Amnesty International, Eastern PA

Here are some notes from the Villanova University AI group’s March 17 meeting about their upcoming plans.

• Urgent Action Appeals were handed out and letters written concerning the case of a Female Journalist detained in Iran.
• AI will be sponsoring a number of movie screenings in the coming weeks. This will tentatively include Race to Execution, a documentary examining the Death Penalty.
• AI is also co-sponsoring a screening of a new documentary from the makers of Invisible Children, which also focuses on the plight of children and Child Soldiers in Uganda.
• There will be no meeting next week. Instead, we encourage all of our members to attend the speech of Sister Helen Prejean on Tuesday at 7:00 PM in the Jake Nevin Fieldhouse. Prejean, who was made famous when she was portrayed by Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking, is an internationally famous Anti-Death Penalty activist, and will speak at Villanova about her work.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Peace and Justice Education, Sullivan Hall, Villanova University, Villanova PA

The University of Delaware group held its first meeting of the semester yesterday evening.

They discussed ideas for activities for the school year, such as fundraising on Main Street, a Film Fest, Refugee UD, tabling, a benefit concert, movie nights, bringing a speaker to campus, and more.

If you are use Facebook, you can keep in touch and get involved with the UD Amnesty group by joining Amnesty UD’s Facebook group.

Four Lehigh County area Amnesty International groups will be working once more at Dorney Park to raise money for Amnesty.

On Saturday, September 27, from 10:45 am to 7:00 pm, ten Amnesty activists from Bethlehem Group 347, Allentown Group 531, Freedom High School, and Moravian Academy will be working at Dorney Park on the Halloween Trick-or-Treat Trail. The volunteers will don costumes, give out candy to youngsters and help with mask-making. In return they receive $500, which these groups are contributing to our AIUSA Mid-Atlantic Region.

Thanks to all of these volunteers and their respective groups for their work!

The Haverford College Amnesty International group will hold its first meeting this Thursday, September 11, at 7:00 pm in Ikea Lounge next to the Coop counter in Campus Center.

For more information on the Haverford Amnesty group, please visit contact the group via their web page.

Thursday, September 11, 2008
7:00 pm
Campus Center, Ikea Lounge next to the Coop counter, Haverford College, Haverford PA

The University of Delaware Amnesty International group will hold its first meeting of the semester tomorrow night, Tuesday, September 9, at 7:00 pm in Gore Hall room 204.

To keep in touch with the University of Delaware group, please join:

• UD Group E-mail List

Monday, September 15, 2008

The Resolutions Submission Deadline for members of registered student groups is September 15, 2008. The deadline for all other members has passed.

Amnesty International is a grassroots organization. Any individual member or group of members has an opportunity to impact the mission, method, policy, or organization. Resolutions are a means by which members can influence policy on a regional, national, or international level.

A resolution is a statement directing a change in AI that can’t be accomplished by simply asking a staff member or volunteer leader. A resolution can be as simple as asking staff to clarify current procedures or as complex as requesting a change in AI’s mission. The submission form and more information are available at www.amnestyusa.org/members/resolutions. Resolutions submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.

If you have any questions about the resolutions deadline, please contact our regional representative to the National Resolutions Committee, Tony Lee at tonyrlee@gmail.com.

For more information or to register for the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, November 14-16, in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, visit: www.amnestyusa.org/Mid-Atlantic/RegionalConference

The University of Pennsylvania Amnesty International group’s first meeting of the semester will be on Wednesday, September 10, at 8 pm in Huntsman Hall F94.

The group will be discussing possible collaborations with a group called Project Nur and other groups on campus, as well as discussing and signing petitions for a prisoner of conscience case.

To keep in touch with the Penn group, please join:

• AI at Penn’s Google Group
• AI at Penn’s Facebook Group