Amnesty International: Raleigh - Group 213

Three members of Group 213 and two members of the staff in the office of Rep. Deborah Ross following a discussion of human rights concerns, August 2025.  

Amnesty International, Group 213, Raleigh, hosted two Write for Rights Events on December 8, 2024. These events were part of a global campaign organized annually by Amnesty International . All of the images on this page are from the event hosted by Highland United Methodist Church, 1901 Ridge Road in Raleigh, NC.   The event generated 183 letters and 57 petition signatures.   The same day, another event was hosted at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 600 Walnut Street in Cary, NC.  This event gathered 747 signatures on Write for Rights letters formatted as petitions.    

For this year’s Amnesty International Write for Rights effort, our group again asked our friends and family to join us in writing letters on the ten human rights cases highlighted by Amnesty International.   Our group sent off a total of 180 letters to government officials demanding justice in January. We also collected 110 letters of support that were sent to those who have had their rights abused. Vera continues to be our group record holder, with a whopping 136 letters this year alone!   Thank you to everyone who joined us! We are grateful for the commitment to justice shown every year through this effort.   Learn more about Write for Rights on Amnesty International USA’s webpage here:  https://write.amnestyusa.org

This spring and summer flew by- with the group participating in a variety of activities to shed light on human rights, here in the US and abroad. Here are some of the actions our group members participated in! A few years ago, the group took on the Saturday Mothers in Turkey as a case commitment following the Turkish government’s crackdown on their peaceful gatherings. Unfortunately, in March, the judge denied a request to drop the charges of 46 individuals who were charged with participating in an “illegal meeting” at the 700 th  gathering in August 2018. Josh organized the group in writing a solidarity letter, with Yavuz’s help translating, to show our support for their work during this difficult time. You can learn more about the Saturday Mothers case here: https://www.amnestyusa.org/the-saturday-mothers/ Vera and Susan got to ‘twist and shout’ AND get some signatures on petitions while tabling at the Paul McCartney concert at PNC in May! Following the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s H...