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Three Days to Inspire
and Strengthen Your Activism
Join members from across the United States and around the world for Amnesty International USA's Annual General Meeting (AGM). This year's meeting, held in Nashville, Tennessee, April 20-22, 2001, promises to attract hundreds of members and other human rights activists from across the country and around the world. Oscar Arias Sanchez, Former President of Costa Rica and 1987 Nobel Peace Laureate, will be welcoming keynote speaker on the opening day of the conference.
Educate, Motivate, Empower
In conjunction with Amnesty's world-wide campaign to stop torture, the focus of this year's AGM is "Face To Face: Confronting Torture in the 21st Century." The conference will offer a full range of educational and motivational programs focused on this complex issue. Panelists and featured speakers will help us better understand both the practice and prevalence of torture and develop strategies to stop its use.
[ For more on AGM plans: AGM Overview. ]
Discuss, Debate, Organize
Amnesty International is a grass roots organization. The Annual General Meeting is your chance to actively participate in the development of policy through the resolutions process. As a member of Amnesty, you have power to affect policy on a regional, national, and international level. Come meet other human rights activists and join us in taking a stand on torture this year in Nashville. Register now for AGM 2001!
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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"It is not the evidence of injustice that is lacking; it is the courage to believe in and act upon this evidence to help these victims that is missing. We can truly help. Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor. "
- Ginetta Sagan
(In Memoriam, 1925 - 2000)
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Torturers must be brought to justice.
Amnesty International is campaigning to bring to accused torturers to justice, calling for their formal arrest and prosecution.
Work now with Amnesty International to stop torture.
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