Something Inside So Strong: A Resource Guide on Human Rights in the United States is the first publication of the U.S. Human Rights Network. Section II ...explores some of the major human rights violations faced by immigrants, American Indians, prisoners, prisoners on death row, the poor and those who suffer discrimination in the United States, and outlines how the use of a human rights approach may be helpful in effectivelycombating these problems. Each issue-specific subsection includes a list of resources that community activists may use to educate themselves about the human rights tools available to them and how to use them.

Section III... lays out the growing use of human rights in education, organizing, fact-finding, legal work, policy advocacy, and scholarship in the United States and discusses the methods and strategies being used in this work. It is designed to provide a rough guide to community activists in any issue area who may be interested in using human rights in their U. S. advocacy. (p. 7)