From: jlaird@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James P Laird)
Subject: AIUSA Midwest Student Activism Day Nov. 14
Followup-To: soc.rights.human
Summary: Nov. 14 in Chicago
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Keywords: Amnesty, Student, AIUSA, Midwest
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 19:55:39 GMT

                              HOPE
                               IS
                             POWER!

                    Amnesty International USA
                  Midwest Student Activism Day

                   Saturday, November 14, 1992
              University of Illinois Circle Campus
                   Behavioral Science Building
                       1007 West Harrison
                        Chicago, Illinois

Student Activism Day is an action-oriented series of workshops
designed to enable high school and college Amnesty International
members to become more effective human rights activists by
exchanging ideas and discussing human rights issues.

PLACE AND TIME
This year's Student Activism Day will be held in the Behavioral
Science Building at the University of Illinois Circle Campus,
1007 West Harrison in Chicago.  Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. 
The University is wheelchair accessible.

CONFIRMATION PACKET
Upon receiving your registration form, we will send you a
confirmation packet which includes the following information:
     * map of the campus and outlying areas
     * bus and train schedules
     * housing options
     * list of local restaurants

MEALS
We will provide a breakfast of coffee, tea, donuts, bagels, and
muffins.  Since we are on a tight budget, we will leave lunch and
dinner up to you.  We encourage you to bring a lunch so that you
can socialize with other students during the lunch break.  

QUESTIONS?
Please call Vienna Colucci at the Midwest AIUSA office:  
312-427-2060

THE PROGRAM
8:30am         Registration
9:15-10:15     * Welcome by Sonia Rosen, AIUSA Midwest Director
               * Keynote Address by Jack Healy, 
                 AIUSA Executive Director
10:30-12:00    Workshop Session I
12:00-1:30     Lunch (on your own)
 1:45-3:15     Workshop Session II
 3:30-3:45     Meet Janice Christensen, 
               AIUSA National Student Program Director
 4:00-5:00     Documentary:  "Circle of Chalk, Circle of Fire"
 5:00-5:45pm   * Meet Student Area Coordinators
               * Meet Midwest Student Program Coordinator
               * Meet your National College Advisory Committee
                 representative
               * Network with other student groups

WORKSHOP TOPICS
THE BASICS
* Introduction to Amnesty International (AI)
* Abolishing the death penalty
* AI's legislative agenda
* AI's mandate
* Human rights education
* AI's resolutions process
* Becoming a culturally diverse movement

SKILLS
* Working with the media
* Organizing AI on your campus
* Organizing AI in your high school
* Facilitating effective AI meetings
* Becoming an effective group coordinator

ISSUES
* Human rights violations against women
* Protecting children's human rights
* AI action on police brutality
* Refugees' human rights concerns
* Human rights abuses in former Yugoslavia

CAMPAIGNS
* AI campaign:  India
* AI campaign:  Indigenous Peoples
* AI campaign:  Myanmar (Burma)
* AI campaign:  Commonwealth of Independent States
* AI campaign:  Fundraising

THE FUTURE
* Careers in human rights
* Moving on:  student transitions

REGISTRATION
Student Activism Day
Amnesty International USA Midwest
Chicago, Illinois

Registration Deadline:  October 26, 1992

Name:  ___________________________________________________
  
Address: _________________________________________________

City, State, and ZIP:  ___________________________________

Phone:  __________________________________________________

School Name:  ____________________________________________

High School:  ___             College:  ___

$10 per person pre-registration (by October 26):  ________

$15 per person late registration (after October 26): _____

*** The registration fee is non-refundable ***

Please make checks payable to:  Amnesty International USA

Mail registration form and check to:
     Student Activism Day
     AIUSA Midwest
     53 West Jackson, Suite 1162
     Chicago, Illinois  60604

Please indicate the two workshops you will most likely
participate in:

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

Individual members of a group may want to attend different
workshops and then share what they have learned with the 
rest of the group.  In this way, the group will have 
benefitted from the greatest number of workshops.