16th Annual Summit Against Racism

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Hosted by the Black & White Reunion

16th Annual Summit Against Racism
Saturday  January 25, 2014 8am -3pm

@ East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15206 – Wheel Chair Accessible
Workshops, Panels, Discussion, Information Tables, Education and Strategies for Racial Justice!
The Summit Planning Committee is so excited to have 17 confirmed workshops, a video tribute to Nelson Mandela, a great closing line up with poets and young hip hop performers from the 1hood Media Academy!

 

View the 2014 Workshop descriptions: http://summitagainstracism.blogspot.com/p/schedule-and-workshops.html

Register online: http://summitagainstracism.blogspot.com/p/register-here.html

Breakfast and Lunch Included in Registration. Vegan and GF options will be available.  Adults $25, Students, Low-Income, Seniors $10, Groups of 5 or more $10 each. Limited Scholarships Available!

Cash or Check at door or if you prefer to send a check ahead of time.  Make Checks Payable to “Black & White Reunion” and mail to East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 N. Highland Ave, Pgh, PA 15206. A portion of your registration goes to the Jonny Gammage Scholarship and Summit expenses.

Sign Language Interpretation Available on Request. summitagainstracism@gmail.com–-phone – 412-501-3355

Si ud. necesita traducción entre inglés y español por favor llame al 412-888-6518 lo más pronto posible.

 

 

Bollywood on Ice! Benefiting AID Pittsburgh

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*Hosted by AID Pittsburgh*

Bollywood on Ice is back!!
Enjoy ice-skating to a mix of smashing Bollywood numbers, with a view of the sparkling Downtown Pittsburgh skyline as the backdrop! Come and join us for ice-skating and delicious Indian food and help us in this unique fundraising effort to make a difference to thousands of lives!

Admission (includes dinner; skate rentals extra)
Students with ID – $10
Kids (Age 16 and under) – $10
Adults – $15

Early bird discount – $12

Buy tickets at https://secure.aidindia.org/pages/events/boi_pittsburgh

Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Ice Skating – 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Dinner – 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
**Only cash will be accepted for skate rental and tickets at the door.

All proceeds from this event will directly benefit development projects in India, undertaken by AID Pittsburgh, related to education, healthcare, agriculture, and women’s rights.

For questions, please contact aidpittsburgh@gmail.com.

Screening of “The Invisible War”

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Amnesty International Pitt presents:

Help end sexual assault in the military

Join Us for a Free Showing of the
Award Winning Documentary
“The Invisible War”
Monday, November 25
7:30 to 9:00 pm
University of Pittsburgh
Cathedral of Learning – Room 306
4200 Fifth Avenue (Oakland)

To get more involved in the local organizing effort to protect our defenders – join the “Stop Sexual Assault in the Military” planning group by emailing Ginny at Hildebrew@aol.com or call (412) 361-3022.

Democrats like Carl Levin and Claire McCaskill are teaming up with Republicans to kill Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s bill which will place military sexual assault prosecution into the hands of prosecutors, and not the military commanders who have failed to address this issue for years.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has built a huge coalition across the political spectrum to support this bill, but she’s still just shy of the 60 votes needed to break the filibuster.

Many of America’s allies around the world have in place systems similar to what Sen. Gillibrand is proposing.

The only thing stopping us from getting this legislation passed is opposition from the military and its powerful lobby of legislators on Capitol Hill.

There were 26,000 sexual assaults in the military last year! In 2011 alone, incidences of documented sexual assault increased 35%.

Sign the petition right now: http://www.endsexualassault.com/?code=dailykos
invisiblewar

Amnesty International Pittsburgh’s Human Rights Festival Dec 9th!!

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UPDATE: Thank you to all of the organizations who attended tonight and all of the performers: Robin Clarke, Josh Zelesnick, R.B. Mertz, Vanessa German and City of Asylum writer-in-residence Yaghoub Yadali; City Council member Corey O’Connor; all letter writers, and all the volunteers that helped make tonight a successful event leading into Human Rights Day week events!

We wrote at least 550 letters tonight!!!
We have many members writing from home and a few more that might float in over the next few days, so I’d say we got close to 600 letters written at this year’s write-a-thon/Human Rights Festival!!

THANK YOU!

REMINDER: We are hosting an informal Human Rights Happy Hour after the Festival on December 12th from 5:30-8:30 pm at Sharp Edge Beer Emporium at 302 S St Clair Street in Friendship. All are welcome to attend for updates following the Festival and to relax and have fun!
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Amnesty International Pittsburgh is happy to announce an expanded version of our annual national Write-a-thon being planned for Monday, December 9, 2013 from 6-9 pm at Calvary Episcopal Church. We are inviting you to commemorate and celebrate International Human Rights Day with us!

In addition to letter writing, several other activities and features are being planned to enrich and expand this event. We’ll have information about local Pittsburgh groups who work for human rights and social justice, and a moving candlelight ceremony.

Participating groups:
ACLU-PA
AID Pittsburgh
American Friends Service Committee
Amnesty International Group 524 (North Hills)
Amnesty International Pitt
Book ‘Em
City of Asylum
Councilman Corey O’Connor
Fight for Lifers West
Global Solutions Pittsburgh
Sierra Club Allegheny County
Thomas Merton Center

Our goal is 1,000 letters written for human rights!!!

Please come down for as long as you can and invite your friends and family to this event open to all ages!
FREE – food and drink provided!
Parking is available in the church lot at no cost.

Download the flyer/poster: pdf jpg

Click HERE to watch Write for Rights 2013 video

If you would like to be involved, as a group or individual, in planning or to help us spread the word, please email Ayres or Chris at amnesty39@gmail.com.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights: http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/