, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
On August 21, High Road participated as a community partner in a Candlelight Serenade to benefit Child Rescue. The event raised awareness about the child sex trade, and raised funds to support law enforcement. Rocky Anderson spoke twice during the day-long festival, and High Road provided visitors with our new set of concrete solutions to combat slavery.
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Jazz Festival Jam Session with Seth MacFarlane
Green Pig Pub
July 10, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
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UTADP Rally to Say No to the Death Penalty
Utah State Capitol
June 17, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
High Road members, together with Utahns for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, took a stand against state-sanctioned killing on June 17, the eve of the execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner by firing squad. The sunset rally on the steps of Utah's capitol featured music by Kate McLeod and speeches by Ralph Dellapiana, ACLU Chairman Robert Wood, Rev. Reyes Rodriguez, Brian King, Sandy McGunigall-Smith, Nanice Ellis, Kent Hart, and Clark Newhall, MD.
More info on High Road's death penalty project can be found here.
Press: KSL 5 New York Times Deseret News ABC 4
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Commencement Address at Realms of Inquiry
Realms of Inquiry
June 2, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Rocky Anderson's Commencement Address
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High Road Part of Diverse Coalition Urging Protection
of Miranda Rights
NACDL
May 17, 2010 - Washington, DC
High Road is part of a broad coalition of 35 organizations that sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on May 17, urging him to reconsider his call to weaken Miranda Rights through the codification and expansion of the "public safety exception". Full text here.
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Crimes Are Crimes - No Matter Who Does Them
New York Review of Books
May 27, 2010 - New York, NY
High Road Director Rocky Anderson joined Cindy Sheehan, Cornel West, Chris Hedges, Daniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky, Ray McGovern, Carl Dix, Bill Quigley, William Blum, Joyce Kozloff, Ann Messner, David Swanson, Sunsara Taylor, Stephen Rohde, Fr. Bob Bossie, Peter Phillips, Jed Stone, Tomas Olmos, Peter McLaren, Jodie Evans, Margaret Lawrence, Matthis Chiroux, Larry Everest, Andy Worthington, Blase Bonpane, William Ayers, Dahr Jamail, Kathy Kelly, Mike Gravel, and others in signing the statement Crimes Are Crimes - No Matter Who Does Them. The statement appears in a full-page, full-color ad in the New York Review of Books. See the statement here.
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Viva Cinco de Mayo Celebration
Gorilla Design Warehouse
May 5, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
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High Road Death Penalty Project Director on RadioActive
KRCL
April 26, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Ralph Dellapiana, High Road's Death Penalty Project Director, appeared on KRCL's RadioActive to speak about the flaws and injustices inherent in capital punishment. He was joined by Nancy Appleby, fellow UTADP coaliton member and member of Peace and Justice Commission for the Episcopal Diocese of Utah. Listen to the hour-long broadcast here.
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Press Conference Announces the Formation of Utahns for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Matheson Courthouse
April 23, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Organizations, religious leaders and other concerned community members gathered at Matheson Courthouse to announce the formation of Utahns for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, of which High Road is a founding member. Speakers at the conference included The Most Reverend John C. Wester, Reverend David A. Henry, Dee Rowland, and High Road Death Penalty Project Director Ralph Dellapiana. See the press release announcing UTADP's formation, and read the UTADP Position Paper.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
Press: Salt Lake Tribune Deseret News VIDEO: FOX 13 VIDEO: KSL 5
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U of Utah Public Debate: "The Nuclear Question"
University of Utah
April 13, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Rocky Anderson moderated the biannual debate hosted by the University of Utah Debate Team around "The Nuclear Question." Debaters included Christopher Thomas, Policy Director of the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah, Tom Magette, Senior Vice President of EnergySolutions Inc., Peter Jenkins, a health physicist and Chairman of the Utah Radiation Control Board, and Gary Sandquist, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Utah.
ARTini
Broadway Lofts
New Year's Eve - Salt Lake City, Utah
photos by Cori Redstone
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Climate Change Candlelight Vigil
Federal Building
December 11, 2009 – Salt Lake City, Utah
The Rowland Hall candlelight vigil was organized by students from the Rowland Hall - Saint Mark's School as part of High Road Advisory Committee member Bill McKibben's 350.org to hold candlelight vigils across the globe to show our world leaders that we still have hope for what can be accomplished at Copenhagen.
Speakers included student Brooks Hall, Jessi Carrier of Peaceful Uprising, and Rocky Anderson, Executive Director, High Road for Human Rights.
Click here to read Rocky's Speech.
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Celebration and Support Party
Time Warner Center
November 19, 2009 - New York, NY
Our 1st Annual New York City gala at the top of the Time Warner Center on Thursday November 19, 2009 to celebrate High Road for Human Rights. An exciting evening that featured:
Bill McKibben - Internationally renowned educator, environmentalist, author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy, and founder of 350.org.
Chris Hedges - Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author, war correspondent and former N.Y. Times Middle East bureau chief. Author of “Empire of Illusion" and “American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America.”
Rocky Anderson - Former mayor of Salt Lake City and Executive Director, High Road for Human Rights.
With a special performance by world class vocalist Shayna Steele.
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The Courts, Congress, and Executive Power: What Everyone Needs to Know About the Transformation of Our Republic and the Rule of Law in an Age of Terror
October 12-23, 2009 - California
Click image for a larger version
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Torture Accountability Action Day
June 25, 2009 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Press
Salt Lake Tribune: Protesters call for investigation of U.S. torture allegations
Deseret News: Protesters rail against torture, war
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Executive Director Rocky Anderson addresses the JUCCE Energy Smart Cities Mayoral Training
Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy
May 2009 – Beijing, China
Read Rocky Anderson's presentation here.
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Invisible Children - The Rescue
Gallivan Center
April 25, 2009 - Salt Lake City, Utah
The war in northern Uganda has been called the most neglected humanitarian emergency in the world today.
On April 25th, tens of thousands of American citizens abducted themselves to raise the banner for the child soldiers taken by Joseph Kony.
They are demanding that governments and international bodies develop a strategy and support existing efforts to rescue Kony's child soldiers. High Road for Human Rights Executive Director Rocky Anderson participated and spoke at the event.
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Night to Fight for Human Rights
The Cafe at the New Yorker
March 25, 2009 - Salt Lake City, Utah
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Capitol Climate Change Demonstration
U.S. Capitol Building
March 2, 2009 - Washington, D.C.
On March 2, thousands of people joined in a multi-generational act of civil disobedience at the Capitol Power Plant — a plant that powers Congress with dirty energy and symbolizes a past that cannot be our future. Bill McKibben, Bobby Kennedy Jr, James Hansen, and Rocky Anderson spoke.
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Power Shift '09
U.S. Capitol Building
February 25 - March 2, 2009 - Washington, D.C.
In the middle of our new administration's first 100 days, Power Shift 09 brought 10,000 young people to Washington to hold our elected officials accountable for rebuilding our economy and reclaiming our future through bold climate and clean energy policy.
From February 27th to March 2nd, 2009 young people from across the country converged on Washington D.C. to take a message of bold, comprehensive and immediate federal climate action to Capitol Hill.
More information on Power Shift '09:
Rocky, lease-auction monkey-wrencher protest at U.S. Capitol
A starry night at Power Shift
Largest US protest on climate change today
Signs of the times - Photos of climate and coal protests in D.C.
Power Shift '09
Power Shift & Capitol Climate Action
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Presentation at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
University of Utah
January 28 - Salt Lake City, UT
Rocky Anderson addressed The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at The University of Utah on human rights abuses and the mission of High Road for Human Rights. After the presentation, audience members kept the question and answer period going for over an hour.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at The University of Utah provides opportunities for intellectually stimulating, affordable, non-credit learning and for meaningful social engagement to people 50 and over. It is part of a network of over 100 Osher Institutes at colleges and universities across the country, all funded by the Bernard Osher Foundation.
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High Road Welcomes Samantha Power
Swaner Ecocenter
January 18, 2009 - Park City, UT
Samantha Power is a human rights advocate and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Problem From Hell: American and the Age of Genocide.
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Presentation at the First Unitarian Church
First Unitarian Church
January 16, 2009 - Salt Lake City, UT
High Road Director Rocky Anderson was a guest of the First Unitarian Church, with Tim DeCristopher and Kate MacLeod. Rocky delivered a speech entitled The Law and the Moral Imperative to Act: What Course Do We Take When They Clash?
The Law and the Moral Imperative to Act:
What Course Do We Take When They Clash? - Short Version
The Law and the Moral Imperative to Act:
What Course Do We Take When They Clash? - Full Speech
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High Road on "Utah Democracy Project"
Utah Valley University
January 14, 2009 - Salt Lake City, UT
High Road Director Rocky Anderson was a guest on Utah Valley University's "Utah Democracy Project" discussion forum.
Dr. Michael Minch, Ph.D. - Director of the Peace and Justice Studies Program and Associate Professor of Philosophy at UVU.
Rocky Anderson - Executive Director High Road for Human Rights.
Dr. Elaine E. Englehardt, Ph.D. - Distinguished Professor Ethics, Professor of Philosophy and Special Assistant to the President at UVU.
Dr. David R. Keller, Ph.D.- Director of the Center for Ethics and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Utah Valley State College.
The Utah Democracy Project is a three-year project designed to cultivate political literacy and encourage of political engagement through a variety of educational programs. The project will be housed at the Center for the Study of Ethics at Utah Valley University. It is a result of a Congressionally-directed grant awarded to the Center as a federal appropriation. The location of the Utah Democracy Project is primarily the service-area of Utah Valley University, namely, Utah County and the Third Congressional District.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration 2009
Utah Civil Rights: Become One with the Dream
Utah Valley University
January 14, 2009 - Salt Lake City, UT
High Road Director Rocky Anderson addresses students, faculty, and guests on Voices of Conscience in a Time of War, at Utah Valley University's 15th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration event.
Afternoon Panel Discussion - Civil Rights and the Role of Media Panel
Rocky Anderson - Moderator, Director High Road for Human Rights
David Scott - Chair, Dept of Communication, UVU
Stephen Holbrook - Civil Rights Activist and Founder of KRCL 90.9 FM
Albert Jones - Diversity Times Publisher and Editor
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High Road's First Chapter Training
High Road Headquarters
January 3 & 5, 2009 - Salt Lake City, UT
Rocky Anderson and High Road for Human Rights sponsored a pair of training sessions to teach High Road chapter members how they can play an important part in coordinated action to address major human rights abuses.
Session participants were shown a special presentation of the High Road for Human Rights - Torture and the Rule of Law.
Leading the discussion were Chapter Co-Chairs Derrek Draper and Liza Springmeyer. Several local volunteers assisted, along with Campus Volunteer Coordinator, Jazmynn Pok.
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High Road for Human Rights on Park City TV
PCTV
December 8, 2008 - Park City, Utah
Rocky Anderson discusses High Road for Human Rights on Park City TV - and takes time to sit in with Utah band, Cory Mon & the Starlight Gospel.
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Address to the United Nations Association of Utah
Sugarhouse Garden Center
November 25, 2008 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Rocky Anderson delivered an address to the United Nations Association of Utah on the grassroots efforts of High Road for Human Rights.
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Address to UVU Peace and Justice Studies Program
Utah Valley University
November 13, 2008 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Rocky Anderson addressed the Peace and Justice Studies Program at Utah Valley University, speaking on “What High Road Does And How You Can Help.” Anderson has accepted a position on the Advisory Board for The Peace and Justice Studies Program at UVU.
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The Human Rights Campaign 2008 National Dinner
October 6, 2008 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Over 3,000 guests from around the country gathered to enjoy a night of encouraging speeches and videos highlighting the contributions of leading LGBT activists and the challenges ahead in this important election year.
Rocky Anderson gave a tribute to Utah's Bruce Bastian at The Human Rights Campaign 2008 National Dinner.
Bruce Bastian, recipient of the HRC National Leadership Award.
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Interview with KVNU's "For the People"
July 28, 2008 - Logan, Utah
Rocky Anderson appeared on KVNU's "For the People" to speak about impeachment, torture, and his testimony before Congress. Click here to listen.
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High Road's Director Rocky Anderson Testifies Before Congress
US House Judiciary Committee
July 25, 2008 - Washington, DC
Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson, former Mayor of Salt Lake City, UT and president of High Road for Human Rights, testified before the US House Committee on the Judiciary on July 25, 2008.
Click HERE to read Rocky Anderson’s testimony.
Part 1
Part 2
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Peace and Human Rights Rally
Washington Square
May 28, 2008 - Salt Lake City, UT
In a rally coinciding with the arrival of President Bush, active citizens gathered to say “No More” to: disastrous war, deceit, domestic spying, unconscionable and illegal kidnapping and torture, flagrant violations of the Constitution, and crimes against humanity. The event was sponsored by High Road's Advocacy Project.
Rally Speakers
Daniel Ellsberg
Marshall Thompson
Kathy Snyder
Rocky Anderson
Rocky Anderson
Remarks at Peace and Human Rights Rally - May 2008
Part Two | Part Three | Part Four
Read Rocky Anderson's Remarks from the Rally
Daniel Ellsberg
Remarks at Peace and Human Rights Rally - May 2008
Part Two | Part Three | Part Four
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