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Welcome to the Shoreline Amnesty Group

Meeting Times: 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7pm.

Location: Scranton Memorial Library, 801 Boston Post Road, Madison, CT   click here for directions

 

Conflict in the Middle East

Wednesday 11th May 2011 at 7:00pm

Speaker: Vincent Woods , Middle East Specialist for Amnesty's Northeast Region

 

 

 Abolish the Death Penalty

  

Wednesday 9th Feb 2011 at 7:00pm

Speaker: Bo Chamberlin, Field Organizer of CT Network to Abolish the Death Penalty (CNADP), 

 

Wednesday 8th Dec 2010 at 7:00pm

The public is invited to "Write For Rights" at the Wednesday,  December 8th meeting of the Shoreline chapter of Amnesty International. The special annual letter-writing campaign commemorates the anniversary of the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states that respect for human rights and human dignity "is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world".  Letters and cards will be written to prisoners of conscience and to their governments.  This event is free of charge, but attendees are encouraged to bring non-denominational greeting/ holiday cards for signing.

 

Call to Care Uganda

Wednesday 8th Sept 2010 at 7:00pm

 

Speaker: Martha Hoffman, President of Call To Care Uganda, who will share with us how the Madison-based organization got started and what her goals are for the children of Uganda. She will also discuss how by raising awareness of the children’s plight, how her group is able to form the human bridges across the ocean and provide assistance directly into the hands of those in need.

 

 

Madison 4th of July 2010 Parade

May 2010 Campaign for Aung San Suu Kyi