Human Rights in the Upper Valley

Coming from a small town in Vermont there are not a lot of human rights organizations based in my town. One of the unique aspects of where I live though is that I am right across the river from Hanover, NH which is home to Dartmouth College. Dartmouth College has many human rights organizations within the college. Just like any college students have many groups and projects that work towards protecting and securing human rights. An example of a few groups under Dartmouth College include:
- Inter-Commuity Council
- Student Uniting Rural Africa

-Global China Connection
- GlobeMed
Those are only a few of the groups that they have on campus and there are vast resources within Dartmouth for students to get connected. Over half of the student population is international, so human rights issues are not a shy topic on campus.

Within the Upper Valley (the name for a region where I live that includes several towns) I found a few groups such as:

- Knight of Columbus Council (Lebanon, NH) : They raise and donate money to charities that focus on disabilities such as,
- Special Olympics
- Global Wheelchair Mission
- Habitat for Humanity
- Food for Families
- Coats for Kids

• Youth in Action
• SEAD with Dartmouth  

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~tucker/sead/
• Upper Valley Humanists Association
• Special Olympics