FPA Children's Writer Takes On DC

We are happy to inform you that the Foreign Policy Association’s Children’s Rights Writer/Blogger, Cassandra Clifford, will now also be writing on Human Rights for the Examiner. Cassandra will not be leaving the FPA, but working with the Examiner to expand upon the reach and awareness of Human Rights using a unique local perspective. Cassandra is the new DC Human Rights Examiner, for which she plans to cover events and conduct interviews with those working on the ground in the Greater Washington DC area.

See some of Cassandra’s first stories on the Examiner, such as those listed below, click here.

The Dark Side of The Washington Post
Friday, April 17th, 2009
Katherine Chon, the Co-Founder and President of DC based Polaris Project, has recently posted a two part blog The Washington Post: A Paper Pimp?…

Emancipation Day, reflecting on our slave past, but what about slaves today?
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Today Washington, D.C., celebrates Emancipation Day, a day which commemorates the day on which in 1862, President Abraham…

The human trade
Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Modern slavery, otherwise known as Human Trafficking, holds some 27 million men, women and children by force or …

If you have a great story idea, event or interview for the Examiner or the FPA please contact Cassandra at, cassandra.clifford@gmail.com