02/25/2020
Amnesty International at NYU
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General Meetings: Tuesdays at 5:15 p.m. Message us if you are interested in joining! We usually act on one urgent action a week.
We at AI @ NYU use several methods to work for human rights:
The most frequent actions we take are the urgent actions sent to us by Amnesty headquarters. Urgent actions are usually letter-writing campaigns directed at freeing prisoners of conscience, granting them fair trials, and ensuring that they are not subjected to torture. If government officials receive a multitude of letters requestin
02/25/2020
11/24/2019
Amnesty International at NYU attended the annual Northeast Regional Conference 2019 in Rhode Island! It was really fun connecting with local groups and learn about the actions that Amnesty International is currently taking! The conference ends with everyone lighting a candle and reading one of the articles from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Photo Credit: Benjamin Piorgah Tetteh
11/21/2019
Thank you everyone for coming to our event last night with the New York Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement (CAIC).
We want to thank Daniel Egipciaco for sharing his personal experiences with solitary confinement and the prison reform activism, and Victor for giving us an amazing opportunity to experience being in solitary confinement through virtual reality (VR).
On Jan 21, 2020, (http://nycaic.org) will be at New York State capital to demand the humane alternatives to long term (HALT) solitary confinement act. More info can be found here: bit.ly/HALTsolitaryJan21
Please RSVP and support them!!
11/20/2019
Amnesty International at NYU partnered with the Seton Hall Amnesty chapter to for World Children's Day! If you are interested in taking action, sign the petition. https://act.amnestyusa.org/page/45441/action/1
Amnesty International USA
02/19/2019
We just wanted to give a big shoutout to The Incarceration to Education Coalition for giving a great presentation today about what mass incarceration is, how it started, and what we can do to combat it! Like our page to stay connected if you are interested in similar opportunities!
02/17/2019
Yesterday, three of our e-board members went to the Amnesty International conference at Barnard, where they met with other NYC-area activists and Amnesty chapters, and heard an amazing speech on the HIV/AIDS crisis in Iran from a formerly imprisoned human rights defender. Thank you to Barnard for hosting such a great event! If you are interested in other opportunities like this, make sure to like our page to stay updated!
02/05/2019
First meeting of the year!!
Thank you everyone for coming and enjoying the pizzas with us!!🍕🍕
01/30/2019
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