{"id":6451,"date":"2014-10-12T13:52:30","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T13:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/?p=6451"},"modified":"2014-10-12T13:56:57","modified_gmt":"2014-10-12T13:56:57","slug":"newsletter-2014-10-12-election-results-upcoming-events-and-cfci-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/2014\/10\/newsletter-2014-10-12-election-results-upcoming-events-and-cfci-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter 2014-10-12: Election Results, Upcoming Events and CFCI Update!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><\/li><li><\/li><li><\/li><li><ul><li><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><\/li><li><\/li><li><ul><li><ul><li><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><\/li><li><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nAnother week has flown in! Congratulations to our three new committee members:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fundraising Officer Joe Clerke<\/li>\n<li>Ordinary Board Sarah Bacom<\/li>\n<li>Ordinary Board Seb Hammani<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And my deep regrets to those who stood but were not elected- please don&#8217;t be too disheartened, we definitely still very much want and appreciate your input over the coming months! The main AGM will take place in the second semester for those interested in standing then. I hope you will be just as keen!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone who helped making the banners for the death penalty demo on Friday; and my apologies for the confusion over the crafting session- due to issues with room bookings we decided to use the banners we already had plus the two that were made on Tuesday. A big well done especially to those who braved the intermittent showers to get all the #notodeathpenalty photos on Friday!<\/p>\n<p>If all the death penalty campaigning has piqued your interest and you have ideas or want to get involved give us an email at <a href=\"mailto:campaigns@guamnesty.org.uk\">campaigns@guamnesty.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Tuesday_14th_October_Film_Screening_of_In_Prison_My_Whole_Life\">Tuesday 14th October: Film Screening of <em>In Prison My Whole Life<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>5PM, Boyd Orr Building Room 222<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ipmwl.jpg\" alt=\"In Prison My Whole Life\" title=\"In Prison My Whole Life\" width=\"620\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note the venue! We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re over in the Boyd Orr Building for the meeting this Tuesday<\/strong>. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be watching the film <em>In Prison My Whole Life<\/em>, which we saw the trailer for last week. If you missed it, you can see it here:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c7K3pdnsWmM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(link for those reading in email: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c7K3pdnsWmM\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-6451];player=swf;width=640;height=385;\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c7K3pdnsWmM<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The film deals with the case of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mumia_Abu-Jamal\">Mumia Abu-Jamal<\/a>, convicted in July 1982 of killing a police officer. The title comes from the day in December 1981 of Abu-Jamal\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arrest- the day Will Francome (creator of the documentary) was born. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re lucky to have Will Francome joining us via teleconference after the screening too.  It should be a very good watch! More information and join the event: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/721239527960240\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/721239527960240\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Wednesday_15th_October_Death_Penalty_Debate_with_Dialectics\">Wednesday 15th October: Death Penalty Debate with Dialectics<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>6PM, Boyd Orr Building<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rounding off our look at the death penalty (for the time being) will be this debate conducted by the <a href=\"www.gudialectic.co.uk\/\">Dialectics society<\/a>. Join us for a discussion of how the death penalty is used internationally in what promises to be a very informative look at some of the issues surrounding extrajudicial killings, war crimes and mob justice.<\/p>\n<p>Get more info and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1480671768871674\/\">join the event on Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Reminder_AIUK_Student_Conference\">Reminder: AIUK Student Conference<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>November 1-2 2014, London<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/amnestyconference.jpg\" alt=\"Student conference\" title=\"Student conference\" width=\"620\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another quick reminder about the student conference coming up soon. We&#8217;ve got a few folks confirmed as going, so do get in touch if you want to come along! It&#8217;s a two-day dive into what Amnesty International is all about: campaigns, actions\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and meeting and socialising with other groups!<\/p>\n<p>Although the registration fee costs \u00c2\u00a320, we can apply to the SRC for a reimbursement on that so keep those receipts! There are workshops, campaign actions, discussions, socialising and much more. Let&#8217;s not forget we have an award to pick up for last year&#8217;s Secret Policeman&#8217;s Ball! Please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/about\">let me know if you are interested in coming<\/a> and we can try to make travel plans for the group.<\/p>\n<p>Places go quickly so don&#8217;t delay! More information and booking link are available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.org.uk\/events\/amnesty-student-conference-2014\">student conference page<\/a>; if you are travelling down please let me know and we can book something all together!<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"GU_GRASS_Info\">GU GRASS Info<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gugrass.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1509033_10152103032342029_7232566299446326114_n.jpg\" alt=\"GRASS header\" title=\"GRASS header\" width=\"620\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since there was interest in GRASS last week after Kit filled us in on some upcoming events (Thanks Kit!) I thought it would be worthwhile to give a few more details for those that might be interested in what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happening and the great work that they do.<\/p>\n<p>So first of all, from their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guagrass.org.uk\/star\/\">about page<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  At Glasgow University, we use our position as a university society to help asylum seekers and refugees in the best ways we can. As Glasgow is a distribution centre for refugees, a strong network of support for arriving refugees and asylum seekers in Glasgow is really important.  GRASS began in 1999 and has been working to improve the lives of refugees ever since.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can find them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/STARglasgow\/\">on Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/gugrass.org.uk\/\">their website<\/a> is pretty informative for things like past and current projects. Also on Facebook is the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/567164620094007\">event page for their Pub Quiz<\/a><\/strong> which Kit also mentioned.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Sleep-Out_Friday_24th_October_2014\">Sleep-Out: Friday 24th October 2014<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The annual sleep-out returns! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/?s=sleep%20out\">GU Amnesty has long been involved in these<\/a> and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a really good way to raise both money and awareness. Basically the idea is to meet up with sleep gear (bags\/mats\/etc), hang out for a bit in the evening to chat and listen to the music and\/or theatre sketch (latter TBC!). Unfortunately it looks like it won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be possible to use the Wellington Church as a venue this year, which is a shame as it was almost ideal! Despite this it will be going ahead in a couple of weeks, so dig out the sleeping bag and get sponsored!<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/s\/KS9XDPJ\">SurveyMonkey poll for the charity to be fundraised for in the sleep-out is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Jamnesty_Update\">Jamnesty Update<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Domi and Milia have been working hard to get things sorted out for Jamnesty in November, which is already shaping up to be a fantastic night! We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve a number of options for venues, and the line up of acts is looking good. If you want to get involved there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still time, just email <a href=\"mailto:jamnesty@guamnesty.org.uk\">jamnesty@guamnesty.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"SPB_Update\">SPB Update<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/2014\/10\/newsletter-2014-10-04-important-announcement-death-penalty-and-many-events\/#Secret_Policeman8217s_Ball_Update\">mentioned last week<\/a> the SPB organisation is truly getting underway. Billy is totally on board with the plans and also wants to make this year bigger and better than ever!<\/p>\n<p>Duncan will be organising another meeting of the SPB subcommittee this week &#8211; likely to be Monday afternoon &#8211; for those coming on-board (such as those who signed up on Tuesday- thanks to you guys!), so <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/guamnesty\">keep an eye on Facebook for the details on that<\/a>. If you want to be involved, either get in touch via FB or email <a href=\"mailto:spb@guamnesty.org.uk\">spb@guamnesty.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"CFCI_News\">CFCI News!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/conflictminerals.jpg\" title=\"CFCI banner\" alt=\"CFCI banner\" width=\"620\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raisehopeforcongo.org\/content\/conflict-free-campus-initiative\">Conflict-Free Campus Initiative<\/a> has been a campaign GU Amnesty has been at the heart of for over two years. Briefly, it aims to change University purchasing policy to favour electronic items (PCs, laptops, tablets etc) which are produced in a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcconflict free\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 way. This means that, for example, the minerals such as gold, tin, tantalum and so forth are extracted and traded in a way that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t result in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enoughproject.org\/conflicts\/eastern_congo\">millions of deaths<\/a>. You can read more about the background of the CFCI, conflict minerals and what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s being asked asking for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/2013\/02\/petition-for-a-conflict-free-glasgow\/\">in our petition<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/?s=cfci\">the other information we have on it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The CFCI is now an inter-society coalition, much like the fossil fuel divestment group was. And much like the fossil fuel divestment group had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-29547137\">a very good result result in the uni senate recently<\/a> so did the CFCI! The senate agreed to set up a working group (much like it did previously with the fossil fuels group) to examine the case for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gucfci\/posts\/1498836843724533\">implementing the CFCI proposals<\/a>. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a big step on the road, but there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still a ways to go. On that note:<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Wednesday_29th_October_Conference\">Wednesday 29th October: Conference<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span id=\"aEConflict_in_the_Congo_Responses_from_the_International_CommunityaE\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcConflict in the Congo: Responses from the International Community\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em>4-6PM, Senate Room, Main Building, University of Glasgow<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With several interesting speakers, this conference co-hosted by CFCI Glasgow, GHRN and Global Security Network is a great opportunity to find out in a bit more detail what has been going on in the Congo and what the response has been.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  The event will be free and open to everyone, including all students and staff at the University, members of the Glasgow Human Rights Network and the Global Security Network, and anyone outwith the University who may be interested. The hope is that this event will provide an education to those who have little or no understanding of the on-going conflict in the DRC, as well as giving people from campaigning\/academic backgrounds with a focus on the DRC or human rights and conflicts the opportunity to engage with a range of speakers who can discuss various aspects of international interventions.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It looks really great and I know that Ruth has put a lot of work into organising the event, so I would strongly recommend gong if you&#8217;re free at 4 on Wednesday 29th! You can always check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gucfci\">CFCI Facebook page<\/a> for more info and updates.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Glasgow_West_Comedy_Night\">Glasgow West Comedy Night<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Wednesday 22nd October, 7:30 PM, The Stand Woodlands Road, \u00c2\u00a37<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our friends at the wonderful Glasgow West Amnesty group are putting on their annual comedy night, which is coming up on the 22nd of October. I&#8217;ve been to these before and it&#8217;s a great laugh!<\/p>\n<p>More info <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestand.co.uk\/show\/22681\/benefit_in_aid_of_amnesty_international\">is available on the event listing page<\/a>, and you might want to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.org.uk\/groups\/glasgow-west\">Glasgow West&#8217;s page<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Closing\">Closing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This week the newsletter comes to you from Sandridge Barton, near Stoke Gabriel in Devon. Reflecting those environs, I will leave you simply with a photo facing down to the River Dart. Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/devon-facing-river-hdr-smaller.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-6451];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/devon-facing-river-hdr-smaller-500x333.jpg\" title=\"Dartview\" alt=\"View down to River Dart\" width=\"620\"><\/a><br \/>\n<em>(Click for bigger size)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Get_in_Touch\">Get in Touch<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you have any questions, suggestions or feedback you can always <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/about\">get in touch<\/a> either via the website or on <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/guamnesty\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guamnesty\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another week has flown in! Congratulations to our three new committee members: Fundraising Officer Joe Clerke Ordinary Board Sarah Bacom Ordinary Board Seb Hammani And my deep regrets to those who stood but were not elected- please don&#8217;t be too disheartened, we definitely still very much want and appreciate your input over the coming months! <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/2014\/10\/newsletter-2014-10-12-election-results-upcoming-events-and-cfci-update\/\"><br \/>read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[203,9,1,214],"tags":[408,406,215,341,224,407,101],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ipmwl.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hmuU-1G3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6451"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6451"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6482,"href":"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6451\/revisions\/6482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}