Please join our monthly meetings and local upcoming events
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Amnesty International Group 101 holds meetings at 7 pm on the fourth Thursday of each month at
the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice. Generally,
a presentation is given at each meeting, concluding with
urgent action letter writing. Please join us!
For more information email info@ai101abq.org
or call Nell Burrus, 505-833-3140
Next meeting: August 28, 2008. 7pm
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Each month Group 101 writes letters on behalf of victims of human rights abuses with
the assistance of materials distributed by the national Amnesty office. We
also participate in local actions; the most recent one focused on
the violation of human rights at Guantanamo (see below). We have also
collaborated in solidarity with other local groups on the unsolved killings
of women in Juarez, Mexico, as well as the detention of undocumented workers
by ICE at the Regional Correctional Center in Downtown Albuquerque.
On-going Letter Writing Challenge for New Mexico Amnesty Groups
AI101 AI122 AI463 Monthly Total Running Total Avg Per Month
Dec-07 88 0 0 88 88 88
Jan-08 24 501 66 591 679 340
Feb-08 134 760 118 1012 1691 564
Mar-08 175 831 34 1040 2731 683
Apr-08 136 303 45 484 3215 643
May-08 95 379 210 684 3899 650
Jun-08 59 261 - 320 4219 603
Upcoming: Talks About Life in Occupied Palestine, September 10 - 13, 2008
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Anna Baltzer, Jewish-American granddaughter of
Holocaust survivors, went to the West Bank to
discover the realities of daily life for Palestinians
under the Israeli Occupation. She lived and
worked with farmers, Palestinian and Israeli
activists, and the families of political prisoners.
Anna’s book,
Witness in Palestine,
is a firsthand
account of what she saw during her eight-month
stay.
She has been traveling around the world
sharing the experiences that led her to support
and document the Palestinian non-violent
resistance to the Occupation, telling the story
that is rarely seen in mainstream media.
Baltzer was a Fulbright scholar and a volunteer
with the International Women’s Peace Service,
a human rights organization based in the
Occupied Palestinian Territories. See her website
at annainthemiddleeast.com.
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Download flyer for all New Mexico talks
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 7 PM WED. SEPT. 10, 2008
Congregation
Nahalat Shalom
3606 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM
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ALBUQUERQUE, NM 7PM THURS. SEPT. 11, 2008
Albuquerque Mennonite Church
1300 Girard Blvd NE,
Albuquerque, NM
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LAS VEGAS, NM 7PM FRI. SEPT. 12, 2008
Global Issues Series at
United World College
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SANTA FE, NM 7PM SAT. SEPT. 13, 2008
The Forum at the
College of Santa Fe
1600 St. Michaels Drive,
Santa Fe, NM
Followed by a panel
discussion.
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Past Event: Potluck Dinner and Holiday Card Action December 27, 2007
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Each year during the winter holidays, Amnesty International asks friends and members to send
messages of support to prisoners and human rights defenders around the world.
Group 101 held a potluck dinner and after eating prepared holiday
cards to support
these prisoners and human rights defenders.
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Past Event: Open House Celebration, Fundraiser and Talk by Keith McHenry Oct 5, 2007 5-8 pm
Albuquerque Amnesty Group 101 held an
Open House Celebration and Fundraiser on
Friday Oct. 5, 2007, 5pm- 8pm,
at Immanuel Presbyterian Church.
A poster exhibit "Retrospective of
Amnesty's Human Rights Campaigns" was shown with refreshments
and live music from 5-7 pm, and guests networked with
special guests from ACLU-NM and El Centro de Igualdad
y Derechos.
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At 7pm, Keith McHenry from
Food not Bombs discussed
his experience as a prisoner of conscience who was
assisted by Amnesty when he was imprisoned. He will
also discussed the harassment of Food not Bombs
volunteers and what can be
done to protect their rights. If you would like a video or audio copy of his talk, email info@ai101abq.org.
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Past event: Dramatizing Guantánamo (06/26/2007)
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A street theater enactment of Guantánamo: A life sentence with no trial
was held in front of the ABQ Federal Building.
The event commemorated the International Day in Support of Torture Victims and Survivors.
The dynamic
La Cucaracha Stew Theater Company
created the
elaborate cage and other props, and
was critical
in making this event a success. The event was shown on the local Indymedia TV program.
Organized by:
Amnesty International Group 101 and
La Cucaracha Stew Theater Company.
Co-sponsored by
UNM Amnesty International,
First Unitarian Social Justice Council and
ACLU-New Mexico.
Read about
AI's campaign to close Guantánamo Bay.
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Past event: Honoring Maria Sagrario, Murdered in Juarez
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In the summer of 2007, Liz McMaster and Nell Burrus of Amnesty 101, and Renee
Wolters of UNM Amnesty accompanied Cecilia Chavez of
the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice and Lisa
Perry of UNM to meet with family members of Maria
Sagrario, who was one of many young women who have
been killed in a wave of violence against women in
Juarez.
More information.
Amnesty 101 has joined forces with the Albuquerque
Center for Peace and Justice, Amnesty UNM and other
concerned groups and individuals in Albuquerque to
raise money and material aid to support a small
women's community center and pre-school both founded
in memory of Mario Sagrario.
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Past event: Learning about Detention of Immigrants in Albuquerque (May 2007)
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Albuquerque attorney Brandt Milstein presented his assessment of the detention of immigrants
at the Regional Correction Center in Albuquerque, and summarized findings from
numerous interviews he has taken as part of the American Civil Liberties Union's National Prison Project.
Later, Amnesty members participated in a protest at the RCC.
See the June 2007 Albuquerque Tribune
article for more information.
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Past event: Human Rights Conference September 14 and 15, 2007
Human Rights in an Age of Fear and Terror:
A conference organized and sponsored by Amnesty International Group 463, Las
Vegas, NM and the United World College Amnesty International student group
United World College, Montezuma, New Mexico.
More information.
Please send comments and questions to the web maintainer: Vicki Johnson, info@ai101abq.org
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