February 4 Amnesty International Monthly Meeting

Join us for our monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 4, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm in the den at the Mosaic Coffee House, 4401 2nd Ave NE. First half hour is letter writing and socializing. Meeting starts at 7 pm.

February is Amnesty’s Death Penalty Abolition Month and we will be discussing the case of Reggie Clemons, whose case is scheduled to be heard by the Missouri Supreme Court that day.

http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/cases/usa-reggie-clemons

Want to get further involved? Consider joining the Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty‘s Lobby Day in Olympia on Weds. Feb. 12: http://abolishdeathpenalty.org/

Other possible February actions include advocating for free expression in Russia with the upcoming Sochi Olympics:

http://www.amnestyusa.org/pdfs/SochiToolkit2014.pdf

and involvement in one of the One Billion Rising Valentine’s Day Actions on Fri. Feb. 14 to end violence against women (or having our own):

http://www.onebillionrising.org/amnesty-international-one-billion-rising-together-womens-human-rights/

International Women’s Day is also coming up March 8, another day we may want to plan for.

The Mosaic Coffee House is a nonprofit coffee house located in Seattle First Church (behind the Dick’s Drive In on 45th Street in the Wallingford Neighborhood).

The Mosaic’s website: http://www.mosaiccoffeehouse.org/

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