Amnesty International Club

Our Mission:

Amnesty's mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses towards human rights.We work to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied.

Our Activities:

Snack n Pack
Direct Service
Pack to go lunches with non-perishable items as well as toiletries for the homeless population of New Haven.

Lunch Packing Event
Direct Service
We will be providing 80 packed lunches to the Downtown evening soup kitchen and distributing them to individuals who come for meals.

Educational Volunteers
Direct Service
Tutoring individuals through IRIS

Write for Rights Event
Advocacy, or Activism
Every December, during Write for Rights, Amnesty International supporters from all across the globe write letters for people experiencing human rights abuse.

Yale Amnesty International
Advocacy, or Activism
Yale Amnesty International organizes events on campus to advocate and spread awareness of international issues pertaining to human rights violations all over the world such as through information campaigns, fundraisers, workshops, and more. The organization also focuses on direct service through giving back to different communities such as making care packages, donations, and other methods of volunteering.

Creative Writing Competition
Advocacy, or Activism
Students submit poetry, spoken word, written articles about a human rights project they're passionate about

International Mother Language Day
Advocacy, or Activism
In honor of International Mother Language Day, students will be allowed to perform art pieces like spoken word, poetry, singing, etc. in their mother tongue.

World Earth Day
Advocacy, or Activism
We will be collaborating with YSEC to pass out succulents on cross-campus for students to take in honor of World Earth Day as well as providing organization for people to donate to.

Write for Rights Event
Advocacy, or Activism
We will be gathering signatures for 13 individuals who's human rights have been abused worldwide. By doing so, we apply pressure onto their governments to provide them with repatriation.

SLAMnesty- Slam Poetry Night
Advocacy, or Activism
Social event where all Yale students are welcome to show off their spoken word and talk about humanitarian issues worldwide.

Fundraising Event for Pakistan
Fundraising
We intend to collaborate with the MSA and PSA to host Ustadth Ubaydullah Evans for a fundraising night for the Pakistan floods. This event is open to the entire New Haven community and there'll be options throughout the night to donate.

Turkey Syria Fundraising Event
Fundraising
In collaboration with Islamic relief, we plan to host a community fundraising event for the recent earthquake crisis in Turkey/Syria

Domestic Abuse Awareness
Fundraising
We will be asking students to paint one finger nail as representation of the 1 in 5 women and children who experience domestic violence in their lives. We will also encourage donations which will go directly to the Polished Man.

Student Leaders:

Layla Hedroug - Coordinator/President