{"id":559,"date":"2012-08-06T09:31:40","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T17:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/?p=559"},"modified":"2012-08-06T13:42:32","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T21:42:32","slug":"august-3-amnesty-international-monthly-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/?p=559","title":{"rendered":"August 7 – Amnesty International Monthly Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join us for our monthly meeting on\u00a0Tuesday, August 7, from 6:30 \u2013 8:30 pm<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0den\u00a0<\/a>at the\u00a0Mosaic Coffee House<\/a><\/strong>, 4401 2nd Ave NE. First half hour is letter writing and socializing. Meeting starts at 7 pm. Our meetings are open to the public, and all are welcome.<\/p>\n

Discussion will include what we want to work on for the upcoming year, including information about AI’s new program structure. A few thoughts from Larry:<\/p>\n

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I invite ongoing reflection,on kinds of projects each of you\/any of you might want to<\/div>\n
develop and continue work on this upcoming season.\u00a0AIUSA now uses a Program<\/div>\n
Structure – Programs\u00a0include –\u00a0“America Program”; which is how detainee rights at Guantanamo\u00a0\u00a0 and Bgrm, CATreaty violations by the U.S.such as NDAA 2012,indefinate detentions, lack of fair trials, rendering of suspects, more;\u00a0 Migrant\u00a0rights issues and racialist profling can use our reponses, I feel.; Films and panel discussion at Ethnic Cultural Center\/UW, cosponsored by UW Amnesty, is<\/div>\n
a do able way to present each of these projects.<\/div>\n
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Other areas of work? Other human rights issues you want to discuss? Bring your thoughts and ideas!<\/div>\n
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*Update: We’ll also have updates from June & July events including the Tiananmen Square Memorial event, Fremont Fair tabling with the Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, June 26th International Day in Support of Victims of Torture Vigil & \u00a00p-ed. Also the July 17 lobby delegation to Jim McDermott’s office on the\u201cDream Act\u201d and NDAA, and several U.S. violations of Convention against Torture.<\/div>\n
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*Future events planning will include:Venues for Writeathon; September to December Action, Event, human rights interests, more;\u00a0Discussion on AIUSA pending changes and how people are experiencing these changes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Hot weather getting to you? The Mosaic serves iced lattes & other beverages, and a pay what you think it’s worth, choose your own donation philosophy.<\/div>\n
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Also if the weather holds the meeting may include an impromptu picnic on the benches outside the Mosaic!<\/div>\n

The\u00a0Mosaic Coffee House<\/strong>\u00a0is a nonprofit coffee house located in Seattle First Church (behind the Dick\u2019s Drive In on 45th Street in the Wallingford Neighborhood). Check for directions, free parking and bus line information at:\u00a0http:\/\/www.mosaiccoffeehouse.org\/about-us\/mapdirections\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook Event Page:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/193456804118937\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Join us for our monthly meeting on\u00a0Tuesday, August 7, from 6:30 \u2013 8:30 pm\u00a0in the\u00a0den\u00a0at the\u00a0Mosaic Coffee House, 4401 2nd Ave NE. First half hour is letter writing and socializing. Meeting starts at 7 pm. Our meetings are open to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559"}],"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=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}