Are you done with shopping for gifts? If not, you should consider visiting the Group 48 Fundraiser store! The store is stocked with special Group 48 gear (T-shirts, tote bag, coffee mug, etc) and other merchandise with human rights theme. If you ever run into writer’s block when you are writing letters for prisoners of [...]
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Last minute gift shopping for a good cause
Posted in Group 48 on December 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Group 48 Holiday Potluck & Write-a-thon
Posted in Events, Group 48, tagged Write-a-thon on November 28, 2010 | 13 Comments »
The second Friday of this December is December 10 – Human Rights Day. It’s only fitting that Group 48 continues its annual tradition to host a holiday potluck and Write-a-thon at the December meeting. In addition, there is going to be a special drawing for an autographed copy of Amy Goodman’s book, Breaking the Sound [...]
Launching the Ladis Kristof Memorial Fellowship
Posted in Group 48, tagged Ladis Kristof on November 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Submitted by Joanne Lau, Group 48 Coordinator For two months this fall, I got to work with one of our founding members, Jane Kristof, her son, New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof, and staff members of Amnesty International USA to establish the Ladis Kristof Memorial Fellowship in memory of Jane’s husband, also a founding member [...]
Celebrate & Defend Liu Xiaobo
Posted in China, Events, Group 48, tagged Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize on November 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to scholar and activist Liu Xiaobo of China. Liu is a prominent government critic who has repeatedly called for human rights protections, political accountability and democratization in China. He co-authored “Charter 08,” a proposal for political and legal reform in China. He is serving an 11-year prison [...]
The Response film and dialogue
Posted in Events, Group 48, Guantanamo Bay, tagged City of Portland on August 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The City of Portland Office of Human Relations has a monthly event called Human Rights Film and Dialogue Series that is held on the 4th Wednesday of each month. AIUSA Group 48 will be a partner for the event in September to showcase The Response — a courtroom drama based on the actual transcripts of [...]
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