Amnesty USA Youth in Action
Raise awareness | Act on urgent issues | Organize your campus | Advocate for human rights
There is no better way to become involved in global issues than to organize a student group on your campus. By becoming a registered student group with Amnesty International you are on your way to shining the light on human rights!
Learn about starting a student group
Register your school online now!
Re-Register your Amnesty Student Group
REGISTER your school group for the 2011 – 2012 school year to receive:
✓ Amnesty resources such as CORE Action packet, Activist Toolkit, Urgent Actions, and other Amnesty support throughout the year to share with your school community.
✓ Special rates for AI's regional and annual conferences.
✓ Voting rights at regional conferences and Amnesty's Annual General Meeting
To register visit www.amnestyusa.org/register
When you register remember to:
- Include the contact information for your school, faculty advisors, group leaders and members
- Annual Group Assessment Fee: a minimum annual contribution of $50 to help cover the cost of training, resource materials and other support
Need help registering or to apply for a group wavier? Contact your Regional Office at (toll free) 1-866-A-REGION and ask to speak to the Field Organizer for your state, or send an e-mail to mrc@aiusa.org.
We Can LIVE without the Death Penalty
This year Amnesty International USA is combining National Week of Student Action and Death Penalty Awareness Week into two weeks of powerful and impactful actions. From February 27 to March 11 you will have a chance to raise awareness about death penalty and become a part of an international movement pushing for abolition of death penalty in the U.S. and around the world. Amnesty USA encourages every student group around the country to take action.
- Ready to get your group involved? Sign up here.
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Not sure how to start or have ideas you want to share about ending the death penalty? Join student leaders and experts from the Death Penalty Campaign for an interactive online session on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 7pm EST, to learn more about this action and what you can do to have a profound effect on the growing death penalty abolition movement throughout the U.S. and indeed across the globe!
To reserve your spot, please register here.
- If you’re not an Amnesty Student Activist yet, this is a great chance to become one! Join an existing AI student group or register your own group to become a part of the international fight for justice and human rights.
We can work together to turn our commitment to ending the death penalty into action!
Amnesty Mosaic Youth Training @ the AGM
Are you ready to take your activism to the next level?
Amnesty Mosaic provides a unique platform for 100 current and emerging student and youth leaders (age 14-25) across the country to connect, be inspired and shape Amnesty's work. Youth activists will learn about pressing human rights issues, train to become effective human rights leaders, and have the opportunity to meet and share experiences with peers committed to human rights work.
Sessions include: State of Youth in the US -- an environmental scan on the issues and concerns facing youth; Get Your Skills On with trainings on lobbying, AIUSA resolution process, creative campaigning; Graduating: No Problem -- learn how to continue your activism post graduation, and Dancing with a Message -- following Amnesty Mosaic, participants will learn and perform a Flash Mob.
For more information, please visit http://amnestyusa.org/agm
For questions, please email youth@aiusa.org
Deadline to register is Friday, March 23, 2012!
For more information on Amnesty Mosaic and to register click here.
Opportunities
Rewrite the Anthem to Amnesty's 50th Anniversary Video
As part of Amnesty's 50th celebration, Hans Zimmer, the Academy and Grammy Award-winning composer and UJAM are inviting people to rejam (remix) and create your own version of the Amnesty International anthem. The original anthem was composed by Hans Zimmer and composer Lorne Balfe in honor of our 50th anniversary. Thanks to UJAM's unique technology, contest participants don't need a studio – a laptop is fine. Contestants simply sign up online at http://www.ujam.com/amnesty, listen to the anthem, and then begin creating their own remix or rejam. Once a contestant submits his/her rejam, the online voting component begins where other users and fans will "like" the rejam with the goal of making it to the top 10 on the UJAM leader board.
The contest closes on February 5, 2012. The final top 10 rejam entries will be judged by Zimmer, Balfe and musician Pharrell Williams. The winner will be announced on Feb. 10, 2012. UJAM is sponsoring a $1,000 cash prize, and other gifts, to the winner. The contest is open to all people, 18 years and older, from the U.S., Canada, UK and Germany.
High School Student Essay Contest
Students are invited to answer the question: What is the significance of the popular uprisings for the Middle East North Africa region and for the international human rights community?
High School Essay Contest submissions are now closed. Many thanks to everyone who submitted their works! We will be announcing the winners in mid-February.
Two winners will be selected and awarded cash prizes of $1,500 and a trip to Denver, CO to attend AIUSA's Annual General Meeting from March 30- April 1 in 2012. Additional awards include two second place awards of $500 and two third place awards of $250! This is a unique and exciting opportunity for high school activists to explore their thoughts and feelings about events transpiring in the Middle East North Africa region. The deadline is Saturday, January 21, 2012. (postmarked)
More information can be found here.
Ladis Kristof Memorial Fellowship for Organizing and Activism
One exceptional Amnesty International USA student activist (high school or college / university) will receive the Kristof Fellowship for his or her outstanding efforts on behalf of human rights. The Fellow will be awarded an eight-week residency with an AIUSA Regional Field Organizer with whom she or he will work closely on individual cases, human rights crises, and grassroots organizing and campaigning at the regional and national level. The Fellowship will promote a deeper understanding of human rights work, strengthen the Fellow's organizing and advocacy skills, and further develop prepare her or him to be an effective life-long activist. The Fellow will also be provided travel to AIUSA's 2012 Annual General Meeting, where her or his efforts and achievements will be formally honored in Ladis Kristof's name. The deadline to apply is by January 21, 2012.
Ladis Kristof Memorial Fellowship for Organizing and Activism submissions are now closed. Many thanks to everyone who applied! We will be announcing the winner in mid-February.
Please contact KristofFellow@aiusa.org if you have any questions or visit: amnestyusa.org/KristofFellowship
Click here to find out the WINNERS of the 2011 Human Rights Ambassador Challenge! Students from across the country have united their voices and talents pledging to fight for human rights now and to continue that fight until we have reached our destination: CHANGING THE WORLD. Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2011 Human Rights Ambassador Challenge!
Growing a Movement - Group Profile
UT Austin activists are growing the human rights movement at their campus and beyond!
