WE CHANGE THE WORLD
ONE LETTER AT A TIME
OUR GOALS
This year we are hoping to advertise Human Rights Day on December 10th. These events help us finance petitions and letters we write. The letters we have written in the past have been about political issues, the environment, diseases, and much more.
Our main goals are to:
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Raise awareness about global human rights issues
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Organize fundraisers in order to:
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raise money to write letters to important figures about solutions to problems
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donate money to charitable organizations fighting for human rights.
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Gain more interest from younger years and demonstrate what the main aims of the organization are.
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Make the club more aware at this school.
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Encourage younger students to write letters for the project.
ABOUT AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AT NATIONS
The Nations Amnesty International club is based on the global movement called Amnesty International, that aims to fight for human rights all around the world and campaign for justice:
"We are independent of any political ideology, economic interest and religion."
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- It is a global movement of more than 7 million people who take injustices and campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed.
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- It was founded in 1961 by a man called Peter Benenson.
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-At our school this club was formed in 2016 by Lamija Huseinovic (class of 2017)
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PREVIOUS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Previous projects
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Upload old letters (look in Amnesty 20/21 folder for past examples)
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Write for Rights campaign.
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Amnesty workshop with guest speaker
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Bake sale to raise funds for Amnesty and other causes
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Art Show with auctioned art to raise funds for the Norweigan Refugee Council.
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Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy.
Upcoming events
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Running event (open event) (not possible now - save for Sep 2021)
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The human rights day - 10th Dec (plan to write letters - include writing with younger years during mentor period?)
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Writing an article about Write for Rights or other activities for student WAG/newsletter?
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Upcoming conferences such as Peace Talks or others?
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Human Rights remote speaker/presentation (idea from Zoé Ringger - any other contact/parent working in human rights? I will investigate)
