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Amnestea In The Park

As an end-of year event, we had a tea party / picnic in Kelvingrove Park in the glorious sunshine, modelled on the Amnestea parties Amnesty has been organising. It was such good fun it was tentatively decided we will have … Continue reading

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Calling All Friends of GU Amnesty

Hi! I hope everyone has had a really good summer, doing whatever you’ve been doing. I say summer with hilarious irony, because if you all like me were in the UK it was essentially a weird extended springish autumn thing. … Continue reading

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More on The Rescue

Hello Darlings, I am on the lookout for some volunteers who will be my team for the invisible children event. We will need many many volunteers to help us run the event as smoothly and as successfully as possible so … Continue reading

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Emergency Meeting

Hello all, Sorry to spring this on you but as the current climate requires we must act quickly. If you can make this meeting please attend, we could do with as much support as possible. 2pm outside the library tomorrow … Continue reading

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Raise-off event proposals for 2009

Hello Ladies and gentlemen, We have had a fantastic year so far, and we have an amazing total raised of almost £2,500. We must however not let oursleves get complacent there is everything to play for. I think that we … Continue reading

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Secret Policeman’s Ball

Hey All Just to let you know at the meeting this week we shall be giving you guys the first chance to grab a much coveted ticket for our Secret Policeman’s Ball. If you bring your money to the meeting … Continue reading

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Campaign Ideas

Hey guys, Exciting news, the main focus of Amnesty International for the month of November is STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, so get you thinking caps on because we will be focusing our campaigns events during November on this issue. There … Continue reading

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Protect The Human Week

As a part of protect the human week, we will be working with the Department of Adult and Continuing Education. For more information, look here. There will be a series of talks on the subject of protecting human rights, and … Continue reading

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Fundraising ideas

Bake sale Pub quiz Abseil Pool competition Wine tasting Bag packing Carol singing Selling hot drinks/toast after cheesy – barbecue? Car boot sale Film nights Public letter writing/ christmas card event ‘Duck race’ – orange ducks? Guantanaducks? Child soldier ducks? … Continue reading

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Mark Thomas’ famous work ‘On Liberty’ (1863)

Maybe I missed out on this article first time around (I put it down to being 14 at the time). However it’s now gone long enough to not look unobservant, and instead be producing a ‘modern classic’ for you to … Continue reading

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