On Feb 18, members of Group 39 added their voices to the Pittsburgh Solidarity Rally and March organized by Pitt College Democrats. The aim of the rally was to show support and solidarity with marginalized groups.
2016 Annual Human Rights Festival and Write-a-thon
Join Amnesty International Pittsburgh (group 39) and many other inspiring Pittsburgh rights groups and community leaders on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 for our annual Write-a-thon and Human Rights Festival.
Held from 6-9 pm at Calvary Episcopal Church, this year marks the 30th annual gathering, during which you contribute to writing between 500 and 1000 letters on important human rights cases of our time.
Stop in and stay as long as you can. Write letters. Talk to other activists. Check out information tables about local groups working in Pittsburgh on local, national and international issues. Fortify yourself with the free refreshments.
Candlelight Ceremony and City Council Proclamation at 7:30 pm.
2016 Lobby weeks
Members of Group 39 lobby members of Congress to support refugee rights, in particular the Refugee Protection Act. From top to bottom:
with Jordan Ball, Regional Representative in Senator
Robert Casey’s Pittsburgh office
with Matt Blackburn, Western Pennsylvania
Director for Senator Pat Toomey
with Congressman Mike Doyle
Group 39 meetings shifted to Wednesdays
The regular monthly meetings of Group 39 will from now on be on every 2nd Wednesday of the month. The meetings will be at 7pm in the library (lower level) at the First Unitarian Church in Shadyside (Morewood and Ellsworth Aves.).
The next meeting is on July 13.
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