11 April 2007

you can be the difference you want to see...

from the diaries of the tennessee dude...

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let me be clear with you - i do not work for amnesty international usa, or aiusa (but that i could - but alas nashville, tennessee is simply not a locale where one can get hired to do much human rights organizing much less for the premier grassroots human rights organization in the usa) ... but what i am is an annual dues paying member and a volunteer leader (the state death penalty abolition coordinator for tennessee and a member of the multicultural assessment and advisory committee or the maac)...so it could even be said that i pay for the privilege of working to build an effective and inclusive human rights movement here in the ol' us of a...

let's talk reality here shall we??? amnesty international not only talks the talk but walks the walk and community based volunteers like me are one reason why...but we couldn't be nearly as effective without the support of the amnesty international infrastructure including staff and that's what your membership supports: verifiable, independent research and reporting, training, on-line and face-to-face action tools, constantly updated reports on issues across the board and countries around the world, and coll blogging like i do over at the program to abolish the death penalty blog...

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oh yeah...peace out <3

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