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WHAT IS THE AGM? The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is a conference of USA Members of AI and their activist allies. The conference rotates to a different location in the United States each year.   Pamela Johnson is the Acting Southen Regional Representative of the AGM Program Committee. The conference brings together human rights activists from all regions of the country and internationally to evaluate current goals and develop strategies towards the prevention of human rights violations around the world; to educate, inspire, and promote outreach to membership; and to increase visibility of the goals and mission of AIUSA. It provides an opportunity for members and staff to strategize together to make AIUSA a more effective grassroots organization. Members vote on resolutions that develop the policy of the section. Inside the AGM   Northeast Regional AGM Program Committee member Jessica Kramer with AGM 2001 keynote speaker Oscar Arias Sanchez. The AGM is organized by the AGM Program Committee, a committee of Amnesty International members from each region, the Chair of the National Resolutions Committee, local group members, and staff. We invite your suggestions and creative input as we develop programming. Please write to aiusa-agm@aiusa.org. Throughout the year, the committee recieves feedback regarding the conference. The committee has compiled the most frequently asked questions, offering a behind-the-scenes look at how AGM planning decisions are made.   Members of the 2001 AGM Program Committee in Nashville Some questions addressed: What is the structure of the AGM Program Committee and its role? Why is the conference often held in hotels rather than at university campuses? How is the location of the conference chosen? Is the AGM Program Committee diverse? How is the conference focus chosen? How are panels and speakers selected? How are subsidies awarded? Download Inside the AGM (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

"The challenge is really that so many people view globalization as purely an economic occurrence. The challenge for us is to somehow 're-balance' the conversation so that human rights, a global goal itself, becomes a part of that discussion again. If human rights are ignored in the globalization discussion, they will ignored in the globalization process." -- Matthew Campbell AGM Program Committee Western Regional Member

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