Friday, October 07, 2005

10/12: DCWHRAT General Meeting and Amnesty 101 Teach-in

Please join us for our monthly meeting on next Wednesday 12 October 2005 at 7pm. We will first discuss Action Team business and at 7:45pm we will start the teach-in. The meeting will be held at the Amnesty International office (600 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, metro Eastern Market).

For the teach-in, we will be learning more about Amnesty International. This teach-in is a good opportunity to learn about Amnesty's structure and the human rights issues on which Amnesty works. We are honored to have Folabi Olagbaju, the Regional Director of the Mid-Atlantic office to talk to us.

Here is the agenda for the meeting:

Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference Update
- Presentation of Conference Activitie>

16 Days of Activisim Update
- Recap of Planning Meeting
- Vote on event options
- Call to Participate
- Schedule another meeting

House Parties for Lifetime Trafficking Movie
- Update on Planning

Call for Volunteers to Design Our Website

Teach-in -- Amnesty 101 with Folabi Olagbaju, Director of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office

Please remember:Next Wednesday 12 October 2005 at 7pm (DC WHRAT general business), 7:45pm Amnesty 101 Teach-in
Amnesty International Office (600 Pennsylvania Avenue SE) Eastern Market Metro

For more information please email dcwhrat@yahoo.com. We hope to see you there!