Since 1961, Amnesty International has made a world-wide effort to stop the abuse of human rights. In their own words, Amnesty International is "a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all. Our supporters are outraged by human rights abuses but inspired by hope for a better world - so we work to improve human rights through campaigning and international solidarity."Want to start up a chapter of Amnesty International at your school? Check out the Student Center at the Amnesty International website, where you may register your AI student group and receive an activist toolkit for your group. (We think Trickster's Choice protagonist Aly would have been a fan.)
For more information, visit amnesty.org.
6 comments:
Awesome opportunity and connection to Trickster's Choice/Queen, right?
Yes, I've always been a fan of AI!
My school--a pretty small town in the midwest--just created a chapter of this club. It's great-and I love the Tamora Pierce reference. :D
I'm really glad to see this in the wake of the UN report: The Gender Trap: Women, Violence, and Poverty. (There's a link to an article about it on the main Amnesty page, the one talking about pressing the UN for a new Women's Agency.) There is growing awareness about the plight of the world's women among humanitarian workers, but not among ordinary people, where awareness needs to be spread.
I'm really glad to see that readergirlz has connected with Amnesty International, which is doing so much good work for women and girls around the world at a time when they are in real trouble!
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