DALLAS – Human Rights Initiative of North Texas (HRI) is honoring this year’s prestigious Angel of Freedom award winners, at its annual storytelling event, Stories Form the HeART: Rock Your […]
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Gratitude: Featuring Stephanie Mistry
In May, HRI celebrated a win for one of our affirmative asylum clients, a young woman from Zimbabwe who had fled her home country due to political persecution by the […]
Read MoreEqual Justice Works Fellow To Join HRI!
Human Rights Initiative of North Texas is thrilled to announce that Emily Heger will join us in the Fall as an Equal Justice Works Fellow. During her two-year fellowship, Emily […]
Read MoreMeet Kali Cohn, HRI’s Inaugural Director of Advocacy!
We are thrilled to announce that this April, Kali Cohn joined HRI as our inaugural Director of Advocacy. Prior to joining HRI, Kali served as a staff attorney for the […]
Read MoreMeet a Dynamic Duo of HRI, MISSY SPOHN & STEPHEN STOUT
How did you first hear about HRI? Missy: Pro bono department at my firm Stephen: Through Vinson & Elkin’s pro bono program. What is your driving force in volunteering with […]
Read MoreHRI Executive Director Honored By Dallas Bar Association
Bill Holston, Executive Director of the Human Rights Initiative of North Texas, was honored by the Dallas Bar Association at the 27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon as the […]
Read MoreThese Are Times That Try Men
“These are times that try men’s souls.” -Thomas Paine Those words were penned by Thomas Paine during the American Revolution. There are eras where people’s characters are […]
Read MoreFreedom Fridays with Bill
August 26, 2016 Who are the people who have shaped your life? I can think of three people who influenced me towards a passion for human rights work. The Missionary […]
Read MoreHuman Rights Initiative Executive Director, Bill Holston, to receive 2015 SMU Dedman School of Law Distinguished Alumni Award for Public Service
For immediate release Contact for comment: Kavita Khandekar, Marketing & Development Director kkhandekar@hrionline.org/ 214.273.4334 On March 19, 2015, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law will present Executive Director of Human […]
Read MoreBill Holston on why “Shakespeare Might Be Wrong About Killing All The Lawyers”
Read more for our Executive Director’s commentary with KERA regarding how even though lawyers suffer from a bad reputations, their Pro Bono work is crucial to helping communities, especially the […]
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