Background
Schulz, William Frederick was born on November 14, 1949 in Pittsburgh. Son of William F. and Jean Smith.
(Sierra Leone, Kosovo, East Timor, the Bronx. The nightly ...)
Sierra Leone, Kosovo, East Timor, the Bronx. The nightly news brings vivid images into our homes of the mistreatment of people all over the world. In the secure comfort of our living rooms, we may feel sympathetic to the victims of these atrocities but far removed from them. "What does all this have to do with a person in east Tennessee?" is the question, from a radio program host, that prompted William Schulz to write this book. Schulz provides answers with an insightful work, generously laced with compelling stories of women and men from all continents, which clearly delineates the connection between our prosperity here in the United States and human rights violations throughout the globe. The book reveals the high cost of indifference not only in ethical and moral terms, but in terms of the political, economic, environmental and public health consequences in our own backyards. Consider, for example, the high cost to U.S. military personnel and their families of radical political instability in the Balkans-costs that might well have been avoided if the United States and the international community had conscientiously defended human rights. Or the devastating economic impact on U.S. businesses of systemic corruption in Asia. Or the serious environmental hazards of nuclear fuel leaks in Russia, the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis, and the expensive dangers of inhumane prison conditions in the United States, to name just a few examples. At the heart of each of these problems lies the abuse of basic human rights. Through the stories of Natasa Kandic and Alexander Nikitin, of Samia Sarwar and Han Dongfang, of Jaime Garzon and Sister Dianna Ortiz, Schulz introduces us to the front line of the international battle for rights and builds a powerful case for defending our own interests by vigorously defending the human rights of people everywhere.
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Schulz, William Frederick was born on November 14, 1949 in Pittsburgh. Son of William F. and Jean Smith.
AB, Oberlin College, 1971. Master of Arts, Meadville Lombard Theological School Theological School, 1973. Doctor of Ministry, Meadville Lombard Theological School Theological School, 1975.
DDiv, Meadville Lombard Theological School Theological School, 1987. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1974. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Nova Southeastern University, 1995.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Grinnell College, 2004. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Willamette University, 2005. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Oberlin College, 2005.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Cinn., 2005. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lewis and Clark College, 2006. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), The Sage College, 2010.
Minister First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1975-1978. Director social responsibility Unitarian Universalist Association, Boston, 1978-1979, executive vice president, 1979-1985, president, 1985-1993. Executive director Amnesty International United States of America, 1994—2006.
Fellow Carr Center Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School Government, Harvard University, 2006—2007. Adjunct professor New York University, New York City, since 2008. Senior fellow Center for American Progress, since 2006.
Affiliated professor Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago, since 2008.
(This is the story of religious humanism: a religious move...)
(Sierra Leone, Kosovo, East Timor, the Bronx. The nightly ...)
Acting president Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, since 2010. Member American Civil Liberties Union, Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association, Council Foreign Relations.
Married Beth Graham, 1993.