Posted By admin on May 6, 2012
May Monthly Meeting, Monday 5/7. 7:30 pm. C-ville Coffee.
For the May meeting, we will consider actions for:
Human Rights Abuses in Immigration Enforcement in USA
End 40 Years of Solitary Confinement: Justice for the Angola 3
Shell: Own Up and Pay Up to Clean Up the Niger Delta
any other cause of interest to you
Please join us ..
Posted By admin on April 4, 2012
The Summit will start with a session on immigration, because of the new Amnesty report that came out last week, and because immigrants’ rights is going to be one of the most important campaigns we work on for the foreseeable future. Isabel Castillo, who founded Dream Activist Virginia and is herself an undocumented activist, will be there in the morning to speak about her experience, and help us to understand the VA immigration landscape. There will be skill building sessions on strategic campaigning, lobbying, and social media, as well as a session on the new direction of the Demand Dignity campaign (the right to housing and stopping forced evictions), followed by breakout sessions in the afternoon. The summit should be done by 4 or so. See YOU there ..
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Posted By admin on April 1, 2012
April Meeting: Monday, 4/2, 7:30 pm, we will meet at 1619 King Mountain Rd. Charlottesville, VA 22901. Please join us ..
Posted By admin on March 13, 2012
Join us in a Solidarity Demonstration for the Syrian People.
Please join us as we gather to honor the memories of those who have lost their lives, pressure the international community to help stop the killing in Syria, and advocate for the rights of peaceful protest and freedom of speech in Syria.
BRING YOUR OWN SIGNS
Thursday, March 15. 5:00 – 6:00pm
Corner of Ridge & Main St. Downtown Charlottesville
Sponsored by Amnesty International-Charlottesville Groups
Posted By admin on January 10, 2012
Saturday, 8:00 am, February 11, 2012
This 5-kilometer course will begin and end at the pro shop of the Old Trail golf course (see over for map). Race numbers and day-of-race entries will be available at the pro shop on the morning of the race. Enter the race with a partner or have us find one for you if you prefer. You do not have to run with
your partner, but your times will be added together to determine winners in each of six race categories (see race entry form, below).
Register online: here
or Download the registration form : here
Posted By admin on January 8, 2012
Join us in Washington, DC on January 11, 2012 to close Guantanamo!
Amnesty International-Charlottesville Group is sending a bus to DC, JOIN US, Any donation will work. Wednesday Jan 11. Contact: Ryan: aquamanva@aol.com for details.
Posted By admin on December 1, 2011
Join us for our December Meeting, Monday night. 12/5, 7pm. Cville Coffee. You will make a difference.
Shine a light on forgotten prisoners
Saturday, December 10 · 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Random Row Books, 315 W. Main Street. Charlottesville
Join Charlottesville Amnesty International Groups to celebrate International Human Rights Day. A letter written by you could save a life — and Amnesty International has 50 years of experience that proves this fact.
Each year people worldwide mark Human Rights Day on December 10 by joining together to Write for Rights. We write letters on behalf of those who are at risk of torture, abuse, unlawful imprisonment and other severe human rights abuses.
Letter Writing, pizza, Birthday Cake.
Bring your family.
“I am alive today, after 34 arrests, because members of Amnesty International spoke out for me.”
– Jenni Williams, human rights defender in Zimbabwe
Posted By admin on November 6, 2011
Join us for our November Meeting, Monday night. 7pm. Cville Coffee. You will make a difference.
Film Screening: “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields”
Thursday, November 10 · 7:00pm – 10:00pm
University of Virginia, New Cabell Hall Room 431
Please join the UVA Amnesty International group for a film screening of The Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields followed by a discussion. This event is sponsored by the AI group at UVA
Posted By admin on October 30, 2011
Nathson Fields, who was wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to die, will speak at the University of Virginia this next Wednesday. Mr. Fields will speak about his experience of spending 20 years in prison (eleven of them on death row) for a crime he did not commit before being freed in 2009. His case exemplifies the shocking injustice of a system that puts innocent people at risk of death.
Mr. Fields will be joined by Steve Northup, Executive Director of Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (VADP) and Matthew Engle, Professor of Law and Legal Director of the Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law, both of whom have legal experience in death penalty cases.
What: Witness to Innocence: The Wrongfully Convicted on Death Row – Speaker presentations and audience participation
When: Wednesday, November 2 at 7:30 pm
Where: The University of Virginia — Minor Hall Room 125; 291 McCormick Road, Charlottesville, VA
Sponsors: Amnesty International; Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty; Witness to Innocence
Amnesty International Group 157 has been serving AI in the Charlottesville area for 25 years. We believe in human rights as a foundation for peace and justice and we regularly take actions demanding that governments live up to the standards set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Please join us! Every voice counts !