Celebrate International Women's Day!

Violations at Home and Abroad: Women’s Human Rights and Violence Against Women

Please join Amnesty International USA Mid-Atlantic Regional Office, the DC Women’s Human Rights Action Team, and the National Capital Chapter of the US Committee for UNIFEM (UNIFEM/USA/NCC) as we observe International Women’s Day 2005 with a cocktail reception followed by the Premier Screening of two documentaries highlighting women’s human rights struggles at home and abroad, and a speaker panel to discuss these issues in more detail.

Where: City Museum of Washington, DC
(DC Independent Film Festival)
801 K Street, NW at Mount Vernon Square

Washington, DC

When: March 8, 2005 from 5:30 to 9:30pm

Reception: 5:30 - 6:15pm
Music, wine, and hors d-oeuvres

Films: 6:15 - 7:55pm
Broken, Battered, and Bruised (12 minutes)
Directed by Debra Hussong

The Peacekeepers and the Women (92 minutes)
Directed by Karin Jurschick

Panel: 8:15 - 9:30pm
Violation at Home and Abroad: Women’s Human Rights and Violence

Against Women
Speakers: Ashley Garrett, International Organization for Migration
Ann Jordan, Global Rights
Mohamed Mottar, Project Protection

Tickets: Reception Only: $10
Films & Panel Only: $9/$7 (students and seniors)
Combination Ticket: $15

For more information, please contact Caroline Slobodzian of UNIFEM/USA/NCC at cslobodzian@mail.com, or Jennie Simpson at jenmsimpson@gmail.com. Many thanks to the DC Independent Film Festival for partnering with us to commemorate this year’s International Women’s Day. For more information on the DC Independent Film Festival and a schedule of events, please visit www.dciff.org.

EVENT: Violence Against Women In Conflict: Darfur, Sudan

Please join Amnesty International, the International Network of the Women's Information Network, our distinguished speakers, and members of thecommunity for a panel discussion on the impact of the armed conflict inDarfur on women and girls and what people can do to help.

Where: George Washington University Marvin Center, 3rd floor Ballroom (80021st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052)

When: February 23, 2005 from 7-9 pm

Speakers Include:
Adotei Akwei Director of Campaigns Unit, Amnesty International USA

Ann-Louise Colgan Director for Policy Analysis and Communications, AfricaAction

Marie Clarke Brill Director for Public Education and Mobilization, AfricaAction

Katherine Brantingham Administrative and Program Support Coordinator, USDASudan Group

For more information, please contact dcwhrat@yahoo.com

Hosted by: Amnesty International's DC-Women's Human Rights Action Team,George Washington University Amnesty International Chapter and TheInternational Network of the Women's Information Network

Upcoming Conference

The 12th Annual American University Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, Feburary 11-13, 2005

Since the first Lav Lgs conference in 1993, common themes in conference discussion have been two-fold: how lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgendered persons and queers use language in everyday life, and how language gets used against us by others.
Unlike the case at the larger professional meetings, Lav Lgs program is organized to facilitate face-to-face conversation and to allow discussion to continue throughout the three-day conference period. Indeed, participants work hard each year to maintain a non-attitude environment at all conference events, thereby enabling conversations between established scholars and those just beginning to explore lavender language interests, and between academics, public intellectuals and community activists. Conflicting points of view about language, gender and sexuality often arise during these discussions, but conference participants are not demeaned or devalued in order to secure such exchange.

Registration is $10 for employed persons, and $5 for students, those between jobs, and others with limited income. Preregistration is not required.
Conference registration and all conference activities take place on the 6th floor of the Butler Pavilion and in the Mary Graydon Center nearby. The Butler Pavilion and the MGC are fully accessible conference facilities.

For the program, abstracts and more info, visit the website: http://www.american.edu/cas/anthro/lavenderlanguages/registration.cfm

Amnesty International Second Annual DC Citywide Meeting

Join Amnesty International Activists from DC for the Second Annual DC Citywide Meeting

Saturday, February 26th
George Washington University
Monroe Hall, 2nd Floor
2115 G Street, on G Street Between 21st and 22nd Streets
Closest Metro Stop: Foggy Bottom-GWU
10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

THIS EVENT IS FREE!The Citywide Meeting is a great opportunity to meet other AI activists and take part in workshops that will help your group be more effective! Theworkshops will focus on fundraising, leadership development, coalitionbuilding, and recruitment and retention. There will also be a special plenary session focusing on violence against women in Darfur, Sudan. Pre-registration is not necessary, but very appreciated. To register orfind out more information contact Eric Sears at esears@aiusa.org or202-544-0200 ext. 243.