Amnesty USA Free Home Security Lecture

939 Vermont St 939 Vermont St, Lawrence, KS, United States

I will hold a consultation on ensuring the safety of personal property in robbery. Throughout the consultation, I will talk about measures to prevent robbery, ways to improve protection against hacking and methods that help to preserve the values even if the intruder has entered the house.

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Out of the Dark: Disappeared but not Forgotten

Cortelyou Commons, DePaul University, 2324 N. Fremont St., Chicago, IL 60614 , United States

Over the past 35 years, Sri Lanka has experienced up to 100,000 enforced disappearances.  The relatives of the disappeared still don't know the fate of their loved ones.  No one has been held accountable for these crimes.  Join DePaul University's Amnesty group, AIUSA Group 113 and Acting Out Awareness for an evening of poetry readings, …

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE (PHILADELPHIA, PA)

University of Sciences McNeil Science and Technology Center (STC) 600 South 43rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Join us on November 4, 2017, as we stand shoulder to shoulder in the great city of Philadelphia to make a lasting human rights impact. The Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference brings together hundreds of Amnesty members and other human rights activists from around the country. With our Grassroots Host Committee and Regional Office as co-hosts, together …

Screening: “8 Borders, 8 Days”

Portland Public Library 5 Monument Way, Portland, ME, United States

Joins us for a special screening of Amanda Bailly's enlightening documentary "8 Borders, 8 Days," and a post-film panel discussion regarding the ongoing refugee crisis in Syria and the world. About the film: "A single mother shows us the consequences of closing America’s doors to families fleeing war. With no answer to her application for …

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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]

Write for Rights and Petition Signing for De-Escalate Washington

1026 N. Forest Street, Bellingham, WA 1026 N. Forest Street, Bellingham, WA, United States

Join the International Human Rights Day celebration and potluck at the YWCA, 1026 N. Forest St in Bellingham on Sunday, December 10 from 6-8 pm. Co-sponsored by the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force and Amnesty International Bellingham Chapter Group 270, the event will include guest speaker Vernon Damani Johnson, PhD on "The State of Human …

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Midweek Write for Rights in Sacramento

2112 22nd Street 2112 22nd Street, Sacramento, AR, United States

Meet on the second floor of the historic Ella McClatchy Library to write letters, emails and tweets on behalf of individuals and groups persecuted or imprisoned for their beliefs, words and non-violent actions. All materials (background information, sample letters, writing supplies, stamps) will be provided. The library has free wi-fi so bring your laptop or …

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Write a Letter, Save a Life: Write for Rights 2017

The Crucible, 1260 7th Street, Oakland, CA 94607, United States 1260 7th Street, Oakland, United States

Every year, near International Human Rights Day, we hold a "write-a-thon" to generate hundreds of letters of support on behalf of Prisoners of Conscience and other individuals at risk around the world. This is part of Amnesty Internationals global Write For Rights (W4R) campaign, started in 2007 by a local chapter in Poland. We cordially …

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