Amnesty International USA Group 4 of Seattle

It’s that time of year again–National Banned Books Week (BBW) is being held from October 5th-11th, and AIUSA is participating by spotlighting several cases of human rights violations being faced by individuals and communities in response to their written or spoken words.

AIUSA has a special BBW page where you can find case sheets and learn how to take actions in various ways (e.g. signing online petitions, writing letters of solidarity). The page also features updates on the highlighted cases from last year, information on a youth art/literature contest focused on freedom of expression, and other helpful resources.

Freedom of expression is a human right, and participating in Banned Books Week is one way in which we can help defend it!

Our monthly Group 4 Amnesty Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 16th, at the University Friends Service Committee U District offices at 4001 9th Avenue NE from 7:00 – 8:00PM. We’d love to see you. For a map and street view go to: https://goo.gl/maps/ZjhAes5zWgE2.

We will also have a hybrid virtual option for those who cannot make it in person! For information on attending the meeting via zoom, please email amnestygroup4@gmail.com.

On the agenda:

• Updates on our case commitment, Jose Rubén Zamora
• Abolish the death penalty campaign updates
• Urgent actions
• Other campaign updates
• Banned Books Week
• Western Regional Conference

We hope to see you there!

Our monthly Group 4 Amnesty Meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 15th, at the University Friends Service Committee U District offices at 4001 9th Avenue NE from 7:00 – 8:00PM. We’d love to see you. For a map and street view go to: https://goo.gl/maps/ZjhAes5zWgE2.

We will also have a hybrid virtual option for those who cannot make it in person! For information on attending the meeting via zoom, please email amnestygroup4@gmail.com.

On the agenda:

• Updates on our case commitment, Jose Rubén Zamora
• Abolish the death penalty campaign updates
• Urgent actions
• Other campaign updates
• Annual Group 4 summer picnic

We hope to see you there!

Our monthly Group 4 Amnesty Meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 17th, at the University Friends Service Committee U District offices at 4001 9th Avenue NE from 7:00 – 8:00PM. We’d love to see you. For a map and street view go to: https://goo.gl/maps/ZjhAes5zWgE2.

We will also have a hybrid virtual option for those who cannot make it in person! For information on attending the meeting via zoom, please email amnestygroup4@gmail.com.

On the agenda:

• Updates on our case commitment, Jose Rubén Zamora
• Abolish the death penalty campaign updates
• Discussion regarding Amnesty’s response to the current administration’s increasingly authoritarian actions
• Other campaign updates

We hope to see you there!

Our monthly Group 4 Amnesty Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 20th, at the University Friends Service Committee U District offices at 4001 9th Avenue NE from 7:00 – 8:00PM. We’d love to see you. For a map and street view go to: https://goo.gl/maps/ZjhAes5zWgE2.

We will also have a hybrid virtual option for those who cannot make it in person! For information on attending the meeting via zoom, please email amnestygroup4@gmail.com.

On the agenda:

• Updates on our case commitment, Jose Rubén Zamora
• Abolish the death penalty campaign updates
• World Press Freedom Day
• Other campaign updates

We hope to see you there!

Our monthly Group 4 Amnesty Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 15th, at the University Friends Service Committee U District offices at 4001 9th Avenue NE from 7:00 – 8:00PM. We’d love to see you. For a map and street view go to: https://goo.gl/maps/ZjhAes5zWgE2.

We will also have a hybrid virtual option for those who cannot make it in person! For information on attending the meeting via zoom, please email amnestygroup4@gmail.com.

On the agenda:

• Updates on our case commitment, Jose Rubén Zamora
• Global death penalty report
• World Press Freedom Day
• Other campaign updates

We hope to see you there!

Our monthly Group 4 Amnesty Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 18th, at the University Friends Service Committee U District offices at 4001 9th Avenue NE from 7:00 – 8:00PM. We’d love to see you. For a map and street view go to: https://goo.gl/maps/ZjhAes5zWgE2.

We will also have a hybrid virtual option for those who cannot make it in person! For information on attending the meeting via zoom, please email amnestygroup4@gmail.com.

On the agenda:

• Updates on our case commitment, Jose Rubén Zamora
• Death penalty abolition and other campaign updates
• Follow up from the Annual General Meeting (AGM)

We hope to see you there!

Our monthly Group 4 Amnesty Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 18th, at the University Friends Service Committee U District offices at 4001 9th Avenue NE from 7:00 – 8:00PM. We’d love to see you. For a map and street view go to: https://goo.gl/maps/ZjhAes5zWgE2.

We will also have a hybrid virtual option for those who cannot make it in person! For information on attending the meeting via zoom, please email amnestygroup4@gmail.com.

On the agenda:

• Updates on our case commitment, Jose Rubén Zamora
• Death penalty abolition campaign updates
• Assorted other Amnesty campaigns
• Discussion of resolutions that will be voted upon at the upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM)

We hope to see you there!

Happy New Year to all of our fellow activists! The first Group 4 Amnesty Meeting of 2025 will be held on Tuesday, January 21st, at the University Friends Service Committee U District offices at 4001 9th Avenue NE from 7:00 – 8:00PM. We’d love to see you. For a map and street view go to: https://goo.gl/maps/ZjhAes5zWgE2.

We will also have a hybrid virtual option for those who cannot make it in person! For information on attending the meeting via zoom, please email amnestygroup4@gmail.com.

On the agenda:

• Abolishing the death penalty campaign updates
• Updates + action on our adopted case commitment, Jose Rubén Zamora
• Amnesty International’s response to the second Trump presidency and discussing ways in which Group 4 can take action

We hope to see you there!

The December Group 4 Amnesty Meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 17th, at the University Friends Service Committee U District offices at 4001 9th Avenue NE from 7:00 – 8:00PM. We’d love to see you. For a map and street view go to: https://goo.gl/maps/ZjhAes5zWgE2.

We will also have a hybrid virtual option for those who cannot make it in person! For information on attending the meeting via zoom, please email amnestygroup4@gmail.com.

On the agenda:

• Write for Rights event updates
• Screening of the short documentary “Fighting to Live, While Waiting to Die” about federal death row prisoner Billie Allen. AIUSA is using his case as a platform to call for President Biden to commute the sentences of prisoners in federal and military death rows before January 20th. You can also take action on Billie Allen’s case here!
• Updates on our case commitment

You may have noticed that this month’s meeting is once again on the third Tuesday of the month, as opposed to the first. Given how well shifting the meeting worked the last three months, our group has elected to keep the change in schedules for the foreseeable future. Please get in touch if you have any comments or questions about our meeting schedules!

We hope to see you there!