Amnesty International Local Group 113, Chicago Monthly Meeting
Virtual EventThis community-based meeting is open to the public. On the 3rd Wednesday of every month individuals from the Chicago area come together to address human rights issues in our community and globally. During the COVID-19 health pandemic we will be meeting virtually by Zoom. If you would like to join us in taking action to …
Digital Day of Action: Support families and transpeople who are at risk in detention!
57945 , United StatesSign petitions and make call-in Actions. You will receive an email/SMS text for ease to take direct action. Petitions will be delivered in coalition on Friday! Call/ write your Governors asking them to take all possible actions to press ICE to release immigrants and asylum-seekers detained in their states. Petitions for key states: CA gov action; NJ …
Celebrating World Refugee Day – Film Screening, Discussion, Q&A
57945 San Francisco, CA, United StatesAmnesty International Local Group 30, San Francisco, CA invites you to join us for a 9-minute document screening for "Little Rebel" -followed by guest speakers and a live Q&A with filmakers. Little Rebel follows the extraordinary story of Isatou Jallow — a remarkable West African woman from The Gambia, and now Seattle resident. Since seeking …
Juneteenth Re-envisioning and Rebuilding the Immigration Justice Movement
57945 , United StatesA webinar, “Re-envisioning and Re-building the Immigration Justice Movement,” hosted by Haitian Bridge Alliance, Immigration Hub, and Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) as a guided discussion about anti-Blackness in the immigration justice movement through policy and practice perspective. Moderator: Janvieve Williams Comrie, Executive Director of AfroResistance Speakers: Guerline Jozef, President of the Haitian Bridge Alliance; Fatou-Seydi …
Saturday, June 20th is World Refugee Day!
57945 , United StatesA day of community building & display of support for people seeking safety. Make handmade signs, posters, flyers or banners to hang outside your homes, on lawns or in public spaces in local communities! · Use the hashtag #ProtectImmigrantsand post on social media! · Check out events/activities happening locally with the toolkit on this page
Amnesty International Local Group 40, Ames, Iowa Monthly Meeting
57945 Ames, IA, United StatesAll are invited to participate in our monthly activists gathering, which has gone virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each month we come together to discuss local and global human rights issues, plan and coordinate activities to promote and protect human rights, and take action on pressing human rights concerns! We are people from the greater …
Launch of Father’s Day Action: Call on ICE and Governors to release all fathers – and all families from detention!
57945 , United StatesOn Father’s Day (and for the rest of the month!) join Amnesty activists in writing cards and letters to ICE and Governors demanding the release of all fathers -- and all families -- from detention. Check out how to create a father’s day card with the toolkit on this page Additional Families at Risk Campaign Resources: …
Amnesty International Local Group 37, Minneapolis Monthly Meeting
Virtual EventWe are community members from Minneapolis who meet monthly to discuss human rights issues in our community and globally. Our meetings provide a space for people to engage and mobilize actions that promote and protect human rights. During the COVID-19 health pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom. Please rsvp to [email protected]
Art and Action for Kelly, a 23-year-old trans asylum seeker who has been detained for 2.5 years
57945 , United StatesKelly is a 23-year-old transgender asylum seeker who has been detained for more than two and a half years by US immigration authorities. Like many LGBT folks in the inhumane immigration detention system, she has suffered medical neglect and has been put in solitary confinement arbitrarily, in one instance for four months straight. On Wednesday, join us for poetry, music, and online action, …
Amnesty International Local Group 22 Monthly Meeting
Caltech Y 505 South Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA, United StatesAmnesty International Local Group 22 Monthly Meeting