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Three Inspirational Days
of Grassroots Human Rights Activism
Join members from across the United States and human rights defenders around the
world for the 2002 Amnesty International USA Annual General Meeting (AGM). During
this three-day conference, AIUSA members and activist allies explore the latest
strategies for confronting international human rights violations and develop expertise
in the rapidly changing field of human rights. Featured speakers and contributors
will be Mary Robinson, Rodolfo Montiel Flores, Irene Khan,
and directors from 0xfam America, Food First, and the Ford Foundation.
Reframing Globalization:
The Challenge for Human Rights
The Annual General Meeting is an exciting weekend with policy discussions for AIUSA members, organizational strategic planning sessions, activist and youth leadership meetings, networking sessions and special gatherings. While continuing to address core human rights concerns such as abolition of torture and the death penalty, the AGM will also present a special thematic focus, Reframing Globalization: The Challenge for Human Rights. Prominent human rights speakers and panelists will help us to understand both the obstacles we face as a globalized society, as well as the opportunities for activism in a worldwide human rights movement.
Some ways you can be involved:
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IDEAS FAIR: Get the latest grassroots activism ideas
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STUDENT ACTIVISM: Meet student activists, strengthen your group, and prepare for the future
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SERVICE PROJECT: Help the community
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ONLINE
MESSAGE BOARD: Check out this new networking tool! Leave messages for
AGM attendees before, during and after the meeting.
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Discuss, Debate, Organize
Amnesty International is a grass roots organization. The AGM Resolutions Process is an opportunity for you, as a member of Amnesty International, to affect policy on a regional, national, and international level.
Join us this year in Seattle for the Amnesty International USA AGM 2002!
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"There cannot be any sustainable globalization without universalization of human rights."
-- Pierre Sané
Amnesty International Secretary General, 1992-2001
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The AIUSA AGM welcomes people of diverse communities, identities, approaches and ideas. Programming concepts, speakers, organizers, and vendors will be sought from a wide diversity of communities. The AGM upholds AIUSA's commitment to address issues of critical concern to diverse communities within the context of its mandate and to ensure the full participation of multicultural communities in the leadership structure and decision-making processes of the organization.
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