University of Delaware AI Group Meeting
Posted May 1st, 2008 by April | Student Groups, University of Delaware
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
Amnesty International Meeting in Newark, Delaware
Posted May 1st, 2008 by April | Delaware
May 10, 2008 2:00 pm
Panera Bread
140 East Main Street
Newark, DE 19711
(302) 292-8960
Join us at Panera’s on Main Street in Newark to learn how you can be part of an Amnesty International chapter in Newark, Delaware. Amnesty International is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the world’s largest grass roots human rights organization.
For more information or questions, please contact Eric Merlino, Delaware Area Coordinator, at 302-764-5480 or Koalabear64@cs.com
University of Pennsylvania AI General Body Meeting
Posted April 16th, 2008 by April | Student Groups, University of Pennsylvania
April 23, 8:00 pm
Huntsman F96
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania Amnesty International group be watching a documentary as well as brainstorming for next year. This is the group’s last general body meeting of the year.
University of Delaware AI Group Meeting Notes
Posted April 9th, 2008 by April | Student Groups, University of Delaware
The University of Delaware Amnesty International group held its most recent meeting on Tuesday, April 8. A few notes from that meeting:
- Some of the members of the UD group will be traveling to the Global Day for Darfur event in Washington, DC on Sunday, April 12.
- UD group members will also join the members of the Wilmington Amnesty local group for their upcoming meeting, Tuesday, April 15 at 7:00 pm at Borders Books and Music, Concord Pike, Wilmington.
- The group will also be meeting for dinner at an Indian buffet on Sunday, April 20.
- Finally, UD group members will be traveling to DC for the upcoming Annual General Meeting, April 25-27.
For more information about the University of Delaware Amnesty International chapter and its upcoming activities, please contact Jenn, Delaware Student Area Coordinator, at jloy@udel.edu.
AI New Member Night and Darfur Info Session in Malvern
Posted April 8th, 2008 by April | West Chester
Come join us for Amnesty International Chester County’s next meeting!
Amnesty International New Member Night & Darfur Information Session
Wednesday, April 16 at 7:30pm
NEW LOCATION!
Saxby’s Coffee
60 Lancaster Ave., Malvern PA
610-812-6640
Our April meeting will be dedicated to welcoming new members and honoring our returning veteran members, and will also focus on the human rights crisis in Darfur.
In our next meeting we’ll…
- welcome new members and present them with their fabulous “welcome premiums”
- enjoy an Amnesty International fashion show by America’s Next Flop Model Jeff Singleton
- taste complimentary Saxby’s coffee and desserts
- begin planning for spring and summer tabling events
- discuss recruiting strategies
- see brief video presentation of Darfur atrocities and testimonies from Darfur survivors produced by SaveDarfur.org
- hear a brief summary of Amnesty International’s new report on the displaced people of Darfur
- sign a petition to Secretary of State Rice concerning delays in deployment of peacekeeping forces in Darfur
- send letters that press some of the most powerful companies in the world, 10 of the top investors in Sudan’s oil industry, to use their influence to help end the human rights catastrophe in Darfur
- send letters to our Senators and Congressmen urging them to co-sponsor important resolutions to protect civilians in Chad and the Central African Republic
Hope to see you there!
Bethlehem Group 347 March Meeting Minutes
Posted March 29th, 2008 by April | Bethlehem
Amnesty International, Group 347, Minutes for 24 March, 2008 Meeting
In Attendance: Mary M., Bill B., Karen B., Bill F., Hans W., Ed S., Mike P., Maria W., Tony M.
Treasurer’s Report: February 1, 2008 Beginning Balance: 1,143.54
Total Deposits: 30.00
Total Debits: 248.60
Ending Balance: 924.94
There were 3 checks written:
1006 $60.60 to Mary Mesaros for Stamps
1007 $50.00 Gratuity to Moravian Church Janitor
1008 $138.00 to Allentown Group for Gift-Wrapping Fundraiser
- Ed will call all non-dues paying members to inquire if they are still interested in membership
- Part of Group 347 went to local US Senate offices to ask for support of Darfur
- Karen sent follow-up letters to the Senators & called them, but no reply was received
- Hans gave an update on the Darfur situation journalist Nicholas Kristof has said that Southern Sudan may become “Africa’s Next Slaughter”
- The San Francisco Chronicle will run a two page ad on April 4 asking China to “Extinguish the Fire in Darfur”, the emphasis is now on China to save Darfur
- Karen had 2 letters:
- The first to Sudan concerning the Death Sentences imposed on 9 Men and One Boy in the murder of Mohammed Taha, a newspaper editor. Their confessions were extracted by torture
- The Second letter is on the behalf of Kakule Kahemu age 16, he’s a former child soldier in the Democratic Republic of Congo who is now in prison.
- Maria passed out a list on upcoming Death Penalty Action speaking engagements
- The Georgia Supreme Court voted against a new trial for Troy Davis despite there not being any material evidence & 7 of the 9 witness have now recanted. He now has one more appeal left, before the US Supreme Court. Right now there are letters before Davis’ parole board asking for clemency.
- Mary gave an update on the situation in South Africa and the spread of HIV many women fall victim because they cannot refuse their partners or get them to use condoms.
- Tony gave a report on China he had a letter supporting Tibet, group members debated if the the term Genocide may be applied to Tibet
- Thanks to Tony’s daughter delivering her DVD player the group view a 60 Minutes report about rape as a weapon in the Congo conflict
Agenda for Group #531 meeting
Posted February 25th, 2008 by Dan | Allentown
Following is the agenda for Group 531′s regular bimonthly meeting on Feb. 26, 2008.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL GROUP #531
St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church
140 S. Ott St., Allentown, PA
February 26, 2008, 7-9 PM
Group Coordinator: Dan Laxar (570-668-5753); Treasurer: Phyllis Sinclair
Dues: $10/year (or what you can afford)
- Sign in, letter (phone call, email) count, “pass the hat, for the room, introductions
- Eastern/Central PA State Meeting report—Dan
- Lobbying report—Phyllis and Bill
- Treasurer’s report–Phyllis
- International Violence Against Women Act (S.2279)—petition, issue brief, flyers
- Post card handout
- Urgent Action—Individual at Risk in Turkey<
- AIUSA National Priorities—discussion
- MARO Membership Survey results—Dan
- Letter from Republic of Colombia
- Economic, Social and Cultural Rights DVD for loan
Upcoming Events
3/7-3/14—IVAWA call-in to Sen. Specter
3/24—Meeting of Group #347 (Bethlehem, PA), 7-9 PM
4/25-427—Annual General Meeting, Crystal City, VA (across the river from DC)
Meeting Notes: Allentown
Posted November 7th, 2007 by April | Allentown, Amnesty News
Dan from the Allentown group writes
Hello all, a brief recap of our last meeting:
- A somewhat smaller than usual group welcomed visitor April Zappaterrini, the new Eastern PA Area Coordinator, who outlined the resources her position can offer us as a group.
- In addition, we were joined by two Lehigh U. students who are filming a documentary on social justice movements.
- I shared with the group a summary of decisions arrived at by last August’s International Council Meeting (ICM) in Morales, Mexico. The ICM meets every two years and is the highest grass-roots decision-making body in the organization.
- We agreed to send a letter I wrote on behalf of our group’s Prisoner of Conscience, Rev. Bienvenido Samba Momesori, who remains in prison in Equatorial Guinea.
- We also agreed to subsidize the registration fee of any group member who attends a Regional Conference or Annual General Meeting (next one to be held in DC in April) from our group’s treasury.
- our next meeting will be Dec. 18 at the St. Timothy, since the fourth Tuesday of the month falls on Christmas
- we need volunteers for 3 or 4 hour shifts wrapping books at our Barnes and Noble fund-raiser–this on Dec. 22 and 23 at the Lehigh Valley Mall store in Whitehall. Please get in touch with Karen Berry at norberry@fast.net if you can participate.
- And finally, the Bethlehem group will be meeting Nov. 26, but at a new (temporary) meeting place–the Lehigh Dialogue Center on Avenue A, across Airport Road from the Airport–please request directions from Karen (as above) or Mary Mesaros at msmesaros@msn.com.
Thanks to all who attended the Group 531 meeting–those who didn’t, you were missed! Hope to see you all Dec. 18. Dan Laxar, Group 531 Coordinator
Agenda: Bethlehem Group 347 November 26, 2007
Posted November 7th, 2007 by April | Amnesty News, Bethlehem
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL GROUP 347, MONDAY, 11/26/07, 7-9:00 PM
Draft AGENDA
- Introductions, letter count, “pass the hat” We are meeting in a new facility tonight with the courtesy of the Lehigh Dialogue Center–An introduction to the Dialogue Center.
- Darfur: Hans Wuerth—either in person or by report
- Burma
- Maria Weick: Death Penalty in PA—Senate Bill 751 & House Bill 1370 & Update
- Colombia Update & letter: Tony Marino?
- Mary Mesaros: Turkey
- Some African concerns– Report on Central African Republic: K. Berry
- Report on Sameh Khouzam of Egypt—deportation.
- Mid-Atlantic Conference and Dorney Park fundraiser–$450 for AIUSA (follow-up report)
- Election/confirmation of 2008 Group 347 Coordinator Mary Mesaros & Treasurer Ed Simons
UPCOMING EVENTS
11/16 thru 18: Regional Conference in Baltimore
12/10 Human Rights Day
12/22 and 12/23: Barnes and Noble Gift wrapping, 9 am -1:30 and evening on Sat. and all day on Sunday
4/25-28/08: Annual General Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Agenda: Group 112 Monthly Meeting October 25, 2007
Posted October 23rd, 2007 by April | Amnesty News, Philly Center City
Group 112 Monthly Meeting
October 25, 2007
AGENDA
- Mission Statement & Introductions
- Business
- Discussion of November and December Meeting Times
- Tabling Event for December 10—Leslie & Kevin
- Darfur Now Advance Screenings
- Treasurer’s Report—Joe Burke
- Archivist’s Report—Erica Vendetti
- Other Issues of Interest to Group Members
- Letter Writing
- Iraqi Kurdistan POCs: David Loeb
- Indonesia Special Focus Case: Joe Burke
- Maldives POCs: Joe Burke
- Other Letters