The Midwest is the Heartland, where grassroots social justice and human rights movements, like the pioneering work of Jane Addams and Ida Barnett Wells, have a long history. Efforts to abolish child labor, establish the eight-hour workday at Pullman and Haymarket, and the decades long effort to establish immigrants' rights had their start in the Midwest.

Q: What is the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights?
A: The Midwest Coalition for Human Rights is a network of 48 advocacy organizations, service providers, and university-based human rights centers collaborating to promote and protect human rights in our Midwest region, in the United States, and internationally. Working together we provide broader visibility for urgent human rights issues in the Heartland and project a strong Midwest advocacy voice in the national and international human rights debate.