Seattle Amnesty International USA May Meetup

This is the monthly meeting for Group 4, the Seattle AI Local Group. Up to date details can be found at www.scn.org/amnesty/current.html. We usually have 10-20 people at our meetings and do some kind of public event every month. All are welcome!

6:30 - 7 pm Letter writing

7pm Introductions

100 Days Letter - as this one is to President Obama and AI is collecting
them in a batch to send at the right time (certainly after 1/20), I though
we'd do them separately.

Updates:
Death Penalty
Seattle Human Rights Film Festival (SHRFF)
Benefit concert for SHRFF - 1/31 at Wayward Coffee
JoJo's case
Nickelsville
Western Regional Conference report back

Annual General Meeting (AGM) - Boston, March 27-29
I know it's early, but the early registration deadline is January 9, and our
local AI Puget Sound subsidies time line is going by that. So if you'll
need funds for airfare or hotel/hostel, etc., you need to start thinking
about it now.

Human Rights Day/Week Activities
Dec. 10 - 60th Anniversary UDHR Concert - benefit for AI at Neumos, doors at
7, tickets $15
Dec. 11 - Seattle Human Rights Day - city's event, we're not officially
involved, Town Hall, 7-9 pm, free

Then, do we want to officially take part in either or both of these Human
Rights Day events?
Dec. 13 - Human Rights Day March - 1 pm, starts at Convention Place, to Pike
Place Market, then to Westlake
AI's Global Write-a-thon - sometime between Dec. 5 - 14
I've only heard back from one person each on both of these, and really think
we need a few more people before we commit. If you can't make the meeting
and are interested in either or both, let me know.
There won't be enough time to plan at the meeting, but once we have a few
people we can coordinate online or in person and get back to everyone about
the where and when.

7:45 Featured Speaker: Phil Neff - former UW student and AI activist who
just returned from Guatemala after nine months as an international
accompanier of human rights defenders seeking justice from the government
for the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala.