Welcome to Amnesty International St. Louis!
The local chapter of Amnesty International, St. Louis Group #105, welcomes you! Please browse our site for more information, and to join us for upcoming events and meetings.
Here you also can find answers to FAQs about Amnesty International, take action on important human rights issues, and find out how to join Amnesty and become an active member.
We hope that you will consider getting involved at any level to make a difference in human rights!
What are we reading?
Tentatively, we will read The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights, by Irene Kahn, the first woman, first Asian, and first Muslim to head Amnesty International as Secretary General from 2001-2009.
If you want to participate, there may be opportunities to share resources. Contact us or attend a meeting for more info!
2010 Annual General Meeting in New Orleans!
Join us to attend the 2010 AIUSA Annual General Meeting (AGM) April 9-11, 2010 in New Orleans!
Educate yourself among prominent human rights activists–including Howard Zinn, Gloria Steinem, Bernice Reagon and Alice Walker–and join other AI members and activists from around the country to discuss pressing issues in the fight for international human rights. This year’s focus is on the Demand Dignity Campaign, with the poignant backdrop of http://www.amnestyusa.org/katrina-survivors/page.do?id=1041139>Human Rights For Hurricane Katrina Survivors.
The AGM and regional conferences are also a great way to get to know fellow activists while learning about AI’s work around the world. To register and attend as part of the St. Louis group, contact us. We will coordinate travel details soon….
Amnesty’s Priority Campaigns
Learn about Amnesty International’s priority campaigns:
- ISSUES BY GEOGRAPHY
- Demand Dignity
- Individuals at Risk
- Counter Terror with Justice
- Death Penalty, Missouri, Illinois
- Immigration Detention
- Violence against Women
- Arms Trade
- Business and Human Rights
- International Justice, international criminal court (ICC)
- LBGT Rights
- Military Contractors
- Katrina Survivors
Send Cards of Hope, Tuesday, Dec. 8
Please join us for our upcoming Amnesty St. Louis meeting where we will be writing Cards of Hope to prisoners of conscience and human rights defenders around the world! These cards can shine light into the darkest places, and every card we send goes to a human rights defender who needs to be reminded that she or he is not alone! This year we will have a dessert potluck with our Holiday Card-Writing. Join us!
What: Holiday Card-Writing and Dessert Potluck
When: Tuesday, December 8, 7pm
Where: Bethel Lutheran Church, 7001 Forsyth (corner of Big Bend and Forsyth)
What to Bring: Yourself, a friend, and a pen
If you can, bring a dessert to share and non-religious cards for us to send!
AI StL Group #105 Member Survey
If you’re new to Amnesty St. Louis, we want to know more about you!
Please take the Member Survey so we can keep in touch with you, coordinate group events, and make leadership decisions tailored to your preferences as much as possible.
Art for Amnesty: Exhibit & Silent Auction Nov. 19!
Check out a SNEAK PEAK of the exhibit!
featuring the women of Zimbabwe!
We will feature women in Zimbabwe and the organizations and activists there working for human rights.
For more information:
Human Rights in The Republic of Zimbabwe
Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA)
COME TO THE SHOW ON THURSDAY TO LEARN MORE!
SqWires Annex, in historic Lafayette Square
Thursday, November 19th, 7p-9p
SqWires Annex, in historic Lafayette Square
1415 South 18th Street, St. Louis, MO 63104
interactive map, larger map
Free hors d’oeuvres will be provided. Proceeds from the auction and a cash bar will facilitate the human rights work of Amnesty International, St. Louis Chapter #105.
Nov. 19th Art Exhibit & Silent Auction Sneak Peak!
These photos are representative of some of the pieces which will be available at our upcoming fundraiser on November 19. more info
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- Jovan Hansman
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- Keith Buchholz
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- Jennifer Weigel
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- Patricia Boman
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- Tania Chackumkal
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- Julia Holyfield
Festival of Nations
August 2009
Our Amnesty St. Louis Group participated in the Festival of Nations on August 29 and 30, 2009. For more information about the Festival of Nations, click here. Interested in signing up to table for Amnesty? Let us know!
Eviction Notice Suspended for Indigenous People in Colombia!
Monday, July 20
Further Information on Urgent Action 154/09 (17 June 2009) - Forced eviction
COLOMBIA, Afro-descendant community of Caracoli, Curvarado region, Choco Department
Members of the Afro-descendant community of Caracoli, in the Curvarado region of Choco Department, were not served with a threatened eviction notice in June, thanks to a Colombian constitutional court ruling and pressure from the international community.
Local police in the Curvarado region were preparing to serve an eviction notice on the community of Caracoli on 18 June. However, the Colombian Constitutional Court ordered the immediate suspension of the eviction notice and called for the protection of the community, which consists of over 100 people. International pressure, including appeals sent by members and supporters of Amnesty International, played an important part in this decision.
The eviction notice had been ordered by a local judge despite the central government’s repeated recognition that the residents of Caracoli legally own their lands and therefore have a right to remain there. Caracoli is included in a collective land title, owned by the local Afro-descendant community, covering the region of Curvarado and Jiguamiando. The Ministry for the Interior and Justice had recently called on the regional judicial authorities to respect the validity of this land title.
Many thanks to all who sent appeals. No further action is requested at present. Amnesty International will continue to monitor the situation and will take further action as necessary.
Thank you for your help with this appeal!