Amnesty International fights against injustice
Conrad Clevlen
Issue date: 3/27/08 Section: News
Amnesty International is the Nobel Peace prize-winning social justice organization, formed in 1961 in London with a chapter at NDNU.
"Amnesty International undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the right to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights," as stated on amnestyusa.org.
AI chapters can be found on hundred of high school and college campuses across the nation. Most chapters find a topic of focus and center their resources and abilities toward addressing the topic.
Whether they're mailing postcards to their senators or raising public awareness about issues, AI is about campaigning for social justice.
NDNU's AI chapter was re-opened on Dec. 16, just before winter break. This is the third time NDNU has opened an AI chapter.
NDNU's last AI chapter brought former Golden State Warrior Manute Bol to speak about the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, where an estimated 2.5 million have been displaced and forced to refugee camps.
Through the month of March, NDNU's AI chapter will be focusing on the women's right in Guatemala.
"We hope to let people know that 2,500 women have been killed since 2001 in Guatemala and that the Guatemalan justice system is failing to prosecute and investigate these crimes." said Andres Caballero, president of NDNU's AI chapter.
Caballero said he hopes AI is here on campus to stay this time and wants to see to it that this year's group has the ability to carry on AI mission to campaign for human rights and social justice for years to come.
Melanie Massy, member of the AI fund raising committee, explained her main reason for joining AI.
"I was inspired by Dorothy Stang and her dedication to social justice," said Massy.
With 15 active members AI is always open to taking in new members and is looking for anyone who is not OK with turning a blind eye to inhumanity and social injustice.
Caballero stated, "I think we have a really smart group of people this time, with lots of potential to do a lot more than AI has ever been able to do (at NDNU)."
"Amnesty International undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the right to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights," as stated on amnestyusa.org.
AI chapters can be found on hundred of high school and college campuses across the nation. Most chapters find a topic of focus and center their resources and abilities toward addressing the topic.
Whether they're mailing postcards to their senators or raising public awareness about issues, AI is about campaigning for social justice.
NDNU's AI chapter was re-opened on Dec. 16, just before winter break. This is the third time NDNU has opened an AI chapter.
NDNU's last AI chapter brought former Golden State Warrior Manute Bol to speak about the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, where an estimated 2.5 million have been displaced and forced to refugee camps.
Through the month of March, NDNU's AI chapter will be focusing on the women's right in Guatemala.
"We hope to let people know that 2,500 women have been killed since 2001 in Guatemala and that the Guatemalan justice system is failing to prosecute and investigate these crimes." said Andres Caballero, president of NDNU's AI chapter.
Caballero said he hopes AI is here on campus to stay this time and wants to see to it that this year's group has the ability to carry on AI mission to campaign for human rights and social justice for years to come.
Melanie Massy, member of the AI fund raising committee, explained her main reason for joining AI.
"I was inspired by Dorothy Stang and her dedication to social justice," said Massy.
With 15 active members AI is always open to taking in new members and is looking for anyone who is not OK with turning a blind eye to inhumanity and social injustice.
Caballero stated, "I think we have a really smart group of people this time, with lots of potential to do a lot more than AI has ever been able to do (at NDNU)."
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