Amnesty International Group 471
in North County San Diego, California, celebrates

21 years of active engagement in defending human rights!

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Come and Visit our AI Group booth at
Carlsbad Village Street Faire
Sunday, May 2, 2010
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Carlsbad Village in Carlsbad, CA
(Grand Ave from Carlsbad Blvd to Jefferson St)
our booth is on Madison, 1/2 block North of Carlsbad Village Dr.

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Save the date:

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

22^nd ANNUAL SAN DIEGO CANDLELIGHT

WALK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

"Human Trafficking

is Modern Day Slavery"

Sunday, October 17, 2010

- check back for details and updates -

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Great Success!!!
Thanks to all who participated (800+)

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

21^ST ANNUAL SAN DIEGO CANDLELIGHT

WALK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Sunday, October 18^th 2009, 5.30 pm

At The Oceanside Amphitheater – by the Pier

I-5 to Oceanside – take Mission Ave. West to the end

“DEFENDING THE DEFENDERS”

ALL OVER THE WORLD JOURNALISTS, LAWYERS, BLOGGERS

& COMMUNITY LEADERS RISKS THEIR LIVES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Our Speakers:

   Larry Cox – Amnesty Int’l USA Executive Director

   Marvyn Perez – Student activist, jailed & tortured in Guatemala

   Banafsheh Akhlaghi, Esq. – AI Western Regional Director

   Professor Marjorie Cohn – Jefferson School of Law

   to receive the 2009 Digna Ochoa Human Rights Defender Award

Refreshments

Live Music with Akayaa & Bolga Zohdoomah

 Be a voice for victims

of human rights abuses!

  Write a letter, save a life!

Endorsed by:

  * North County Forum * Global Village Foundation
  * Soroptimist Int’l Oceanside-Carlsbad

Our thanks to local Starbucks stores in Oceanside for providing coffee at the event.

   Free Event - Rain or Shine.

For more info call 760 731 9174 or 731 0735

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

North County Chapter’s

20th Anniversary & San Diego Candlelight

WALK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Sunday, October 19th, 2008 @ 5:30pm – FREE EVENT

At the Oceanside Amphitheater - Next to the Pier

(I-5 Exit in Oceanside @ Mission Ave. - West to the end)

A CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE

"Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere"

- Martin L. King, Jr

  Refreshments - Speakers - Live Music Performance

• REBIYA KADEER: Our "adopted" Prisoner of Conscience

Imprisoned in China 1999-2005 - Nobel Peace Prize nominee

• SEAN BUTLER: International Criminal Court Alliance

• PETER SCHEY: Reconciliation Process in South Africa

• Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice

received the Digna Ochoa Human Rights Defender Award 2008

• Tom Reeser of KOCT  received a special award as a token of our gratitude for all the years that they have been supporting our efforts and the community by making each event into an award winning documentary.

Live Music with Akayaa & Bolga Zohdoomah

Our thanks to local Starbucks stores in Oceanside for providing coffee at the event.