DC State Meeting

600 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington DC 20003 600 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington DC, United States

The DC State Meeting is an annual convening where Amnesty activists, members, supporters, and volunteers gather to plan out our activities over the year. This convening has a central theme in revamping our presence in the DC area. Participants will brainstorm events and activities with the goal of maximizing human rights impact in the nation's …

AIUSA Northern California Convening

OmniCommons 4799 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland, CA, United States

The Northern California Convening is an annual event where Amnesty activists, members, supporters, and volunteers gather to plan out our activities over the year. This convening has a central theme in revamping our presence in the area. Participants will brainstorm events and activities with the goal of maximizing human rights impact in the By Area …

Free

Leaving Fear Behind

Esquire Theatre 320 Ludlow Ave, Cincinnati, OH, United States

Join us for LEAVING FEAR BEHIND May 19th at 1:00pm. Presented by Amnesty International Group 86, This 25min film will be followed by a Q and A discussion with the filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen, his wife Lhamo Tso and our AIUSA Executive Director Margaret Huang. Dhondup Wangchen is a Tibetan filmmaker imprisoned by the Chinese government …

$10

Group 86 Film Screening in Cincinnati: “Leaving Fear Behind”

Esquire Theatre 320 Ludlow Ave, Cincinnati, OH, United States

This a special event for our chapter, as the filmmaker, Dhondup Wangchen, was our group’s case commitment for over six years. Dhondup, a Tibetan filmmaker, was arrested and imprisoned in China on charges of 'subversion' for making and showing this documentary before the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Though freed from prison in 2017, Dhondup was forbidden …

$10.00

Twin Cities Amnesty International Monthly Meeting

1st Congregational Church UCC 500 8th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Please join us every 3rd Sunday for our monthly meeting. We're a group of volunteer AI activists who live in the Twin Cities area who make our own fun by deciding what AI issues we want to work on and what kinds of events we want to do using the information and resources that AI …

Free

Invitation: New Local Group Meeting in Asheville, NC.

South Buncombe Library 260 Overlook Rd., Asheville, NC, United States

Join us and become a part of a new Amnesty International (AI) Local Group forming in Asheville, NC! AI Local Groups are community volunteers who come together – usually monthly - to learn about human rights issues, organize to raise public awareness on these issues in their communities, engage in human rights campaigns, and take …

Event Series AIUSA Group 78, Detroit

AIUSA Group 78, Detroit

Meeting monthly, third Monday evening at 7:30 p.m., First Unitarian Universalist Church House, 4605 Cass (at Prentis), Detroit, MI. Letters and petitions to sign, discussion of AI human rights concerns, plans for future actions. Light refreshments. 90 minutes, max. For further information contact Ken and Geraldine, email: [email protected]

Free Shawkan with Amnesty International San Francisco Group 30 and USF

University of San Francisco 2130 Fulton Street, McLaren Center 252, San Francisco, CA, United States

Please join Amnesty International San Francisco Group 30 For a call to action for Shawkan and press freedom Featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Kim Komenich in conversation with award-winning San Francisco-based Egyptian photojournalist and filmmaker Khaled Sayed Join us for an evening of discussion and film clips about Shawkan, jailed journalists, and issues of press freedom …

Free