1/11 Candlelight Vigil Against Indefinite Detention, Torture and NDAA

Posted on January 1, 2012 by admin

Join Amnesty International, Washington State Religious Campaign Against Torture, and other justice activists on Weds. January 11, 5-6 pm in front of the Jackson Federal Building to

**Protest indefinite imprisonment without charges on the 10th Anniversary of the arrival of prisoners at Guantanamo. 171 prisoners remain at Guantanamo. Many have been cleared of any role in combat. Hardly any have been charged with a crime.

**Protest torture and other inhumane treatment of prisoners anywhere

**Protest Congress and the President’s action to “legalize” indefinite detention without charges or trial, and other violations of the Bill of Rights (part of the recently passed & signed into law NDAA, National Defense Authorization Act of 2012)

Wednesday January 11, 2012, 5-6 pm, on sidewalk outside of the Jackson Federal Building, 2nd avenue between Madison and Marion, downtown Seattle; if you can please bring a candle in a container to protect against wind (paper cups with holes in bottom work) and if you can, a sign indicating your opposition to indefinite detention and torture and/or your support of the Bill of Rights.

The Seattle Vigil will be one of many actions around the country. See the National Religious Campaign Against Torture website http://www.nrcat.org/ and also Amnesty International USA‘s Day of Action website http://www.amnestyusa.org/events/sign-up-day-of-action-against-guantanamo for more information.

*(UPDATE) SPONSORS:

Washington State Religious Campaign Against Torture (WSRCAT), National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT), Amnesty International-Group 4, Amnesty International USA, Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation, Code Pink, American Civil Liberties Union-Washington (ACLU-WA).  Additional co-sponsors are being added.

Facebook event for vigil at: https://www.facebook.com/events/342940329049422/

Additional action you can take:

Please watch and forward our new Amnesty International comedy/satire short film Happy World Travel about Guantanamo, indefinite detention, torture and Islamophobia to promote Amnesty International’s Global Day of Action to Close Guantanamo. Please email the film to friends and share it on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin.

Link to Happy World Travel: http://youtu.be/uJPkILquXWo

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Jan. 3 – Amnesty International Monthly Meeting

Posted on December 31, 2011 by admin

Join us for our monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 3, 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.

Actions will include Chinese New Years cards to Shi Tao in prison in China since April 2005 for sending an e-mail to a US based democracy website about government orders to the media to downplay an upcoming Tiananmen Square crackdown anniversary.  Upcoming events to be discussed include a protest on Weds., Jan. 11, 5-6 pm, at the Jackson Federal Building, on the 10th anniversary of  prisoners arriving at Guantanamo (details, including a social media action, to be posted soon).

Other topics and actions you can take include:

Justice for Melissa Roxas and other victims of state-sponsored human rights violations in the Philippines.  Melissa is an American citizen who was abducted and tortured in May 2009. Information at: http://justiceformelissa.org/

Take action for housing as a human right in the US as part of AI’s Demand Dignity Campaign online at: www.amnestyusa.org/foreclosures

To be added to newsletter list for Demand Dignity, send email to demanddignity@aiusa.org

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). Check for directions, free parking and bus line information at:http://www.mosaiccoffeehouse.org/directions.htm

Facebook event at: https://www.facebook.com/events/125035984281057/

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Dec. 6 – Amnesty International Seattle Monthly Meeting

Posted on December 4, 2011 by admin

Join us for our monthly meeting on Tuesday, December 6, 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.

Discussion will include planning for upcoming events including the our December 11 write-a-thon, noon -2 pm at Chaco Canyon in the U District (see previous post) and a local event in solidarity with AI’s January 11 action in Washington DC: “10 Years Too Many: National Days of Action Against Guantanamo“.

CLOSE GUANTANAMO RALLY

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). Check for directions, free parking and bus line information at:http://www.mosaiccoffeehouse.org/directions.htm

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/228442780561390/

 

 

 

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Dec. 11 Write-a-Thon at Chaco Canyon in the University District

Posted on November 20, 2011 by admin

Join us Sunday, December 11, noon – 2 pm at Chaco Canyon Organic Cafe, 4757 12th Ave NE, Seattle (at the corner of  NE 50th St. & 12 th Ave. NE in the U District) to write for rights at our annual write-a-thon.

2010 Write-a-Thon at Chocolati

Join hundreds of thousands of people around the world in marking International Human Rights Day this December by taking part in Amnesty International’s Write for Rights Global Write-a-thon – the world’s largest human rights event. Through letters, cards and more, we take action to demand that the human rights of individuals are respected, protected and fulfilled. We show solidarity with those suffering human rights abuses, and work to bring about positive change in people’s lives.

More information, including this year’s cases, at: http://www.amnestyusa.org/writeathon/

RSVP to our Facebook event at: https://www.facebook.com/events/294802207207631/

 

 

 

 

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Nov. 1 – Amnesty International Meeting, Mariah Ortiz Featured Speaker on ICM

Posted on October 28, 2011 by admin

Join us for our monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 1, 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.

Our featured speaker will be Mariah Ortiz, who will be talking about her experience at AI’s International Council Meeting (ICM) which happened near Amsterdam in the Netherlands this summer.
For further information see AI’s blog on the ICM: http://amnestyicm.wordpress.com/

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). Check for directions, free parking and bus line information at:http://www.mosaiccoffeehouse.org/directions.html

Facebook event at: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=255783137807625

 

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Oct. 4 – Amnesty International Seattle Monthly Meeting

Posted on October 1, 2011 by admin

Join us for our monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 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.

We will be doing letter writing actions on AI’s Banned Book Week  cases this month. Topics we’ll be discussing include what we can do to end the death penalty in the wake of Troy Davis‘ execution by the state of Georgia and the upcoming Western Regional Conference for AIUSA, held November 4-6 in Los Angeles.

Late addition: AI’s Fall Core Action is out, check it for actions you’d like to lead up or work on!

http://www.amnestyusa.org/coreaction

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). Check for directions, free parking and bus line information at:http://www.mosaiccoffeehouse.org/directions.html

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=290137830997056

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Seattle Candlelight Vigil 4th Anniversary of Burma’s “Saffron Revolution”

Posted on September 25, 2011 by admin

Amnesty International is proud to be a co-sponsor of the 4th Anniversary of Burma’s “Saffron Revolution” Candlelight Vigil, Peace Walk, and Prayer Service 5:30 pm, Sunday, 2 October 2011, Green Lake, Seattle, WA

Saffron Revolution March

(Seattle, WA) – Four years ago, hundreds of thousands of peaceful protestors led by monks took to the streets of Burma triggered by an overnight spike in fuel prices by the government of up to 500%. On September 26, the military regime launched a violent crackdown, arresting over 3,000 people and raiding monasteries.

Next week, events will be held around the world to commemorate the 4th anniversary of Burma’s 2007 “Saffron Revolution.” Please join us at 5:30 pm, Sunday, October 2, at the south end of Seattle’s Green Lake for a reading of the Metta Sutra (loving kindness prayer), candlelight vigil, and peace walk around the lake.

It has been four years since the Saffron Revolution took place, and nearly 2,000 political prisoners – including 222 monks – remain behind bars. Those responsible for the brutal crackdown in 2007 are still running the country and continued to commit serious human rights violations, especially in ethnic areas in Eastern Burma.

“Please use your liberty to promote ours.” – Aung San Suu Kyi

Please demonstrate your support for genuine change in Burma by joining us at Green Lake on October 2, and by encouraging friends and colleagues to join you. We would like to invite everyone who believes in peace and justice, from all faiths and all walks of life, to participate in this commemorative event.

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seattle-Candlelight-Vigil-4th-Anniversary-of-Burmas-Saffron-Revolution/170764199673405?sk=info

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Death Row Exoneree Juan Melendez WA State Speaking Tour

Posted on September 25, 2011 by admin

Our allies, the Washington State Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (WCADP), are sponsoring a tour of Washington state by death row exoneree Juan Melendez.  Join us for one of his events, including one on Faith and Abolition of the Death Penalty in Bellevue on October 2, and UW Law School in Seattle on October 3.

Juan Melendez

Juan Roberto Meléndez-Colón spent seventeen years, eight months and one day on Florida’s death row for a crime he did not commit. His story highlights the many problems that plague the death penalty system, including its high risk and inevitability of being imposed on the innocent, its unfair application on the basis of race and ethnicity and its almost exclusive imposition on our most vulnerable members of society—the poor.

Seattle area events:

Other cities Juan is speaking at in Washington include Bellingham, Tacoma, Olympia, Spokane and Walla Walla. For the full schedule see: http://www.abolishdeathpenalty.org/WCADPNews.htm
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3-6 pm Today (9/21)! Vigil/Rally for Troy Davis with NAACP & Others

Posted on September 21, 2011 by admin

Join us, the NAACP and others from 3-6 pm today (9/21) at Westlake Park in support of Troy Davis, who is scheduled to be executed in Georgia at 7 pm Eastern time (4 pm in Seattle), in spite of serious doubts about his guilt.

Troy Davis Solidarity Day in Seattle

This should be a non-partisan event, not for handing out political literature of any kind.

Read and take action online at:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/clemency-us-death-row-prisoner-troy-davis-denied-2011-09-20

and

http://action.naacp.org/page/s/petition-larry-chisolm

As well as a number of other death penalty and activist sites.

Join us if you can and invite others. Also encourage people to continue take action online and through phone calls, faxes etc while there is still hope!

Facebook event at: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168393459909761

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Sept. 16 – International Day of Solidarity with Troy Davis

Posted on September 12, 2011 by admin

Too Much Doubt!  Help us stop the execution of Troy Davis! Join Amnesty International and our allies, including the Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, ACLU, NAACP & Equal Justice, in an International Day of Solidarity with Troy Davis on Friday, September 16, 5 – 7 pm at Westlake Park.

Speakers so far confirmed are Magdaleno (Leno) Rose-Avila, whose lengthy resume includes being the Western Director for AIUSA’s Campaign to Abolish the Death Penalty, and a former AIUSA board member; Gerald Hankerson – current Vice President of the Seattle NAACP, who was freed from prison after serving 23 years of a life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit; and Sarah Craft from Equal Justice USA.

Troy Davis’ execution date has been set for September 21, 2011 by the state of Georgia, even thought serious doubts remain and the case against him has fallen apart.

Learn more online and take action at:  http://www.justicefortroy.org

Watch the whole video series at: http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/cases/usa-troy-davis/watch-videos-examining-the-troy-davis-case

RSVP & invite others via our Facebook event at: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150275758396622 

New video on Troy’s case and our  rally with Megan from our Seattle AI group and Gerald Hankerson from Seattle’s NAACP:

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