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January 2006 |
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| January 13: Pints
for Rights |
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Irish
Pub . 6:30PM
This event is sponsored by AIUSA Philadelphia.
Join local AI supporters and students from
surrounding universityies for this monthly
social event. Pints for Rights is open to
all who support Amnesty's work, so bring your
family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers.
No RSVP required - just show up. |
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| January 24: General
Body Meeting |
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Huntsman
Hall, G92
Welcome Back! Come meet this year's officers.
We will discuss events for the spring, hear
a presentation about this year’s National
Week of Student Action topic: CEDAW,
discuss and sign several petitions on protections
for mail-order brides and possible prisoners
of conscience, sign-up for presentation
topics, and much more.
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| January 27 - 29:
Student Power! Action Camp |
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Accokeek,
MD at Hard Bargain Farm
Sponsored by AI
USA, the Student Power! Action Camp seeks
to youth members through leadership workshops
designed to help them create and maintain
Amnesty International advocacy groups.
You must be an AIUSA member in order to apply.
Acceptance covers room, meals and travel expenses.
Deadline for applications is 12/30.
To apply or get more information, click
here. |
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| January 31: General
Body Meeting |
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Carriage
House at 8:00pm
We will have a presentation on torture and
discuss the McCain Amendment. We will have
a petition available for signatures. We will
end the meeting early to encourage members
to watch President Bush's State of The Union
Address. |
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| February 2006 |
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| February 7: General
Body Meeting |
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Huntsman
Hall, F88, 8:30PM
We will screen portions of Lord
of War, listen to a presentation for arms
control, discuss and sign a petition for Control
to Arms and make our new banner for this
issue. |
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| February 10: Pints
for Rights |
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Fergie's
Pub. 6:30PM
This event is sponsored by AIUSA Philadelphia.
Join local AI supporters and students from
surrounding universityies for this monthly
social event. Pints for Rights is open to
all who support Amnesty's work, so bring your
family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers.
No RSVP required - just show up. |
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| February 14: General
Body Meeting |
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Huntsman
Hall, F88, 8:30PM
We will summarize the events for Women's Rights
week, have a presentation on Female
Genital Mutilation, discuss the implications
of Female Genital Mutilation, sign-up for
tabling at the walk and for the Vagina Monologues.
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| February 15 &
17, 2006: Vagina Monologues |
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Irvine
Auditorium, 7:30PM
Look for Amnesty International's table at
VDay
College Campaign's production of Eve
Ensler’s powerful and provocative play,
the Vagina
Monologues. Doors open at 7:30 pm. $5
Tickets sold at Locust Walk & at the
door. All proceeds go to Woman
Organized Against Rape.
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| February 15 &
22, 2006: Control to Arms |
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Locust
Walk, All day
Located at the heart of Penn's campus, Amnesty
invites you and your friends to stop and
learn about our current events and campaigns.
Feel free to sign our petition for Arms
Control which aims to promote transparency
in weapons industry and the establishment
of a coherent international arms treaty
during the UN Arms conference this summer.
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| February 18:
Women's
Rights Week - Female Genital Mutilation
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Houston
Hall, Golkin Room, 6:30PM
In honor of Women's Rights Week, Amnesty International
will have a brief presentation on Female
Genital Mutilation and screen Mooalade.
Here are links to a review
and a preview.
A petition will be made available for signatures.
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| February 21: General
Body Meeting |
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Huntsman
Hall, F88, 8:30PM
Worldwide, many are imprisoned for their political
and social beliefs. This week we will honor
Prisoners
of Conscience. We will have a presentation,
hold a petition writing workshop and distribute
Urgent Action Campaigns to show solidarity
for prisoners of conscience. |
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| February 28: General
Body Meeting |
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Huntsman
Hall, F88, 8:30PM
As part of the Development Awareness Week
on campus, we will screen a Kosodo,
a 20 minute film depicts how the HIV/AIDS
pandemic have ravaged Kenya leaving thousands
of children orphaned. To follow up our discussion
on prisoner's of conscience, members will
have a chance to bring or prepare petitions
for Amnesty International's Urgent Action
Network. |
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| March 2006 |
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| March 14: General
Body Meeting |
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Huntsman
Hall, F88, 8:30PM
We will discuss and create petitions for the
most recent Urgent Action letters. We will
also make a banner for our NWSA event |
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| March 15, 22 &
29: Control Arms |
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Locust
Walk, All day
Located at the heart of Penn's campus, Amnesty
invites you and your friends to stop and learn
about our current events and campaigns. Feel
free to sign our petition for Arms
Control which aims to promote transparency
in weapons industry and the establishment
of a coherent international arms treaty during
the UN Arms conference this summer. |
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| March 22:
Human Rights Awareness Week - Fair Trade |
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Stiteler
Hall, B21, 6:30PM
We will be screening tackle the issue of fair
trade and labor rights by watching "Walmart:
The High Cost of Low Price." More details
to follow. |
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| March 23:
Human Rights Awareness Week - Sudan: What Genocide? |
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Hillel
at Steinhardt, 4:45PM
An Afternoon of Art and Human Rights. We will
have a photo exhibit, short films and have
Simon
Deng, child slave and spokesperson of
the Sudan
Freedom Walk as our speaker. Refreshments
will be served. |
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| March 28: General
Body Meeting |
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Huntsman
Hall, F88, 8:30PM
We have only 1 week left until NWSA, Amnesty
International's global student action week.
This year, it is focused on having the US
to ratify the International Women's Bill of
Rights (CEDAW).
Amnesty has several exciting events lined
up, but we need member support, (wo)manpower
and artistic ability.
During this week's meeting, we will finish
our NWSA quilt and create posters to be
placed all over Commons. This is your chance
to create a visual representation of your
passion for gender equality.
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| March 31: Discussion
with John Prendergast |
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Logan
17, 4PM
John
Prendergast, who has worked in the White
House, the State Department and currently
Senior Adviser of International Crisis Group,
returns to Penn to speak about the 3 deadliest
conflicts in Africa, the Northern
Uganda, Congo
and Sudan
and what students can do about it. |
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April 2006
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| April 3: National
Week of Student Action |
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1920s Commons-Lower Lobby, 6:00PM
Come out and support National Week of Student
Action. Amnesty International will hold
2 teach-ins on CEDAW
for UPenn's campus A petition will be made
available at the lobby.
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| April 4: National
Week of Student Action |
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Huntsman
Hall, F88, 8:00PM
Following a brief presentation on the History
of Women's Rights in the USA, we are going
to show "Iron Jawed Angels," a film
that depicts the struggles of the suffragettes
post WWI. Click here for the review
and the preview.
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| April 5: National
Week of Student Action |
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Huntsman
Hall, 340, 7:00PM
Capping our events on National Week of Student
Action is Ms. Phyllis Epstein.
Ms. Epstein is a graduate of Temple University
School of Law. She is now a partner at Epstein,
Shapiro & Epstein, P.C., practicing taxation,
corporate transactions, family law, and whatever
else needs to be done. Ms. Epstein has been
a lecturer for continuing legal education
panels on issues of taxation and is Secretary
of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s
Commission on Women.
Published in 2005, her book "Women-at-Law"
is a compilation of interviews of 100 women
lawyers of all ages, backgrounds,and lifestyle
in a wide variety of practice settings in
the nation. It highlights the struggles and
accomplishments of women trailblazers who
have paved the way for today’s woman
lawyer, and what you can learn from them.
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| April 11: General
Body Meeting |
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Huntsman
Hall, F88, 8:00PM
Starring Oscar winner Kevin Spacey and Oscar-nominee
Kate Winslet, in a film by Alan Parker, Life
of David Gale is film about a death penalty
activist who was wrongly convicted and sentenced
to death for rape and murder. Click here for
a trailier
and reviews.
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| April 12: Speaker:
Harold Wilson, former Death Row Inmate |
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The
Rotunda, 7:30PM
The 122nd inmate exonerated from death row
in the United States, Harold Wilson, will
speak at the University of Pennsylvania. The
event will focus on the injustice of the death
penalty, especially with regard to its biased
application for African-Americans such as
Wilson and other minorities.
For more information, click
here.
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