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AIUSA Seattle

Amnesty International USA Group 4, Seattle

About Me

This is the MySpace page for Amnesty International USA Group 4 in Seattle, Washington. We meet monthly,at 6:30 pm, on the first Tuesday of the month. Starting in August, our meetings will be held in the den at Mosaic Coffee House, 4401 2nd Ave. NE, Seattle
Our meetings are free and open to the public. Feel free to contact us first, or just show up. We are always happy to have new members!
For more information about our meetings, local listservs, or the events on our calendar below, see the events page on our main website:
http://www.scn.org/amnesty
Slideshow of Recent Seattle AI Events
About Amnesty International:
Founded in London in 1961, Amnesty International is a Nobel Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with over 1.8 million members worldwide. Amnesty International undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is the U.S. Section of Amnesty International.
Other Amnesty International Groups:
Not in Seattle? A high school or college student? Check out AI Washington , AIUSA's local and student group listings , or AI's links if you're in another country, to find a local group near you, or a group at your school, or find out how to reach your nearest office for help in starting one!
Trivia Note:
Our current listed "birthday" is for Amnesty International's founding meeting. We're still trying to track down the our own founding date!
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My Interests

human rights, freeing prisoners of conscience, denounce torture, ending abuses of the "war on terror", abolishing the death penalty, Stop Violence Against Women, Corporate Action Network,immigrant and refugee rights, LGBT Rights, the Seattle Human Rights Film Festival

Amnesty International History

I'd like to meet:

Anyone interested in human rights! If you live in Seattle, come to a meeting or check out our events.

Note on political candidates or parties:

Due both to the need for Amnesty International's independendence in speaking out on human rights and our US tax exempt status, we cannot add any political party or candidate friends.

Justice Matters - Troy Davis

Torture Can Never Be Justified

Larry Ebersole Reads Shi Tao's Poem "June"

Shi Tao - in prison for sending an email

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Music:



Make Some Noise , Music for Human Rights , Rhythm N'Rights ,and all the musicians listed there who have generously donated their time and energy to Amnesty International; local musicians who've played fundraisers for us, including Lady Krishna's Peppermint Lounge , The Whole Bolivian Army , and Honey Tongue

Movies:

Seattle Human Rights Film Festival ,Hotel Rwanda, Dead Man Walking, Divided We Fall, Total Denial, Border Echoes, Finding Dawn, Motherland Afghanistan, Darfur Diaries, Raised to Be Heroes, Conscientious Objector, Seeing Proof, The Seeker, Road to Guantanamo

Television:

Independent Lens

Books:

In Our Own Best Interests, Tainted Legacy - William Schultz; The Blindfold's Eye - Sister Diana Ortiz; Darfur Diaries - Jen Marlowe; An Ordinary Man - Paul Rusesabagina; Victor: An Unfinished Song - Joan Jara; The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk - Paladen Gyatso; Dead Man Walking, The Death of Innocence - Sister Helen Prejean; Journey of Hope - Bill Pelke

Heroes:

Paul Benenson, Ginetta Sagan, Aung San Suu Kyi,Ken Saro-Wiwa, Digna Ochoa, Sister Diana Ortiz, Paul Ruseabagina, Paladen Gyatso, Lydia Cacho Ribeiro, Shi Tao , Ngawang Phulchung

China and the Olympics

Mini Documentary on the Tiananmen Square

Maze of Injustice - Stop Violence Against Native American Women

Amnesty International - Mujeres de Juarez

My Blog

10/23 - Candlelight Vigil for Troy Davis

Join us and our allies including the Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, the Total Experience Gospel Choir, and the NAACP, on Thursday, October 23 at 6:30 pm at Westlake Park for a cand...
Posted by AIUSA Seattle on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:41:00 PST

11/8 - Small Places Tour: Black Nite Crash

Join us for Amnesty International's Small Places Tour featuring Black Nite Crash, Drug Purse, and Erik Blood, at 9 pm on Saturday, November 8, at Cafe Venus and the Mars Bar, 609 Eastlake Ave. E. Amne...
Posted by AIUSA Seattle on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:31:00 PST

10/7 - Monthly Meeting

Join us for our monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 7 at 6:30 PM in the den at Mosaic Coffee House, 4401 2nd Ave. NE, Seattle. Kristen Beifus from Sweatfree Washington will be our feat...
Posted by AIUSA Seattle on Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:38:00 PST

10/3 - Stop Violence Against Women Art Event

Come express your artist side and help Stop Violence Against Women at Photographic Center Northwest 900 12th Ave. (in Capitol Hill), on Friday, October 3, from 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm. The event is hosted b...
Posted by AIUSA Seattle on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:36:00 PST

10/1-3 - Death Row Exoneree Juan Melendez at Local Colleges

Join us to hear death row exoneree, Juan Roberto Melendez, who will be speaking at Sullivan Hall, Seattle University School of Law, Wednesday, October 1 from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm, and at the University o...
Posted by AIUSA Seattle on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:34:00 PST

9/18 - Gay Women of Palestine & Zimbabwe Speaking Tour

Join us for a speaking tour of gay women from Zimbabwe and Palestine on September 18 from 6 - 8 pm at Seattle University, School of Law, Rm. C-1, 901 12th Ave. (at Columbia). Come meet Raunda Morcos, ...
Posted by AIUSA Seattle on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:13:00 PST

9/2 - AI Monthly Meeting

Join us for our next meeting Tuesday, September 2 at 6:30 PM in the den at Mosaic Coffee House, 4401 2nd Ave. NE, Seattle. Kathleen Morris of the Washington Anti-Trafficking Response Networ...
Posted by AIUSA Seattle on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:36:00 PST

8/30 - 9/1: The Power of One Exhibit, Bumpershoot

Amnesty International will be part of Benham Gallery's The Power of One multi-media exhibit from August 30 - September 1 in the Northwest Rooms at Bumpershoot. Stop at our table to take action on...
Posted by AIUSA Seattle on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:32:00 PST

8/5 - AI Group 4 Monthly Meeting

Join us for our next meeting on Tuesday, August 5 at 6:30 PM in the den at Mosaic Coffee House, 4401 2nd Ave. NE, Seattle. Anna Schier, AI's new Stop Violence Against Women (SVAW)...
Posted by AIUSA Seattle on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:54:00 PST

8/2 - China Human Rights Rally & Walkabout

Join us for our China Human Rights Rally & Walkabout on Saturday, August 2, from 11 am - 2 pm at the amphitheater (west of the reservoir) of Volunteer Park, 1247 15th Ave. E. We will be focusing o...
Posted by AIUSA Seattle on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:24:00 PST