BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Amnesty International USA - ECPv5.16.1.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.amnestyusa.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Amnesty International USA REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220831T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220831T213000 DTSTAMP:20220830T212359 CREATED:20210518T233453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T233453Z UID:73264-1661977800-1661981400@www.amnestyusa.org SUMMARY:Monthly Membership Call DESCRIPTION:Each month\, staff from Amnesty International’s Grassroots Leadership and Engagement Unit (GLE) coordinate a Monthly Membership Call. \nThese calls are an opportunity for all Amnesty members to learn about our current priority campaigns\, dialogue with other members and staff\, find out what’s happening at the national and local levels\, and much more! These monthly calls are a space for you – as Amnesty members and member leaders – to communicate\, ask questions and share knowledge with other members\, staff and groups. \nMonthly membership calls are generally held on the last Wednesday of the month and are open to all Amnesty members. Join this call to learn more about Amnesty’s priority actions and activism this month! \n  URL:https://www.amnestyusa.org/event/monthly-membership-calls-2021-06-30/2022-08-31/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T213000 DTSTAMP:20220830T212359 CREATED:20220810T201248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220829T195917Z UID:79741-1663272000-1663277400@www.amnestyusa.org SUMMARY:Banned Books Week 2022 Launch Event\, Thursday\, Sept 15 at 8pm ET/7pm CT/5pm PCT DESCRIPTION:Jailed for Words and Art: Uplifting Critical Voices and Fighting Censorship \nYou have the right to say what you think\, share information and demand a better world. Exercising these rights – without fear or unlawful interference – is central to living in an open and fair society. Yet across the globe governments have increased censorship and routinely imprison people for speaking out!   \nThis event will feature the works of critical voices that governments are trying to silence. We will hear from local advocates who work to promote and protect free speech!    \nEvent Registration: https://bit.ly/3Bsnas5  \nSpeakers include: \nMartha Hickson has been a high school librarian since 2005. A graduate of the Rutgers University School of Communication & Information\, Martha has written for School Library Journal\, Booklist\, KnowledgeQuest\, the American Library Association Intellectual Freedom Blog\, NJEA Review\, and School Librarian’s Workshop. She has been a presenter at conferences and webinars\, including the American Association of School Librarians\, Future Ready Librarians\, the New Jersey Library Association\, and the New Jersey Association of School Librarians. Her defense of intellectual freedom has been recognized with awards from the New Jersey Association of School Librarians\, the New Jersey Library Association\, the American Association of School Librarians\, and the National Council of Teachers of English. In 2022\, the National Coalition Against Censorship presented Martha with the Judith Krug Outstanding Librarian Award and the American Library Association presented her with the Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity in recognition of her “energy and bravery in the face of … persistent and ongoing hostility\,” while advocating for students’ First Amendment right to read. \n  \nCameron Samuels (they/them) recently graduated from the Katy Independent School District in Texas where they organized FReadom Week\, a district-wide effort that began the distribution of 700+ challenged and banned books across Texas. Once the only student to speak at school board meetings\, Samuels built a student-led movement within months by packing board meetings to stand up for the Freedom to Read. \n  \nInternational Federation of Libraries and more! \nHere is a link to the Banned Books Week landing page URL:https://www.amnestyusa.org/event/banned-books-week-2022-launch-event-thursday-sept-15-at-8pm-et-7pm-ct-5pm-pct/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bbw-launch-even_59189423-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cynthia%20Gabriel%20Walsh":MAILTO:cgabriel@aiusa.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR