Take a minute to do our current action!
... join others to press
for human rights ...
First meeting of Spring 2010: Tuesday, January 19
IMU 2nd floor Kirkwood Room
We are meeting every other Tuesday at 9:00 pm ~ no class conflicts!
Ongoing welcome to all interested!
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Our main event of the year is coming up:
The third annual [J]amnesty concert on Thursday, January 28, 7:00pm, at Old Brick. $5 suggested donation - proceeds will benefit Justice for our Neighbors (http://iowa-jfon.org/). The concert will feature Big Poppa E, Audrey Robinson, Andrew Johnathan, Teddy Boys, and The New Bodies. Gary Walters, JFON's attorney for Eastern Iowa, will speak.
~ Raffle and Free food as long as it lasts ~
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How we function: We are set up as a Core Group of active members and a loose mailing list of folks interested in human rights. The Core Group meets to plan and keep things happening throughout the year; it is the official link to UI student organizations and the Office of Student Life & to the AI Midwest regional office in Chicago.
We’ve had graduations and departures; we welcome new interest in becoming part of the Core group. If curious, please contact Julia Zalenski to chat about how things work.
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Welcome to the University of Iowa
Chapter of Amnesty International
Amnesty International, with 4000 chapters in over 60 countries, is the world's largest and most influential human rights organization. Amnesty International is non-partisan and is not affiliated with any government, corporation or political party. A.I. unilaterally seeks to uphold the rights of all individuals, regardless of nationality, creed, age, gender, race, class, political background or sexual orientation. We base our action on the rights guaranteed to all people under the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights law.
Our primary goals, according to Amnesty International's Mandate:
- to seek the release of all prisoners of conscience who have not used nor advocated violence
- to end torture and all forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
- to end "disappearances" and political killings &
- to uphold the rights of prisoners and refugees in all nations worldwide.
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