Promoting "Wilberforce Agenda" Initiatives

This memo sets out where matters stand on a number of “Wilberforce Agenda” human rights initiatives with which Michael Horowitz is engaged. Each is supported by a left-right, religious-secular, bipartisan coalition whose members range across the country’s otherwise fierce ideological battle lines. Each involves modest and in some cases no budget expenditures. Most deal with matters now either ignored by U.S. policy makers or treated as low priority concerns. Most can achieve the rescue of millions of victims through — and because of — their non-utopian approaches and policies. Each is premised on the idea that the judicious application of American values can enhance American interests, and each can greatly strengthen America’s standing in the world. And, critically, with continued engagement by the coalitions that support them, each is on a pathway to rapid implementation