Friday, March 10, 2000

Saturday, March 11, 2000

Sunday, March 12, 2000





What is the AGM

Overview

About Providence

Accessibility

AGM Site & Hotel Information

Alternative Housing

Smart Travel Options

AIUSA Resolutions & Eligibility for Voting

Pre-registration Form

Schedule of Events

The AGM 2000 A-Z GUIDE


SPECIAL PROGRAMS:

AGM Service Project

Student Activist Participation

Visions for Growth

AGM Panels

Ideas Fair

AGM WaterFire Action

FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2000

AIUSA COMMITTEE AND PROGRAM MEETINGS

8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Board of Directors Committee Meetings
- Program Committee Newport/Washington 3rd Floor
- International Committee Bristol 3rd Floor
- Admin/Development Committee Kent 3rd Floor

8:00 am - 3:30 pm
Country Coordination Groups Providence I/IV 3rd Floor

8:30 am - 12:00 pm
AC Steering Committee Stateside 1st Floor

9:00 am - 3:30 pm
OutFront Program Providence II 3rd Floor

9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Program to Abolish the Death
Penalty Advisory Committee
Providence III 3rd Floor

9:30 am - 10:30 am
AGM Service Project OrientationNarragansett A 1st Floor

10:00 am - 11:30 am
Raise the Roof! Legislative
Human Rights Round Table
Waterplace II 2nd Floor

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
AGM WaterFire Action Meeting Narragansett B 1st Floor

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
- Women's Steering Committee Waterplace I 2nd Floor
- National Refugee Program Bristol 3rd Floor

1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
AC and SAC Meeting Providence III 3rd Floor

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Special Initiatives Fund Stateside 1st Floor
- Just Earth/Group 133
Training Follow-Up
Kent 3rd Floor

3:30 pm - 7:00 pm WATERFIRE ACTION
- Welcoming Reception
Gather for ACTION
Narragansett A/B 1st Floor
- A Toast to Freedom and Instructions  
- AGM WaterFire Action Waterplace Park Offsite

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
AGM WELCOMING PLENARY Narragansett 1st Floor
    - Board Chair/Exec. Director
Ballroom 

8:00 pm
Dinner on Your Own  Offsite

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Student Activist Caucus Waterplace I/II 2nd Floor

8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
- Service Project Debriefing AS220 (Off-Site) 115 Empire Street
- Human Rights Information
Act Strategy Session and Update
Providence I 3rd Floor

8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
- Media Training Providence III 3rd Floor
- Web Training CANCELLED Providence II 3rd Floor

10:00 pm - 12:30 am
Student Activist Night at AS220 AS220 (Off-Site) 115 Empire St.


SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2000


8:00 am - 8:45 am
Complimentary Continental Providence I/II/III/IV 3rd Floor
Breakfast w/ Round Tables For Pre-Registered Guests 

9:00 am - 10:00 am
OPENING PLENARY: Narragansett 1st Floor
- Hanan Ashrawi
- Ginetta Sagan Awards
Ballroom 

10:20 am - 12:00 pm
VISIONS FOR GROWTH Narragansett 1st Floor
AIUSA ORG. MTG. Ballroom 
- Resolution Overview, SIF, Bd. Teasurer's Report, Visions for Growth Discussion

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
- Board Candidate's Forum Washington 3rd Floor
- Workshop: What is the Future of AI's Mandate? Newport 3rd Floor
- Women's Human Rights Caucus Waterplace I/II 2nd Floor
- Legal Support Network
Brown Bag Lunch
Agora Dining Room 2nd Floor

PANELS (SESSION I): 1:30 pm - 3:10 pm
- Activism in a Global Economy Kent 3rd Floor
- Cross-Cultural Manifestationsof Gender-based Violence Against Women Providence I/IV 3rd Floor
- Dreams and Challenges: Providence II/III 3rd Floor
The Emerging Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Human Rights Movement (LGBT) in Central and Southern Africa - Exploring Frontiers:
Amnesty Activists on the Front Lines
Bristol 3rd Floor

WORKING PARTIES: 3:30 pm - 5:45 pm
- Working Party A: Policy Providence I/IV 3rd Floor
- Working Party B: Narragansett 1st Floor
Strategic Planning Ballroom  
- Working Party C: Administration Providence II/III 3rd Floor

PANELS (SESSION II): 6:00 pm - 7:40 pm
- Girls Fight Back Providence I/IV 3rd Floor
- Multi-Culturalism? Springboard for Activism Bristol 3rd Floor
- Protecting Women in Times of War Kent 3rd Floor
- Women, Human Rights, and Islam: Exploring the Complexities Providence II/III 3rd Floor
- Women's Rights and the Environment: Women's Leadership in Defending Their Communities Newport/Washington 3rd Floor

7:40 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner on Your Own  Off-Site

10:00 pm - 1:00 am
Latin Dance Party Narragansett 1st Floor
Ballroom


SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2000


8:00 am - 8:45 am
Complimentary Continental
Breakfast w/ Round Tables
Providence I/II/III/IV 3rd Floor

8:00 am - 8:45 am
Morning Videos: Narragansett 1st Floor
- "Environmentalists Under Fire: 10 Urgent Cases of Human Rights Abuses" Ballroom 
- "Well Founded Fear"  

9:00 am - 12:30 pm
RESOLUTIONS PLENARY Narragansett
Ballroom
1st Floor

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch Snack on Your Own   

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
CLOSING PLENARY: Narragansett 1st Floor
WOMEN HUMAN
RIGHTS DEFENDERS AT RISK

With Hina Jilani, Tsitsi Tiripano, Tonya Frischner
Ballroom 

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Board of Directors Meeting Newport/Washington 3rd Floor


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