Archive for May, 2008
Cell Tour Special Event Postponed - Come Tomorrow!
Posted May 31st, 2008 by April | News & Notes
The Amnesty International Cell Tour Special Event that was to be held today at noon was postponed due to the thunderstorm. Instead, it will be TOMORROW from noon to 2 pm.
Philadelphia Cell Tour Special Event
Sunday, June 1, 2008
12 noon - 2 pm
Dilworth Plaza, 1400 JFK Blvd., Philadelphia (right next to City Hall)
Larry Cox, Executive Director of AIUSA, will speak
Music by The Late Night Drifters
The Cell itself will be open for tours from 10 am to 5 pm tomorrow. Come and see Amnesty International’s replica of a Guantanamo Bay prison cell. While there, you can record a video of your own thoughts about the cell to be published on YouTube and tearitdown.org, and also sign our petition asking for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
The Cell arrives in Philadelphia in just a few days
Posted May 27th, 2008 by April | News & Notes
A replica of a Guantánamo Bay prison cell is on its way to Philadelphia.
Amnesty International is bringing a life-size model of a maximum security cell from Guantánamo to cities across the USA. The tour is a way to enable people in the United States to get a glimpse of the harsh realities of illegal detention and prolonged isolation. Visit Amnesty International’s replica of a Guantánamo cell and join us in calling on the U.S. government to charge detainees and give them fair trials, or release them.
When:
Friday, May 30th, 1pm – 7pm
Saturday, May 31st, 9am – 7pm
Sunday, June 1st, 10am – 5pm
Where:
Dilworth Plaza, 1400 JFK Blvd, Philadelphia, PA
Special Event:
Saturday, May 31st, Noon – 2pm
Keynote Speaker: Ellen Dorsey, Chair, Amnesty International USA Board of Directors
Also featuring: The Late Night Drifters and singer-songwriter Tom Mullian
The cell will be traveling around on the back of a truck on Thursday, before it makes its debut in Dilworth Plaza on Friday… watch out for it in the Philadelphia and Valley Forge areas…
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Location and time to be determined
Friday, June 6, 2008
Location and time to be determined
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
7:00 pm
1032 Arch Street, Philadelphia PA 19107
Chinatown group meeting night - typo and meeting change
Posted May 7th, 2008 by April | Chinatown, News & Notes
The calendar on this website had listed the Chinatown Amnesty International group’s next meeting as May 13. In fact, their May meeting was held last night, May 6. I apologize to anyone who missed the meeting!
Also, please note that the Chinatown group is changing their meeting night to the third Tuesday of each month. So their next meeting will be held Tuesday, June 17, at 7:00 pm at 1032 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
9:00 am
Central Green (by Memorial Steps & Library)
Darfur event. Details TBA
Friday, May 9, 2008
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location and Details TBA
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
7:00 pm
218 Gore Hall
University of Delaware
Newark DE
University of Delaware AI group’s last meeting of the semester. Next year’s officers will be announced.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
7:00 pm
218 Gore Hall
University of Delaware
Newark DE
The University of Delaware AI chapter will be holding officer elections for next year at this meeting. For more information, please contact jloy@udel.edu