[Peace] Development of a local action network

[Scott Edwards]

***Please Circulate***

Amnesty International’s new country specialist for Sudan (a C-U resident) is 
organizing a local action network in coordination with CERRV (The 
Coordinated Effort for the Reporting of Rights Violations).

Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign 
for internationally recognized human rights. AI’s vision is of a world in 
which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal 
Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.

In pursuit of this vision, AI’s mission is to undertake research and action 
focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and 
mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from 
discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.

If you are interested in learning how to take action to address the crises 
in the Sudan, please join us. We are especially looking for local community 
members with skills in grassroots activism/mobilization, public 
relations/media, and research.

Areas of focus on the Sudan will be: Human Rights abuses by the government 
and paramilitary forces, violence against women, children’s issues, civil 
and political rights, education, and refugee affairs. We will act primarily 
by raising awareness in various community and regional media outlets, 
directly lobbying of US and foreign government officials, coordinating 
efforts with regional action networks, and developing strategies to meet the 
goals set forth by AI’s East Africa office.

If you are interested in participating:

Join the CERRV email list at 
http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/cerrv or email 
scottisimo at hotmail.com.

peace,
scott

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Scott Edwards
Amnesty International, US
Country Specialist for Sudan
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Civil/Political/Gender Projects Manager
Coordinative Effort for the Reporting of Rights Violations (CERRV)
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PreDoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois
561-389-7625