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PHOTO CAPTION: Wil Seabrook (center) and his Rock for Human Rights band traveled across the U.S. on the “30 Days\u201330 Right” concert tour.<\/em><\/p>\n
When a rock and roll band called Rock for Human Rights<\/a> (R4HR) launched its\u00a0\u201c30 Days\u201330 Rights\u201d human rights school concert tour<\/a> across America, they were hoping to create an impact. But they didn\u2019t expect they\u2019d be saving lives.<\/p>\n R4HR founder and lead singer Wil Seabrook\u2019s idea for the tour was to help youth make a personal connection with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which lists out 30 rights everyone has by virtue of being human. They would use the booklets and videos of Youth for Human Rights International.<\/a><\/p>\n But the number one question on everyone\u2019s mind was \u201cWhy would a fifth-grader in Iowa care about human rights around the world? How do you make this subject real to that kid, and why should they care?\u201d<\/p>\n Seabrook found the answer to that question at one of their first school concerts. In an auditorium filled with kids, he\u00a0said, \u201cRaise your hand if anybody\u2019s ever tried to bully you in your life.\u201d Immediately, almost every hand in the audience shot up.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been fortunate enough to perform for tens of thousands of young people all over the world, sharing the vitally important information contained in the Youth For Human Rights materials,\u201d says Seabrook. \u201cEverywhere I go and no matter the age of the audience, I\u2019ve found that bullying is a universal problem.\u201d<\/p>\n This is all the more staggering when viewed through the lens of a\u00a0CDC<\/a>\u00a0study that found suicide is the second leading cause of death among American youths age 14\u201318. What\u2019s more, a\u00a02014 study<\/a>\u00a0found \u201ca strong association\u201d between bullying and suicide thoughts and attempts.<\/p>\n \u201cRock For Human Rights teaches young people that they have more power than they realize and that human rights begins in places closest to home,\u201d says Seabrook. \u201cFor students, this means the school environment they themselves create for each other. We receive success stories constantly after our performances from students saying they\u2019re going to take more personal responsibility for creating a safe and uplifting environment for their peers. The simple, powerful information in these booklets and video PSAs changes lives daily, and is a much-needed tool in the effort to end the bullying epidemic.\u201d<\/p>\n Youth for Human Rights International<\/a> is the youth component of\u00a0United for Human Rights<\/a>. It is a global nonprofit organization founded in 2001 with the purpose to teach youth about the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights to inspire them to become advocates for tolerance and peace. The\u00a0United for Human Rights e-Course<\/a>\u00a0is available free of charge in 18 languages.<\/p>\n The Church of Scientology and Scientologists support United for Human Rights, the world\u2019s largest nongovernmental\u00a0human rights awareness campaign<\/a>. Scientology Churches sponsor chapters of the group.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Church of Scientology International Dissemination and Distribution Center<\/a>\u00a0in Los Angeles, California, produces and ships out human rights booklets, DVDs and education packages free of charge to parents, educators, law enforcement, community groups and nonprofits.<\/p>\n The Church\u2019s\u00a0support is inspired by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard\u2019s<\/a> conviction that \u201cIt is vital that all thinking men urge upon their governments sweeping reforms in the field of human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n For more information, visit the Scientology Newsroom: https:\/\/www.scientologynews.org\/press-releases\/<\/a><\/p>\n RELATED LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youthforhumanrights.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.rockforhumanrights.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n MULTIMEDIA <\/strong><\/p>\n VIDEO (YouTube): https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0ubIm660SPs<\/a><\/p>\n
![https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/21-1021s2p-cos-seabrook-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto caption: Wil Seabrook (center) and his Rock for Human Rights band traveled across the U.S. on the \u201c30 Days\u201330 Right\u201d concert tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 21, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Bullying is a serious, often life-threatening issue. For Bullying Prevention Month, the Church of Scientology International shares the story of a humanitarian who found a simple way to change the culture of bullying to one of compassion. Rock for Human Rights (R4HR) launched its “30 Days-30 Rights” human rights school concert tour across America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8949,"featured_media":76143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191,12804,10,37,187,608,40],"tags":[9386,17072,17073,17074],"class_list":["post-76145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-recording-news","category-ap","category-california-news","category-entertainment-news","category-los-angeles-news","category-religion-news","category-video-news-release","tag-national-bullying-prevention-month","tag-rock-for-human-rights-band","tag-singer-wil-seabrook","tag-youth-for-human-rights","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":3760,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8949"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/21-1021s2p-cos-seabrook-300dpi.jpg\"){kind=link}