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Amnesty International Meeting Minutes
2011
October 5, 2011
In attendance:
Susan Smith - President
Sherry Voudouris - Vice President
Ellen Biesack - Trip Coordinator
Liz Saelens - Treasurer
Corrin Diestel - Urgent Action Officer
Sarah Johnson - Secretary
Gillian Moses
David Silvia
Upcoming Events:
-Documentary on October 12th is going to be in LH 108
-Tabling next week
-Women's Resource Center event on October 14th in Masonboro Island room FSU at 12PM
-November 3rd 7PM-9PM Tabling at Asian Hip Hop Summit Tour in Burney Center
-Dr. Das wants to get Mario Bencastro to speak in early February, wants to know if Amnesty will co-sponsor the event
Things to do:
-Make a facebook event for the Somalian Famine Benefit Concert
-Members need to research Tiny Hands organization, Somalian famine, and child soldiers for tabling next week
-Still planning fundraiser event for Invisible Children
September 21, 2011
In attendance:
Susan Smith - President
Ellen Biesack - Trip Coordinator
Sherry Voudouris - Vice President
Liz Saelens - Treasurer
Corrin Diestel - Urgent Action Officer
Sarah Johnson - Secretary
Jenny Thompson - New Members Coordinator
Gillian Moses
Amy Seibert
Christine Muraguri
Urgent Action / Current Events:
-Troy Davis execution delayed!
(Update: Troy Davis was executed in the state of Georgia at 11PM on September 21st after the Supreme Court denied his stay of execution. AIUNCW members and Catholic Campus Ministry members held a vigil for Davis before his execution.)
-Lawrence Brewer was also executed on September 21st in Texas. He admitted to attacking the victim, James Byrd, and gave an interview shortly before his execution saying he didn't regret anything.
-End abductions in Pakistan
- 93 people killed since last October
- Several members signed a petition online at amnesty.org
-NC Constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in North Carolina to go on the ballot this May
Upcoming Events:
UNCW Mini-Goes Global events from October 12th - 14th
-3 tables in the amphitheater from 10AM - 2PM
-Each table will have information on a single human rights topic
- Human trafficking
- Somalian famine relief
- School of the Americas
Screening of On the Line, followed by a School of the Americas discussion
-Public and International Affairs Dept. is very interesting in helping us have a School of the Americas discussion
-As of right now the event is scheduled to take place on October 12th from 5:00-6:30, location TBA
-Public and International Affairs Dept. also showed an interest in having RHA put flyers in the dorms to advertize the event
Somalian Relief Concert
-Date is yet to be confirmed, but will hopefully be on October 15th at the Soap Box
-We'll likely ask for a $5 entrance fee from anyone under 21 and $3 from anyone over 21, or a donation of canned food goods or clothing
-Proceeds from the event will go to UNICEF who are on the ground now trying to help with the relief efforts in the horn of Africa
-Donations of food or clothing will likely be given to a local charity
-We are still looking for opening acts to play at the concert
-Jenny is going to ask her co-workers if they would like to play at the event
Up Til Dawn
-St. Jude's all night fundraiser
-Everyone sits in Burney Center and addresses letters to friends and family asking for donations to St. Jude's
-There is an interest meeting this Monday, September 26th in the Azalea Coast, FSU from 6:00-6:30
-The actual event will take place sometime in January
-September 26th is also Chili's night. Proceeds from the restaurant will being going to St. Jude's
Invisible Children
-Interest in UNCW Amnesty International joining the Frontline Campaign
-The Frontline Campaign sets up radio towers so villages can send warnings of rebel attacks
-Participants need to set up a personal fundraising page on invisiblechildren.com, then join a team
-The fundraising ends on December 14th
-Members brainstormed ways to earn money for the campaign including having a walk at Hugh McRae Park and having a raffle
Dr. Scatton-Tessier has received a $70,000 grant and wants to partner with Amnesty to do an event!
September 7, 2011
In attendance:
Susan Smith - President
Sherry Voudouris - Vice President
Liz Saelens - Treasurer
Corrin Diestel - Urgent Action Officer
Ellen Biesack - Trip Coordinator
Sarah Johnson - Secretary
Amy Seibert
Jenna McPherson
Karla Berrios
Rhema Easley
Gillian Moses
Christine
Muraguri
Luke Edwards
Corrin Diestel is the new Urgent Action Officer!
Invisible Children screening in Lumina on September 20th at 7PM
-Amnesty International is co-sponsoring the event
-There will be a guest speaker from Uganda
-Set-up at 6PM, showing at 7PM
-Orgs participating have been invited to a get together in Hawk's Nest beforehand at 5PM
Zeitoun (UNCW's summer reading) event
-Would Amnesty International be interested in co-sponsoring that event?
Somalian famine
-What are we doing as a student org to help?
-What are we doing as a school to help?
School of the Americas Protest
-Overview of protest
-We're sending in the paperwork soon for travel funding
Pride event on September 12th from 6-9PM at the Clocktower
-Pride is having a vigil to protest the proposed amendment to the NC constitution that would ban gay marriage in North Carolina
Members agree to reactivate the UNCW Amnesty International facebook page
-Current officers will need to be added as administrators of the facebook group
Possible upcoming event ideas:
-Child labor laws
-Human-trafficking, sex slaves
-Immigration
-Falling Whistles - child soldiers
-School of the Americas
-A carnival that includes these various issues
-Ask other groups to co-sponsor the event(s), like a mini-UNCW Goes Global
August 31, 2011 - Interest Meeting
In attendance:
Susan Smith - President
Ellen Biesack - Trip Coordinator
Sarah Johnson - Secretary
Jenny Thompson - New Members Coordinator
Austin
Stephan Bell
Liz Saelens
Corrin Diestel
Sherry Voudouris
Catherine Carter
Kali Londa
Introductions
-Officer introductions
-Ice breaker game
-What is Amnesty International?
-What do we do as a student organization?
Overview of the School of the Americas protest in October
Members vote to have meetings at 8PM on Wednesdays this year
Officers Interest Meeting
-Sherry Voudouris is the new Vice President/Urgent Action Officer!
-Liz Saelens is the new Treasurer!
April 19, 2011 - Centro Hispano Event
Languages:
82% Spanish
16% Mixtec
2% Zapoteco
NC Fastest Growing Nonmetro Hispanic Communities...
NC Teen Pregnancy rate per 1000 girls 15-19
-Hispanic 147.5
-White 52.3
-Black 87.1
-culturally acceptable age differences, statutory rap in NC
-lack of parental supervision due to long working hours
-Catholicism, low abortion rates
Challenges
-low access to childcare
Agricultural Season
-Florida to NC to Michigan migrant triangle
-average 7 days of school missed in between moves
Fire in Pender County in 2009
-a whole hispanic family killed in a fire
-living in bad conditions, 5 space heaters
-no housing guidelines in that county
NC high school graduation rates
Hispanic 59%
Limited English 52.2%
UNCW Hispanic Enrollment
-Spring 2010 470
-Fall 2010 609
-popular majors: business, health, service oriented
-most in-state students
-most have good grades
-many want to give back to parents after college
Resources
-Pew Hispanic Center
-UNCW Centro Hispano
-NC Society of Hispanic Professionals
March 30, 2011
In attendance:
Ellen Biesack - President
Susan Smith - Vice President
Jenny Thompson - New Members Coordinator
Sarah Johnson - Secretary
UNCW Goes Global
-Centro Hispano (Topic: Immigration) April 19th 1:30-3:30 in Azaela Coast A
-Interfaith (Topic: Refugees) April 20th 5:00-6:00 in Sunset Beach Room
-Women's Center (Topic: Violence Against Women)
-Fully Belly Project
-AI (Topic: Fair Trade)
-Need to order about 25 T-shirts
Shack-a-thon
-Bead making for our craft station
-Need to get cardboard boxes
Upcoming Events
-March of Dimes Walk on April 30th
-Unifem Walk April 10th (free for students!)
-Catholic Campus Minstry event Monday 7PM in Wrightsville Beach Room
Banner from Dittos should be ready soon
March 23, 2011
In attendance:
Ellen Biesack – President
Susan Smith – Vice President
Jenny Thompson – New Members Coordinator
Sarah Johnson – Secretary
UNCW Goes Global
Confirmed participants:
-Centro Hispano
-Catholic Campus Ministries
-Interfaith
-Full Belly
-Jenny’s professor (pros and cons of fair trade)
-ECO (most likely participating)
Need to start assigning days for events
Collect $ for Red Cross for Japan at every event
Ordering AI Banner
-Amnesty office hasn’t responded to Susan’s attempts to contact them about their broken link on their website about ordering a banner
-Cost of making a banner on campus at Ditto’s is about $70
T-Shirts
-To be ordered after we know all the participants
-We’ll be giving away 2 free shirts at each event
Fair Trade Chocolate Tabling
(Week of April 18th MTW at the end of Chancellor’s walk)
-Make pretty posters
-Research more
-Make small flyers explaining fair trade
-Find campaigns and do petitions for fair trade chocolate
Shack-a-thon
-Go to Shoe Carnival or appliance store for cardboard boxes
-Meeting on April 11th for more information
Unifem Walk
-April 11th at Hugh McRae Park
March 9, 2011
In attendance:
Susan Smith - Vice President
Jenny Thompson - New Members Coordinator
Sarah Johnson - Secretary
Christine Muraguri
Topics Discussed:
Powershift - Potluck on Thursday
Women's Rights
More specific topic for labor and sweatshops
UNCW Goes Global
- T-shirts (colors, design, cost)
- Orgs included
- Advertising (sheets, big poster, flyers)
Upcoming Events:
Raise Your Brand
- recruitment, media training, event planning
- Thursday March 31st from 6:30-8:00 in Leutze 103
- Free Pizza!
To do:
- Research trafficking in Ukraine over Spring Break
- Susan designing T-shirt
- Register for Shack-a-thon
February 23, 2011
In Attendance:
Ellen Biesack - President
Jenny Thompson - New Members Coordinator
Nick Jackson
Christine Muraguri
Chase and Christine from UNCW ECO!
Christine and Chase on Powershift 2011:
-Wash. DC - 10,000 students, concerts, talks, teach-ins
-Sydney, Australia flash mob dance video
-April 15th to 17th
-powershift2011.org
-discussion on environmental policy and changes that we can make for clean, free energy
-ECO meetings every Monday, 7pm in the Masonboro Island Rm., FSC
UNCW Goes Global
-April 4-8
-AI event on labor, sweatshops, global corporations
-Build Your Better Easter event with suggestions for candy from good labor companies
-show a film? Flow or Walmart
-free speaker from UNCW?
-UNCWGG COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT WEEK!
University Apartments and Catholic Campus Ministries events!
-talk to your RA about doing human rights movie nights and events in your dorm/apartment!
AI T-shirts!
-createmytee.com
-ideas for designs?
-need number of shirts, colors, and downpayment before asking their designers to make one for us
February 9, 2011
In Attendance:
Ellen Biesack – President
Susan M. Smith – Vice President
Jenny Thompson – New Members Coordinator
Sarah Johnson – Secretary
Sid Menon
Upcoming Events:
- Marjorie Agosin, Chilean-American poet and author speaks at UNCW MO 101 (Bryan Auditorium) February 10th at 5 PM
- UNA (United Nations Association) Breakfast, Focus: Human Trafficking, Madeline Suite on March 5th at 9AM ($10 for students)
- UNCW ECO trip to Power Shift (a youth summit for environmental and social change) in Washington, D.C. in mid April (registration $50-$65)
Business:
- Members interested in attending Power Shift with UNCW ECO
- Members sent e-mails to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama about the Egypt conflict during the meeting
- Members plan to send letters to Egyptian student Karim Amer who was imprisoned in 2007 for saying negative things about President Mubarak on his blog. Members also plan to e-mail President Mubarak about Karim’s release.
Topics Discussed:
- Egypt conflict
- Abuses against Native American Women
- Drug cartels in Mexico
- Violence against Peace Corps members
- War on Drugs
1/26/2011
In attendance:
Ellen Biesack, President
Susan Smith, Vice President
Jacob Harris
Lauren Clapper
Jenny Thompson
Welcome to Amnesty 2011!
Upcoming Events:
Breaking Down Hate interest meeting Wed. Feb. 2nd, 5pm Masonboro Island Rm, FSC
Chilean American poet Marjorie Agosi speaks Wed. Feb. 9th, time and place TBA
-co-sponsored by foreign languages department and Amnesty – we will table before and after the event, all members present are interested in volunteering
Ideas for discussion at next general meeting/events/UNCW Goes Global
-domestic issues, i.e. prison reform, death penalty
-human trafficking (EVENT: showing of Taken or Call & Response)
-rape crisis in Indian reservations (read about it on Amnesty's website)
-sweatshops
-Blackwater/Xe
Upcoming Meetings:
Officer meeting Wed. Feb. 2nd 8pm Leutze Hall Rm. 145
Next general meeting Wed. Feb. 16th 8pm Leutze Hall Rm. 145 (we're missing Feb. 9th for the Chilean poet event!)
NOTE THE CHANGE IN LOCATION!!!
Will send out an e-mail about the chosen topic for the next meeting once it's decided. If you want to be involved as an officer, come next week!
MEETING MINUTES '09-'10:
Amnesty International Meeting Minutes
09/16/09
- International Day of Non-Violence 10/02
- Reserving the commons from 10-2pm; Music from 11-1pm
- Brian emailed Ellen; waiting to hear from Fourth Wall
- Make buttons for event
-Tabling with sign up sheet
- Monday, Wednesday, or Friday of next week
- Who wants to print up flyers and reserve tables?
-Collaborating with STAND to add art to the Boseman Gallery
-Make art Mon 09/28 8pm in Leutze 141
-Gallery open Wed 10/14
- Break into groups to discuss ideas
- Advertising Committee: Brian
- Events Coordination: Victoria
- Fundraising: Melanie
- Book Lumina Mon 10/12- On the Line
- Facilitated discussion afterwards?
- Die in on Wednesday?
- Cross necklaces and pins in memory of those lost to SOA graduates?
- Rev. Barrios contacted to speak- awaiting reply.
- Contact Gail Phares to speak instead
-New issue every two weeks
- Week One: Discuss issue; educate
- Week two: Act.
- Everyone bring in issue for next week!
- This week’s Urgent Action: Forced eviction is Milan, Italy.
- Should we do Wednesday socials?
- First Wednesday of the month.
Amnesty International Meeting Minutes
09/09/09
- Urgent Action: Forcible Eviction of the inhabitants of San Antonio town, Ebula.
- Synergy Event 09/13 6:30-7:30 pm in Randall Library
- Cohosting with STAND
- Involves synergy summer reading, A Long Way Gone
- Chris Abani 09/14 6:00-8:30 pm in Kenan Auditorium
- Peace Day 09/21
- Grandmothers for Peace is having a Peace Day celebration
- 6:30 pm in Hugh Mcrae Park
- World March for Peace and Nonviolence
- October 2- January 2
- March ideas?
- Make leaflets
- Contact media
- Concert on the commons?
- Nikki in 3D –Ellen’s band
- Project Burma
- World Action Festival 11/05
- Student orgs tabling
- Music
- Sponsored by Synergy
- IOC Yardsale
- November 7 8-12pm
- Bring things to sell.
- SOA Trip! 11/20-22
- www.soaw.org –Educate yourself.
- Film showing- Week of Oct 12.
- Car wash to raise money
- Hotel Holiday Inn
- Must know who is going by Oct 29
- Equality March –March in DC for LGBT rights
- October 10-11
- Possibly team up with PRIDE
- Good Shepherd Raffle
- Mother Earth Circle
- 11 days of peace (leading up to peace day)
- Different events everyone night
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