Our Southern Regional Activism Conference 2024 (RAC’24) will be back in person this year! A working group of members and staff will plan the event, exemplifying our model of shared leadership. AIUSA will deepen engagement and strengthen our movement for Human Rights. We encourage members in the South and Mid-West to attend the Southern Regional Activism Conference. Details will be shared shortly regarding subsidies, venues, and more.
Join us in Atlanta!
Our Southern Regional Activism Conference will be held entirely in-person except for our governance sessions, which will be conducted online as well.
Registration Deadline
September 19th, 2024
Ticket Pricing
$15.00 – Student/Educator/Senior/Fixed-Income Ticket
$25.00 – General Admission Ticket
$5.00 – Volunteer Ticket (See below to apply)
If you would like to participate in RAC’24 governance sessions only, please contact [email protected] for a free registration form.
Governance
Governance processes will be held for each of the five regions. The National Resolutions Committee (NRC) will share information on how you can cast your resolution vote virtually and in-person for your region this fall.
Agenda
Southern Regional Activism Conference 2024 will have an array of human rights panels, activism skills-building workshops, networking opportunities, and more.
Check back soon for our full agenda.
Volunteer
Those who volunteer for a three-hour shift will be awarded a promo code reducing the registration price to $5.00.
Please submit your application by August 23, 2024.
Inclusion & Accessibility
Amnesty International is committed to the IDEA principles of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility.
We want everyone to be able to fully experience this conference. If you are in need of a reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact us prior to the conference. Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions on the topic of IDEA at RAC’24, we can be reached at [email protected].
Subsidy
Limited subsidies will be available for active AI members and activists that would otherwise be unable to attend the conference due to financial constraints.
Applications will open later this summer.
Travel
Our Southern Regional Activism Conference 2024 will be held in Atlanta, GA on September 28th.
Check back here shortly for more information on the venue location, lodging recommendations, public transit, and parking.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AIUSA’s parental waiver form is required for any unaccompanied minor attending the conference.
Please submit a completed waiver agreement to [email protected] by September 21st, 2024. Unaccompanied minor attendees who do not submit a signed waiver form will not be allowed to participate. Please read the waiver carefully, and if you have any questions contact Sara Goldschmidt at [email protected].
Community Agreements are an aspiration, or collective vision, for how we want to be in relationship with one another.
While participating via our trusted platform Whova we encourage you to:
- Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants.
- Be mindful of the speaker during sessions by asking questions in the chat box and not having side conversations
- Be present! Stay engaged, participate, and make room for others to participate.
- Assume good faith and be aware of your own impact.
- Do not spam message boards. This restricts access to posts by other attendees.
- Refrain from submitting unrelated comments to the session you are attending.
Violation of Community Agreements
Violation of these community agreements may result in the removal of an attendee from the meeting space. Continued violation will result in removal from the conference.
Unacceptable Behavior
Unacceptable behaviors include, but are not limited to:
- Sustained disruption of sessions or other conference-related events
- Posting harmful or prejudicial verbal or written comments or visual images related to gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, age, appearance, or other personal characteristics.
- Intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory, or demeaning speech or actions by any participant at RAC’24, at all related events, and in one-on-one communications carried out in the context of RAC’24.
- Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior. I.e. reposting disparaging comments or otherwise promoting any of the above-mentioned behaviors.
If you are subject to or witness unacceptable behavior
If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns on-site, please contact our Care Ambassador Ebony Brickhouse at [email protected] immediately. If you are attending virtually please contact [email protected]. All complaints will be treated seriously and responded to promptly. The cultivation of community and trust among those who take part is critical to our movement. RAC’24 aims to be an inclusive, safe, and welcoming environment for all.
AIUSA is committed to promoting an environment that is professional and in which all employees, members, interns, volunteers and other individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
AIUSA will not tolerate harassment of or among employees, members, interns, volunteers or others because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, marital status, military or veteran status or any other protected characteristic.
Harassment includes verbal or physical conduct which may offend, denigrate or belittle any person because of or due to any of the characteristics described above. Such conduct includes pictures, jokes, comments, epithets, innuendoes, name-calling or any other behavior which creates an environment that is derogatory, intimidating, hostile or offensive to anyone. Conduct prohibited by this policy is unacceptable in the workplace and in any other AIUSA related setting outside the workplace, such as during business trips, organizational meetings, and other AIUSA events.
To view the Harassment Policy please click the box below.
We would like to remind membership and staff that your safety during the event is a priority. As such we are taking this opportunity to remind everyone who plans to attend RAC’24 of the protocols AIUSA has in place to minimize the risk of exposure to COVID-19.
AIUSA will continue to adhere to CDC and local guidelines related to COVID-19 for the period and location where the proposed activity or travel will take place.
AIUSA encourages all attendees at AIUSA events to comply with local regulations and do their part to ensure the safety of themselves and other conference participants.
This could include:
- Being fully vaccinated and boosted
- Showing a negative COVID-19 test
- Wearing a mask while traveling
- Not traveling if they have any symptoms of COVID, including fever, runny nose, cough, nausea, etc.
- Masks will be optional in the meeting space.
To Staff, please note that AIUSA requires vaccinations for all staff who attend an AIUSA event. If staff are not vaccinated, they are required to show a negative COVID-19.