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You're invited! What: Amnesty International Local Group 30 Where: First Unitarian Universalist Center - 1187 Franklin Street (at Geary) in San Francisco When: Wednesday, August 9th at 7:30 pm (we meet on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:30 pm) Why: We are a community-based collection of volunteers who meet, write letters, and organize events to advance the principles of human rights promoted by Amnesty International worldwide. For more information, please visit http://aigroup30.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/sfgroup30
Find out more »Please join us for a critical conversation on the World Day Against the Death Penalty. The death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights, we are making tremendous progress – today, 19 states in the U.S. and two-thirds of the countries in the world have abolished the death penalty. Here in California there are 737 condemned inmates on Death Row. Earlier this year Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a moratorium on the Death Penalty, saying that the death penalty is…
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JOIN Amnesty activists in Illinois for a day of skill-sharing, education and activism. MEET other student and local group members in Illinois. SHARE your experiences and challenges in your human rights work. ORGANIZE to work together with other Amnesty groups in Illinois for the next year. We'll have two one-hour workshops: one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. The first workshop will share ideas for how to take effective action on human rights. The second workshop will…
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We meet monthly to plan actions for the campaigns and cases we are working on, write letters, update each other on human rights news, and see old friends. Our meetings usually include a guest speaker on a human rights topic of current interest. We'd love to have you join us!
Find out more »Our local Austin group meets the Third Sunday of every month starting on 5/19 at Batch, 3220 Manor Road, Austin, to write letters on the latest Urgent Actions and support the work of human rights defenders both locally and internationally. Please come join us!
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