With Covid cases on the rise this winter, it was difficult to do in-person events, like tabling, but our group remained committed to human rights work. Here are some highlights from this past winter!
The group ended 2021 with our annual Write for Rights effort. We did not yet feel comfortable hosting our normal W4R party, so we individually made efforts to write the letters and reach out to our friends and family for help. We, with the help of our community, wrote 327 letters for the W4R effort. It’ll be hard to top it in 2022, but we will certainly try!
In early March, the group was officially voted into the North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty! We are happy to be joining state-wide efforts to dismantle the death penalty. See NCCADP’s website for more information: https://nccadp.org
Our group members also joined local events to spotlight human rights abuses. Solidarity Beyond the Walls held an event on Prisoner Abolitionist Community Building on UNC’s campus in March that Monica informed the group about, and Cynthia and Marsh attended a vigil put on by Advocates of Silenced Turkey to show support for women’s rights in Turkey (picture below).
The weekly death penalty vigil continued! The vigil happens every Monday, rain or shine, outside of the NC Central Prison from 5-6pm. Here is a picture of some vigilers (not all of whom are in Amnesty).
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