About Amnesty International
Founded in London in 1961, Amnesty International is a Nobel Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with over 1.8 million members worldwide. Amnesty International undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is the U.S. Section of Amnesty International.
For more information visit Amnesty International's website.
Amnesty International on Campus
The UWS group is very active on campus and hosts many events and actions. If you are interested in becoming involved with the organization come to a meeting! Meetings are held every Thursday in RSC Room 112 at 11:30 am.
For more information contact Jenny Kahl (jkahl@uwsuper.edu) or Hal Bertilson (hbertils@uwsuper.edu).
Upcoming events
~ Aung San Suu Kyi
Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.