Contacts: Zoe VanGelder

Website: http://shr.uchicago.edu

Listhost: shr@listhost.uchicago.edu

Purpose: Local human rights advocacy and reporting.

Past Projects:

1. Police Torture on the south side of Chicago --activism to encourage the prosecution of former Police Commander John Burge, who tortured over 100 people during the 1980s and 1990s just 2 miles south of campus.

2. Health Care in Chicago -- activism against Advocate Healthcare, the largest private healthcare provider in the U.S. The company is practicing racial redlining and denying their workers the chance to unionize.