High Roads Traveled 
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Jazz Festival Jam Session with Seth MacFarlane
Green Pig Pub
July 10, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
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UTADP Rally to Say No to the Death Penalty
Utah State Capitol
June 17, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
High Road members, together with Utahns for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, took a stand against state-sanctioned killing on June 17, the eve of the execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner by firing squad. The sunset rally on the steps of Utah's capitol featured music by Kate McLeod and speeches by Ralph Dellapiana, ACLU Chairman Robert Wood, Rev. Reyes Rodriguez, Brian King, Sandy McGunigall-Smith, Nanice Ellis, Kent Hart, and Clark Newhall, MD.
More info on High Road's death penalty project can be found here.
Press: KSL 5 New York Times Deseret News ABC 4
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Commencement Address at Realms of Inquiry
Realms of Inquiry
June 2, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Rocky Anderson's Commencement Address
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High Road Part of Diverse Coalition Urging Protection
of Miranda Rights
NACDL
May 17, 2010 - Washington, DC
High Road is part of a broad coalition of 35 organizations that sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on May 17, urging him to reconsider his call to weaken Miranda Rights through the codification and expansion of the "public safety exception". Full text here.
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Crimes Are Crimes - No Matter Who Does Them
New York Review of Books
May 27, 2010 - New York, NY
High Road Director Rocky Anderson joined Cindy Sheehan, Cornel West, Chris Hedges, Daniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky, Ray McGovern, Carl Dix, Bill Quigley, William Blum, Joyce Kozloff, Ann Messner, David Swanson, Sunsara Taylor, Stephen Rohde, Fr. Bob Bossie, Peter Phillips, Jed Stone, Tomas Olmos, Peter McLaren, Jodie Evans, Margaret Lawrence, Matthis Chiroux, Larry Everest, Andy Worthington, Blase Bonpane, William Ayers, Dahr Jamail, Kathy Kelly, Mike Gravel, and others in signing the statement Crimes Are Crimes - No Matter Who Does Them. The statement appears in a full-page, full-color ad in the New York Review of Books. See the statement here.
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Viva Cinco de Mayo Celebration
Gorilla Design Warehouse
May 5, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
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High Road Death Penalty Project Director on RadioActive
KRCL
April 26, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Ralph Dellapiana, High Road's Death Penalty Project Director, appeared on KRCL's RadioActive to speak about the flaws and injustices inherent in capital punishment. He was joined by Nancy Appleby, fellow UTADP coaliton member and member of Peace and Justice Commission for the Episcopal Diocese of Utah. Listen to the hour-long broadcast here.
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Press Conference Announces the Formation of Utahns for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Matheson Courthouse
April 23, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Organizations, religious leaders and other concerned community members gathered at Matheson Courthouse to announce the formation of Utahns for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, of which High Road is a founding member. Speakers at the conference included The Most Reverend John C. Wester, Reverend David A. Henry, Dee Rowland, and High Road Death Penalty Project Director Ralph Dellapiana. See the press release announcing UTADP's formation, and read the UTADP Position Paper.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
Press: Salt Lake Tribune Deseret News VIDEO: FOX 13 VIDEO: KSL 5
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U of Utah Public Debate: "The Nuclear Question"
University of Utah
April 13, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Rocky Anderson moderated the biannual debate hosted by the University of Utah Debate Team around "The Nuclear Question." Debaters included Christopher Thomas, Policy Director of the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah, Tom Magette, Senior Vice President of EnergySolutions Inc., Peter Jenkins, a health physicist and Chairman of the Utah Radiation Control Board, and Gary Sandquist, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Utah.
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Presentation to Utah Valley University Class
Utah Valley University
April 8, 2010 - Orem, Utah
Rocky Anderson presented to Jennifer Howard's Ethics class about the High Road's human rights issue areas, with a focus on genocide and the role of the media in overlooking atrocities. See our presentation here.
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Presentation to Ogaki Kita Senior High School
High Road Headquarters
March 11, 2010- Salt Lake City, Utah
Thirty high school students from Ogaki Kita in Japan visited the HRHR offices for a presentation on genocide and High Road's work as part of their tour of Utah. Many great questions were asked, and many powerful lessons learned. See our presentation here.
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Rally for CO2 Reduction
Utah State Capitol
March 10, 2010- Salt Lake City, Utah
Michael Brandy, Deseret News
Protestors converged on Utah's Capitol on Wednesday in a Rally for CO2 Reduction. The rally was a response to the passing of HJR 12 and HJR 21, as well as the rejection of other legislation that would have incentivized green retrofits for homes and businesses.
Rocky Anderson, Rev. Diana Johnson of Utah's Interfaith Power and Light, Senate Minority Leader Pat Jones, Joe Andrade of the University of Utah, Andrew Jorgenson of the University of Utah, Thomas Reichman, and Jonathan Jemming spoke.
Protestors delivered High Road's Climate Crisis Letter with over 1,000 signatures to every member of the Utah legislature.
Press: Deseret News Fox News 13 Associated Press
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Presentation to Realms of Inquiry
Realms of Inquiry
March 4, 2010- Salt Lake City, Utah
The High Road team presented to the collaborative ecology and journalism classes at Realms of Inquiry, sharing High Road's mission as well as the role of students in affecting change.
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Human Rights Awareness Tour
Sonoma State University
March 1, 2010 - Rohnert Park, California
The High Road team presented to students at Sonoma State University as part of the Human Rights Awareness Tour, a traveling group of speakers, artists, and activists.
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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Screening and Q&A
Salt Lake City Public Library
February 25, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
The screening was followed by a panel discussion featuring film editor and co-writer Michael Chandler and Rocky Anderson. More info here.
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Panel on Civil Disobedience
Salt Lake City Acting Company
February 21, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Following a performance of "Too Much Memory," Rocky Anderson, Time DeChristopher, Rebecca Hall, and Marshall Thompson participated in a discussion on civil disobedience. More info here.
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Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and the Environment Committee Meeting
Utah State Capitol
February 19, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Over 50 concerned citizens attended the Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture and the Environment Committee Meeting to express their opposition to HJR 12, a resolution that denies the realities of climate change. Rocky Anderson testified before the committee. Read his remarks here.
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Cocktails with a Conscience: Mixer and Fundraiser
The Green Pig Pub
February 14, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
High Road supporters gathered on the evening of Valentine's Day for delicious food from the Green Pig Pub, and a presentation from Rocky about the human rights implications of climate change. We also released and collected signatures on our our Climate Change Letter to Public Officials.
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Press Conference at the Climate of Change Conference
University of Utah
February 12, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
