The Human Rights Advocates Program…is designed to prepare proven human rights leaders from the Global South and marginalized communities in the U.S. to participate in…policy debates on globalization…The Program features a four-month residency at Columbia University…[and] focuses on...: Environmental injustice; labor rights violations; abuses by multinational corporations; ramifications of resource extraction; public health crises; unsustainable development; intolerance, xenophobia, and social exclusion related to globalization...[Application deadline: 19 Dec 2008]