State Conference
Yale Amnesty International organizes an annual meeting to bring
Amnesty activists from around
2011 Connecticut State Conference at Yale
The 2011 State Conference was held on Saturday, October 22. More information to come soon!
2010 Connecticut State Conference at Yale
This year’s state meeting occurred on Saturday, October 16 from 10:30 am - 4:00 pm. Meeting organizers Kate Reynolds and Katy Naples-Mitchell spoke alongside Joshua Rubenstein, Northeast Regional Director of Amnesty International, who provided an overview of Amnesty International’s role in the human rights movement and a look ahead to the 2011 50th Anniversary of AI. Keynote speaker Allyson McKinney, Yale Law School Visiting Fellow, spoke about her work with orphans and mothers in Uganda. Workshop leaders Ebony McClease, Vincent Woods, Brian Harmon, and Bo Chamberlin spoke about activism resources in Connecticut. After lunch Ebony McClease led a workshop on student outreach in CT, Bo Chamberlin presented on the death penalty in the US and the human rights movement, and Brian Harmon and Vincent Woods jointly led a workshop on lobbying. Helen Jack concluded the day with an overview of AIUSA priority campaigns. In the final discussion, we talked about better ways to recruit members, coordinate with other Amnesty chapters, network, collaborate, and accomplish our goals.
2009 Connecticut State Conference at Yale
The CT state meeting took place on October 17 from 9am - 5pm. Amnesty groups throughout the state came together for human rights. Our Conference coordinator was Helen Jack. This conference resulted in the creation of a quarterly CT Amnesty International Newsletter.
2008 Connecticut State Conference at Yale
On Saturday, October 4, over forty people of all ages from Amnesty chapters around the state arrived on Yale campus for the meeting. Joshua Rubenstein, lifelong activist and the director of Amnesty International for the Northeast region, gave the keynote address. Yale Amnesty members and Connecticut Amnesty volunteer leaders facilitated workshops on group organizing and legislative lobbying. Later, Bob Nave, a death penalty abolition leader with the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty, gave a teach-in on the death penalty in Connecticut. Following the workshops and presentations, all those in attendance worked together to develop an effective communication system and activist network to plan human rights campaigns in which groups statewide would participate in.