AGM 1999 Recap
AGM 1999 Introduction
Human Rights Here and Now!
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Event Summary
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: EVENT SUMMARY 3/24/99
FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999
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8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m | | AGM SPECIAL FOCUS: Human Rights Organizations Bus Tour (off-site)
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Offsite locations throughout Minneapolis including Center for Victims of Torture, Resource Center for the Americas, Minnesota Advocates, and Univ. of Minnesota's Human Rights Center.
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1:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | |
AGM SPECIAL FOCUS: Human Rights Educators Fair
(University of Minneapolis Law School)
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5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | | Opening Events and Welcome
Welcome by Minnesota Senior Senator Paul Wellstone
and Mayor Sharon Sayless Belton
1997 Amnesty International Media Spotlight Award Honoree/ Actor/Humanitarian Patrick Stewart, Bill Schulz and Paul Hoffman reflect on building a multicultural human rights community, AIUSA's USA Campaign and Visions for Growth.
AGM SPECIAL FOCUS: Native American Human Rights in the USA
Cyrus Peltier and Vernon Bellecourt, Principal Spokesperson
of American Indian Movement
Peltier Card Action/Book Action w/ Women's Prison Book Project
Theatrical piece by Pangea Theater
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SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1999
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9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | |
AGM SPECIAL FOCUS: USA Campaign Plenary
Paul Hoffman AIUSA Board Chair
Wade Henderson, Executive Director of the Leadership
Conference on Civil Rights
Claudia Smith, Head of California Rural Legal Assistance
Border Project, co-author of OAS Petition on violence
at the US-Mexico Border
Shirley Alejos, Victim of police brutality in case filed
against the Chicago Police Department
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5:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | | AGM SPECIAL FOCUS: Death Penalty and Beyond
Special Guests: Angela Y. Davis, Bernadine Dohrn,
and Sr. Camille D'Arienzo
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8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. | | | AIUSA Benefit Screening: "The Rabbit in the Moon"
Celebrating the Minneapolis Film Festival and Human Rights
Location: Oak Street Cinema, 309 Oak Street, SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414 (612.331.3134)
Speakers include Mitsuye Yamada (poet)
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SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1999
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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | | AGM SPECIAL FOCUS: Building the Components for a Human Rights Learning Community
-Speakers include:
Robin Rickard, Vice Chair, Amnesty International's
International Executive Committee (IEC)
Larry Cox, Program Officer for Human Rights
and International Cooperation, Ford Foundation
First Annual Ginetta Sagan Fund Winner for
Work with Youth
Patrick Stewart Scholars Paula Barnes and Angela Thieman
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All events in the Ballroom at the Radisson Metrodome Hotel, 615 Washington Ave, SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414 (Hotel phone: 612-379-8888) unless otherwise noted.
The Annual General Meeting conference registration deadline is April 2, 1999. Registration fee for pre-registration is $45; $35 for limited income. On site registration is $55; single event tickets are $15 contribution ($5 Student and Seminar Rate). The "Rabbit in the Moon" Film screening is $15 with proceeds to Amnesty International USA.
Contact AGM Planning Office for Pre-Registration Forms and additional information: aiusa-agm@igc.org (e-mail); 212-807-8400 phone; 212-627-1451 fax.
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