East and West Midlands Amnesty conference for local groups "GLOBAL RIGHTS-LOCAL ACTION, Human Rights are OUR Rights?"", 11th January 2020 at Aston University, 930-5pm

See report by Mid Warwickshire group member Chrissie in the attached document.

The aim of the conference is to bring together activists from the Midlands area to explore: 

• Area reaction to the Impact of the Movement (IoM) work at AIUK
• The creation, resourcing and directionof the IoM pilot to develop the IoM strategy; the pilots will be part of the AIUK Evaluation
• International Campaign Updates
• The Dissemination of Interesting Ideas and Practice across the Region 

The program is coming together: 

• IoM presentation
• Presentation on Football Welcomes involving Aston Villa and Leicester City
• Workshops with Country Coordinators
• Workshop on creative work with refugees and asylum seekers , jointly with City of Sanctuary
• Exhibition on Myanmar/Burma

Plus

• Action for Ali Aarrass

Local groups will be invited to bring reps from local partner organisations you work with and neighbouring Amnesty school and university groups. 

There will be a £5 charge to help cover the cost of refreshments. 

More details to follow, but please put the date in your diary