The thought of Dayton becoming a Human Rights City started with some freethinkers, scholars, leaders, and activists bold enough to begin the conversation and organize for Dayton to become a human rights city In November 2021, Mary Tyler (pictured Far left), Peter Bekendorf (pictured Left), Tony Talbott (pictured Center), Shelly Inglis (pictured Right), and Erica Fields (pictured Far Right) were at a conference discussing the global human rights movement and at this moment a union of collective minds and a shared future decided to advocate for Dayton to become a Human Rights City. These individuals organized, educated, listened, and worked with grassroots to form what we know to be Dayton United for Human Rights.