International Human Rights Summit celebrates Youth for Human Rights International's 25-year legacy with a worldwide call to action: Education for Peace

Distinguished Realist Painters Take Center Stage at Fraser Mansion to Champion African Youth Arts and Universal Human Rights

Bondumani, a Sierra Leonean artist, demonstrated the hyperrealism art technique at the show

Young Miss Africa contestants promote human rights to embassies and on the Washington Mall

Local volunteers engage parade crowds with human rights education and outreach

Youth for Human Rights DC volunteers hand out booklets in Montgomery Parks' Sunday Serenades to educate the public on the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights to help prevent abuses

The Washington, DC, chapter of Youth for Human Rights International was honored to host the Founder of Youth for Human Rights, Dr. Mary Shuttleworth

Human rights defenders learned more on successful advocacy as well as current US issues needing human rights attention

First Friday: Art Walk Dupont Circle, featured artists with Black History Month-themed work at the Church of Scientology National Affairs Office with a commissioned artwork called "Bloom" from the collection of the African-American Civil War Museum

As part of First Friday: Art Walk Dupont Circle, five artists displayed their work at the Church of Scientology National Affairs Office with a large portrait on Martin Luther King Jr. featured.

From portrait artists to artists creating pieces from used musical instruments and an artist featuring poetry written phonetically showed their work as part of the popular Art Walk in Dupont Circle.

Honorees were chosen for their work in the Nation's Capital and their dedication to inspiring others through art