Torontonians Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

On Saturday, December 6, many artists, community leaders and human rights activists gathered at the Roots store on Bloor St. in downtown Toronto to celebrate the 60^th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

After the horrors of WWII, the United Nations drafted the declaration, the first of its kind, to establish the 30 inalienable rights that every human being should be guaranteed. [caption id=”attachment_77397″ align=”alignleft” width=”320″ caption=”Poet Dionne Samuels (also known as Bird of Paradise) recited two of her poems