Amnesty International is celebrating its 50th anniversary!

Amnesty International is celebrating its 50th anniversary of grassroots activism for Human Rights this March 17-20th! AIUSA's first ever Youth Summit is taking place prior to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, March 17. Activists age 14-25 are encouraged to attend for networking and training opportunities before the AGM. http://www.amnestyusa.org/agm/youthsummit.php.The 2011 AGM and 50th Anniversary Celebration will take place at the historic Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco March 18 � March 20. All information about the Annual General Meeting can be found online at www.amnestyusa.org/agm. Confirmed speakers include: ⬢ Christy Turlington Burns - Model, Maternal Health Advocate, Documentary Filmmaker ⬢ Saul Hernandez - Lead singer of 'Jaguares', one of the most influential rock bands in Mexico and Latin America ⬢ Chad Stokes Urmston - of the bands 'Dispatch' and 'State Radio'. Avid activist for Amnesty and also co-founder of the service organization, Calling All Crows ⬢ Nazanin Boniadi - Iranian-British actress and AIUSA Spokesperson. She has appeared in such films as Charlie Wilson's War, Iron Man and The Next Three Days. ⬢ Jahi - CEO of Microphone Mechanics and international Hip Hop artist, producer, and arranger who supported Amnesty International's Demand Dignity Campaign and adjunct professor at San Francisco State University's Music Recording Industry program ⬢ Joan Baez - American folk singer-songwriter, activist, and one of the key early supporters of AIUSA in the west ⬢ Mike Posner - Lawyer, the Founding Executive Director and later the President of Human Rights First, former member of AIUSA Board of Directors and the current Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the United States ⬢ Roxana Saberi - Journalist and former prisoner of conscience ⬢ Lydia Cacho - Author, Journalist, and Ginetta Sagan award recipient ⬢ U.N. Special Rapporteur Juan Mendez - Arg
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