Salons at Stowe: What are human rights?

Salons at Stowe is a monthly community conversation series that invites participants to engage in open, facilitated dialogue on today’s most pressing social questions.

The opening installment of Salons at Stowe is inspired by the themes of Amanda Mendoza’s exhibition, What Does It Mean to Be Human, currently on view at the Stowe Visitor Center. For our second gathering, we turn to two foundational questions:

“Who is deserving of human rights? ”
“What are human rights?”

Together, these questions invite participants to explore belonging, dignity, and the deep impact of who is—and is not—recognized fully within our communities and systems. This conversation invites curiosity, vulnerability, and shared reflection as we consider how humanity is affirmed, diminished, and reclaimed