changing the world through art
Join us and help educate, engage and facilitate discussion in our communities around local and word-wide human rights topics through the work of filmmakers and artists.
What Drives Us
OUR MISSION
The Human Family is a non-partisan 501(c)(3) founded to change our communities through art. The mission of The Human Family is to educate, engage and facilitate discussion around local and word-wide human rights topics through the work of filmmakers and artists.
GET INVOLVED
Would you like to help with an upcoming event? Follow the link below to learn more about the opportunities to volunteer with the Human Family.
UPCOMING EVENTS
April 22-June 5 - North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival
The fourth annual North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival will be on display in Jamestown at the Arts Center.
May 11 - North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival
Join us at the Arts Center in Jamestown at 5:15 p.m. for a community conversation about human rights and social justice.
May 11-13 - Seeding Change
Join us for a special online presentation of the film SEEDING CHANGE: THE POWER OF CONSCIOUS COMMERCE
what we do
OUR PROGRAMS
The North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival
Educating and engage our communities around human rights and social justice through the work of filmmakers.
The North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival
A traveling art exhibition that travels throughout the state of North Dakota to promote human rights and social justice.
The Fargo-Moorhead LGBT Film Festival
Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender lived experiences through the visions of innovative filmmakers.
The North Dakota Environmental Rights Film Festival
Highlying the interdependence and connectedness between environmental rights and human rights.
home. The Homelessness Crisis in North Dakota
An 8-part limited series documenting the homelessness crisis in North Dakota, and the organizations and individuals fighting to end it.
those among us: the human rights champions of north dakota
A contemporary history project documenting North Dakota’s human rights and social justice warriors.
STAY INFORMED
LATEST NEWS
The Arts Center Hosts Human Rights Conversation
“A Cup of Resistance” by Brandi Malarkey JAMESTOWN, N.D. (May 11, 2021) – The Arts Center will host a community conversation about human rights as part of the North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival. The exhibition, which features the work of 50 artists, will be on...
North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival Opens in Jamestown
The Fourth Annual North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival will open at The Arts Center on Thursday, April 22.
The Human Family calls for the release of human rights defender Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska
The Human Family joins a global call for the release of Belarusian cultural activist and human rights defender Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska, who was arrested in Minsk on the 5th of April, along with several other human rights defenders.
