Banned Books Week 2026
Join Amnesty International USA Group 48 for its Banned Books Week Action: October 10, 20262:00 – 5:00 pm Bold Books and Coffee1755 SW JeffersonPortland, OR 97205 We will write letters and cards to support individuals around the world at risk for exercising their human right to freedom of expression. Sample letters and cards, pens, and…
READ MORE2025 Write for Rights
AIUSA Group 48’s annual Write for Rights event will be held on Thursday, December 11th, from 4:30 to 6:30 pm at Bold Coffee and Books, 1755 SW Jefferson Street, Portland. Please join us for conversation, beverages, and delicious desserts as we write letters and cards on the cases featured in Amnesty International’s annual global event.…
READ MORE23 Years of Guantanamo: Close the “Detention Center” Now!
One day before the 23rd anniversary of the notorious prison’s opening, people in Portland will gather for a rally and march calling to close down United States’ Guantanamo Bay “detention center” in Cuba. Thirty (30) people remain there. Most of the active military aspects of the “war on terror” have subsided, and for years, over…
READ MORE2024 Write for Rights
AIUSA Group 48 will host its annual Write for Rights in December. Write for Rights is Amnesty International’s annual global letter writing marathon that generate millions of messages for people whose basic human rights are under attack. Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Time: 1:00-4:00pm Location: Central Library, 801 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, OR 97205 What to bring:
READ MOREGuantanamo: 22 Years of Imprisonment without End … for 29 People
On Friday, January 12, 2024 Portlanders will gather for a rally and march calling once again to close down the prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The US opened this “detention facility” on January 11, 2002, twenty-two years ago. Twenty-nine (29) people remain there. Most of the active military aspects of the “war on terror”…
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