Amnesty International at Vassar College

12/10/2016

Happy Human Rights Day from Amnesty International at Vassar!

11/18/2015

Donate now:
Refugee clothing drive in Lathrop basement til the end of the semester!
https://www.facebook.com/events/998356640184805/

04/29/2015

Free pizza in Rocky 300! Come learn about refugees!

03/17/2015

A success! Trafficking Victims Protection and Justice Act (A.506) was passed by the New York state Assembly and will now be sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo to be signed into law. Some highlights include (1)Recognizing that buying children for s*x is child abuse (2)Defending trafficked people from criminal prosecution (3)Strengthening cases against traffickers via wiretaps and (4)Eliminating stigmatizing language. http://www.tvpja.com/

Go to http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/A506-2015 for more specific information.

It is urgent that we pass this important legislation now. As a survivor of s*x trafficking, I can attest to the fact that traffickers and s*x buyers inflict severe trauma and pain which has long...

02/05/2015

"CALL FOR PAPERS.
The Student World Affairs Conference welcomes proposals from students of political science, history, philosophy, gender studies, economics, business, and more. This year's conference is on conflict resolution. If you have a paper you would like to present, please submit an abstract of 200-500 words via email to [email protected]. Please note that final papers must be at least five pages in length; there is no page limit, but the presentation time limit of fifteen minutes will be enforced. Deadline for submissions is Feb 7. See http://swac.squarespace.com/ for more details."

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04/26/2014

04/16/2014

Hi, everyone! Tonight, we are screening "Road to Guantanamo" at 7PM in Rocky 200! FREE TWISTED SOUL!

06/16/2013

Chance that a U.S.gun owner has ever called or written a member of Congress about gun-control legislation: 1 in 5
That someone living in a household without a gun has: 1 in 10
Number of bill strengthening gun control that have been signed into law since the Sany Hook shooting: 14
Number weakening gun control: 37

05/16/2013

http://m.guardiannews.com/commentisfree/2013/may/15/new-orleans-shooting-not-national-news

David Dennis: The media seems to forget about New Orleans and any place that the middle class can't easily relate to