{"id":35055,"date":"2015-05-22T14:31:31","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T18:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amnestypgh.org\/?p=35055"},"modified":"2015-06-22T12:56:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T16:56:47","slug":"save-the-date-amnesty-international-pittsburgh-city-of-asylum-event-june-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amnesty-pgh.org\/?p=35055","title":{"rendered":"WRITE TO WITNESS: Amnesty International Pittsburgh & City of Asylum event June 23rd!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Join Amnesty International Pittsburgh and City of Asylum for a FREE event celebrating the value that writers, journalists, poets, and bloggers bring to humankind by bearing witness to the truth. Hear the courageous stories of these individuals and learn what you can do to defend the right to witness.Information will be available about the work that Amnesty International does on a global scale, and the important work that City of Asylum does right here in Pittsburgh!<\/div>\n
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Schedule:<\/div>\n
Doors at 6:30 pm<\/strong>: learn about writers at risk, write a letter or draw or write a message for Raif Badawi<\/div>\n
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Main program 7-8:30<\/strong>:<\/div>\n
Esmirna Matos
\nJoy Katz\u00a0
\nAmnesty volunteers read short poems by Liu Xiaobo, Tariq Ramadan, and\u00a0Nay Phone Latt\u00a0– former or current writers at risk\/in danger<\/span><\/div>\n
\n

Tony Norman<\/p>\n

City of Asylum writers:
\nIsrael Centeno
\nYaghoub Yadali<\/p>\n

Sarah Shotland of Words Without Walls<\/p>\n

8:30-9<\/strong> pm Write one last letter, talk to the writers, and eat the rest of the food!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

City of Asylum Alphabet City Tent, 324 Sampsonia Way, 15212. Directions: http:\/\/cityofasylum.org\/<\/span>events\/directions\/<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

For more information, amnesty39@gmail.com<\/div>\n
RSVP on City of Asylum’s site: http:\/\/cityofasylum.org\/event\/write-to-witness\/<\/div>\n
OR<\/div>\n
Facebook event: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/361251004071136\/<\/div>\n
~<\/div>\n
This event is part of City of Asylum\u2019s Alphabet City Open Stage series. As part of our commitment to giving voice and visibility, Summer on Sampsonia\u2019s Alphabet City Open Stage provides writers, artists, and thinkers with a platform for their work. Every two weeks, the Alphabet City Tent will be opened to anyone in the community, from poets to professors, to read, share, discuss, and think.<\/div>\n

Download and share the flyer: \u00a0Write to Witness June 23 2015 FlyerA<\/a><\/p>\n

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