JAMNESTY!

Come to our Darfur-benefit concert, Jamnesty, this Saturday at 8!

More info here:

Facebook Event

General Meeting & Darfur

We have our regular meeting Wednesday at 7:30 as usual in 316 HHDev., and we will actually be doing the Darfur action at THIS meeting. We'll also be forming committees and talking about the trips to the MARO Conference and the School of the Americas!

Death Penalty Speaker Thursday!

Ray Krone, the 100th person to be exonerated from Death Row since 1973, will be speaking at the State College Peace Center Thursday night at 7:30. Come and learn from someone who knows!

Darfur!

Tonight we will be doing a BIG action attempting to shed some more light on what is actually happening in the Sudan: historical context, what's happening now, different players in the conflict, international response, etc.

Come on by if you want to know more about the biggest humanitarian crisis of our times.

Also, if you can't make it, check out the ANGEL page under "Presentations," I will be loading the powerpoint on there!

New Officers!

For some reason, I keep wanting to say "ossifers."

Anyway, here are next (spring) semester's officers:
-Matt Hershberger-Co-coordinator
-Isaac Kassis-Co-coordinator
-Meghan Sansivero-Secretary
-Tara DiNardo-Treasurer
-Corey Brickley-Media/PR
-Paul Chiarulli-Recruitment/Retention
-Tina Robinson-Fundraising Chair
-Anna Alcaro-Events Coordinator
-Rachel Johnson-Community Outreach
-Emily Helms-Student Area Coordinator
-Joy Banerjee-Webmaster

Congrats to all the newbies and welcome back to all the oldbies!

Events this Week!

Today (Sunday), there is an officers meeting at 307 HUB. All are welcome, we'll be getting dinner afterwards!

On Tuesday, we are co-hosting a Spaghetti Dinner with Rescue Childhood entitled "All You Can Eat for Kids on the Street." It costs $5 for all-you-can-eat pasta, and goes from 5-8 p.m. Our share of the money will be going towards stopping the practice of using child soldiers, and RC's share will go towards their shelter for street children in the Dominican Republic.
Check out these sites:
The Facebook Event
Map to St. Andrew's Church in State College
Rescue Childhood's Website

We will have our usual weekly meeting on Wednesday at 7:30 in 316 HHDev. Bring a friend!

On Friday, some of our members will be going to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference in D.C.! If you need info about this, e-mail our co-coordinator Claire McManus at cmm5128@psu.edu. Spots are pretty much full, but if you contact her early Sunday, you may be able to get on the roster.

Meeting Wednesday!

We're having elections and deciding (finally!) WHO IS DEFINITELY GOING TO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE.





Also, a kickass presentation on clusterbombs.

In the meantime, Join our ANGEL group!

1. Go to your Angel homepage.

2. Look under My Groups

3. At the top in tiny font it says Find a Group, click on it

4. In the Keyword Search box, type Amnesty, then click Search

5. In the results should be Amnesty International

6. In tiny print it says Enroll, click on it

7. A popup box says thank you for enrolling, and you're in!

Recent Articles about AI Penn State

Collegian Article on Chevron Protest
(we feel our position was rather poorly represented in this article. For more information, click here)

Article on our Burma March
(for more on the situation in Burma, click here)

Letter from one of our members on importance of protests
(for letter which this is a response to, click here)

Letter Writing Video by Amnesty

Why you should take part in the letter writing campaigns!

Welcome to the Amnesty Site!

In our never-ending attempts to keep our members and schoolmates well-informed about the goings on in the world, we have created this site! We would like to use this as a forum for Amnesty-related issues, as well for keeping everyone updated about what we're doing here at Penn State. So, feel free to comment on any of our postings, and, if you're a AIPSU officer, feel free to post anything relevant to the club on this site . . . YouTube videos, links to other human rights sites, links to news articles, your own thoughts and opinions . . . You name it.

Enjoy, and peace!