At every post-election panel on a human rights issue I’ve attended, the same question arises: How do you expect the Trump presidency will impact your organization’s human rights advocacy? For many in the human rights community—particularly those working on refugee, health, or national security issues—the answer to this question may already be crystalizing; these advocates have already shifted their energy toward fast-action legal resistance and exploitation of political divides to defeat unpopular executive orders and legislation. However, for others, especially those of us whose work involves direct interaction with the US government, the Trump presidency may lend itself to both diminishing and amplifying our advocacy in some surprising ways.

While the public’s growing recognition of the importance of human rights in our domestic context is heartening, the best news for future advocacy efforts is how many Americans are beginning to put their money and their time behind the proposition that human rights matter.

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