{"id":1309,"date":"2018-11-25T11:43:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T19:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2018-11-25T16:20:46","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T00:20:46","slug":"2018-seattle-write-for-rights-write-a-thon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/?p=1309","title":{"rendered":"2018 Seattle Write-for-Rights Write-a-thon!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us as we host our annual Write-a-thon. Each year Amnesty International selects cases representative of our years-long work for equality for people everywhere. We join with Amnesty groups the world over, joining a movement of people around the world using the power of collective action\u2014millions of us, each doing a small part\u2014to help people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>People around the world, like you, each write a letter to a government official responsible for the case. These letters pile up in their of offices and can\u2019t be ignored\u2014imagine receiving a million letters! We supplement these letters with e-mail actions, lobbying, media attention and social media to increase the pressure on those of officials. We also write \u201csolidarity\u201d notes to the people we are trying to help, or their families, to give them hope.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Where: Montlake Public Library, 2401 24th Ave East, Seattle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spl.org\/hours-and-locations\/montlake-branch\">https:\/\/www.spl.org\/hours-and-locations\/montlake-branch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When: Sunday December 9th, 2:00 &#8211; 4:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t make it to the event you can also participate online here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/w4r\">www.amnestyusa.org\/w4r<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1308\" src=\"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"986\" height=\"1262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/poster.jpg 986w, https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/poster-117x150.jpg 117w, https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/poster-938x1200.jpg 938w, https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/poster-768x983.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us as we host our annual Write-a-thon. Each year Amnesty International selects cases representative of our years-long work for equality for people everywhere. We join with Amnesty groups the world over, joining a movement of people around the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/?p=1309\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1309"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1313,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309\/revisions\/1313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}