Due to the COVID-19 crisis, we are unable to hold group meetings at the First Unitarian Church. Instead, Group 39 is planning to conduct online meetings via Zoom. To get the connection info, please send an email to amnesty39@gmail.com.
For human rights actions related to COVID-19, there are some excellent resources assembled by Amnesty Intl USA.
Join us on Wednesday, March 4, 7:30pm at Sixth Presbyterian Church (1688 Murray Ave) to hear Juan Melendez tell his moving story of injustice, hope, and survival!
Juan Roberto Melendez spent seven-teen years, eight months, and one day on Florida’s death row for a crime he did not commit. Upon his release on January 3, 2002, he became the 99th death row prisoner in the United States to be released with evidence of innocence since 1973. Beyond the death penalty, Mr. Melendez’s story is an energizing and inspiring story of hope and survival that resonates with people all across the political and socio-economic spectrum, inspiring many to activism and public service.
Co-sponsored by Amnesty International Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty and Sixth Presbyterian Church
Members of Group 39 are tabling at several film showings at the 2020 Duquesne University Human Rights Film Series. We have petitions ranging from gun regulation matters (universal background checks) to immigration rights (demand legal status for Dreamers) to our focus case (Saudi human rights advocates Mohammed al-Qahtani and Abdullah al-Hamid). At each event, more than 100 signatures were collected!
Join Amnesty International Pittsburgh (group 39) and many other inspiring Pittsburgh rights groups and community leaders on Monday, December 9, 2018, 6-9pm for at Calvary Episcopal Church our annual Write-for-Rights event.
This year marks the 33rd annual gathering in Pittsburgh! During the event you can contribute to writing between 500 and 1000 letters on important human rights cases of our time. The focus this year is on young people: Young people suffering from abuse of human rights, and young people taking the lead in defending those rights and needing our support!
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.
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