In attendance: Barbara, Bob, Tilo, Michele, Jeff, Brendan, Kara (via Skype), Struan, Nancy
Reports
April minutes approved as written
Treasurer: $500 from Ten Thousand Villages Community Event (December 2013) sent to AI in Boston
Actions and Updates
- Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand
- Struan brought an action for everyone to sign
- According to reports, Kabudvand was attacked during the Evin Prison incident on 17 April
- Evin Prison: AI issued a report about the 17 April incident
- Death penalty: Brendan shared a Time magazine cover story article from 26 March and there was discussion
- Meriam Yehya Ibrahim (Sudan)
- the U.S. State Department has stepped in
- her execution has been delayed for two years
- Barbara provided an action for us to sign
- unnamed woman (Jakarta, Indonesia)
- woman was gang-raped and accused of adultery
- she faces a sentence of caning
- Barbara provided an action for us to sign
Continuing Business and Upcoming Events
- Movie night at Tilo's: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, May at 7:30 (Barbara will e-mail everyone)
- Good Samaritan Fair in Paoli
- 13-14 June
- We would like to have a table there. Any volunteers other than Colin?
- There will be a telephone meeting at the end of July for all AI coordinators
- Barbara fielded suggestions for topics for a future AI event at the Ethical Society
- General AI topics
- Water
- Palestine
- making campaigning more effective
- using social media
On Friday, 23 May, it will be one year since President Obama promised to close Guantanamo; Barbara circulated a letter for us to sign and mail individually.
Upcoming Events
Meeting on 18 June
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