Cabbagetown-Riverdale Amnesty group, AI164 Toronto

Card Writing Party - January 10

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There will be no regular meeting in January.
Instead, we'll have our annual party (at Ken & Judy's this year) on Tuesday January 10, and write greeting cards to prisoners of conscience and human rights defenders.

AI Group 164's first regular meeting in 2012 will be held on Tuesday February 7 at 7 pm.

Next Meeting, Tuesday, December 6, 7 p.m.

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Our regular business meeting will follow a talk on Mexico.
See details below.

We'll meet in the annex of St. Barnabas Anglican Church, Danforth (at Chester).
Enter through the gate at 171 Hampton Street along the west side of the church, the first gate past the playground. If no one's at the door to let you in, please knock.

Starting at 7 pm, Michael Ballin and Cara Gibbons, Mexico Coordinators for Amnesty Canada, will give a talk entitled Justice and Human Rights in a Period of Deepening Crisis in Mexico.

Michael Ballin lived in Mexico from 2000-2003 and has volunteered on local and national committees for Oxfam Canada since 1974. He is an enthusiastic supporter of Amnesty's Demand Dignity Campaign, generally and specifically in Mexico. He has professor emeritus standing at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, where he was an Associate Professor of English for 28 years.

Cara Gibbons just completed an M.A. degree in International Law and has worked on the case of Ines Fernandez Ortega and Valentina Rosendo Cantu, two women seeking justice against soldiers from the Mexican Army who allegedly raped them.

All are welcome. For further information contact Brian Deming, 647 342-0846 or bdeming@sympatico.ca

Next Meeting, Tuesday, November 1, 7 p.m.

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We'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).

Next Meeting, Tuesday, October 4, 7 p.m.

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On October 4, we'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).

Next Meeting, Tuesday, September 6, 7 p.m.

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Group 164 will not meet in July or August.
On September 6, we'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).

Next Meeting, Tuesday, June 14, 7 p.m.

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Please note change in usual meeting date from first to second Tuesday in June.

We'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).

Next Meeting, Tuesday, May 3, 7 p.m.

2011-04-27T07:25:00.000-07:00

We'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).

Our annual fund raising auction is set for May 11!
See Auction Blog for details

Next Meeting, Tuesday, April 5, 7 p.m.

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We'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).

The date for our Fundraising Auction at the Granite Brewery and Restaurant is now set for May 11!
More details will soon be available on our Auction Blog.

Next Meeting, Tuesday, March 1, 7 p.m.

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We'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).

Next Meeting, Tuesday, February 1, 7 p.m.

2011-01-07T14:49:00.000-08:00

We'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).

Card Writing Party

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Instead of our regular January meeting, we will celebrate the start of the new year with a card writing party at Ken & Judy's on Tuesday, January 4, starting at 6 pm.

Our February 1 meeting will take place as usual at St. Barnabas Church at 7 pm.

Next Meeting, Tuesday, December 7, 7 p.m.

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We'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).

Next Meeting, Tuesday, November 2, 7 p.m.

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We'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).

Next Meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m.

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We'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).

Next Meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 7 p.m.

2010-08-31T12:41:00.000-07:00

We'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).

Next Meeting, Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at 7 p.m.

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We'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).
Enter through the gate at 171 Hampton Street along the west side of the church, the first gate past the playground. If no one's at the door to let you in, please knock.
We won't meet again until September 7.

Next Meeting, Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at 7 p.m.

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2010 Auction for Amnesty on Wednesday, May 12 - free beer and bargains galore!

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Auction details at ai164auction.blogspot.com/

Next Meeting, Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at 7 p.m.

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We'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).
The construction which blocked our usual entrance for a few months is now finished. So once again enter through the gate at 171 Hampton Street along the west side of the church, the first gate past the playground. If no one's at the door to let you in, please knock.

Next Meeting, Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at 7 p.m.

2010-02-24T13:05:00.000-08:00

NB: This meeting will not be at St. Barnabas.
Instead we will meet at Amnesty's Toronto Office which is at 1992 Yonge St., 3rd floor (a short walk north of the Davisville subway station).
There will be a presentation on Colombia by Kathy Price, AI Latin America campaigner, and friends Adriana Salazar and Oscar Ordonez, Colombian human rights activists, with a short film to follow.
Everybody is welcome.

Next Meeting, Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 7 p.m.

2010-01-27T13:03:00.000-08:00

As usual, we'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester). The door to our meeting room is blocked by construction, so enter by the door on Hampton Street along the west side of the church, before the playground. Head south, through the gymnasium, then go through the door on the right. To avoid disturbing the class which uses the gym on Tuesday evenings, please be sure to arrive a few minutes before 7.

Card writing party on Tuesday, January 5, 2010

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In place of our regular January meeting, we'll have our annual party and write cards to prisoners of conscience.
Location: Ken & Judy's house
Time: about 6:30 p.m.

Update: We wrote and mailed off 90 greeting cards to Amnesty prisoners of conscience and human rights organizations.

Next Meeting, Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at 7 p.m.

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As usual, we'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).

Next Meeting, Tuesday, November 3, 2009, at 7 p.m.

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Next Meeting, Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at 7 p.m.

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We'll meet at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).

Next Meeting, Tuesday, September 8, 2009, at 7 p.m.

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We don't meet during July and August, so the next meeting will be September 8, the day after Labour Day.

Next Meeting, Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at 7 p.m.

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Our guest speaker is Zinaw Chewaka who will tell us about Birtukan Mideksa, an Ethiopian opposition party leader who was arrested on 28 December 2008 and is being held in Kaliti Prison without charge, in solitary confinement. Amnesty International considers her a prisoner of conscience.

Next Meeting, Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at 7 p.m.

2009-04-10T15:24:00.000-07:00

At St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).

Our 19th annual Auction for Amnesty will be held May 6 at the Granite Brewery in Toronto.
See our Auction Blog at http://ai164auction.blogspot.com/ for details, plus a list of goodies to bid on.

Next Meeting, Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at 7 p.m.

2009-03-31T20:13:00.000-07:00

At St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).

We're gearing up for another Auction for Amnesty, to be held May 6 at the Granite Brewery in Toronto.

Next Meeting, Tuesday, March. 3, 2009, at 7 p.m.

2009-01-14T13:04:00.000-08:00

At St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth (at Chester).