Ledyard High School's Amnesty International Club

Reminder...

2012-01-24T18:12:00.000-08:00

We will have a meeting during activity period tomorrow. Hope to see you there!

T-Shirt Update

2012-01-20T06:10:00.000-08:00

Happy end of the semester! Hopefully your exams went well.

We will begin selling t-shirts again in the next few weeks during lunch. Remember to continue to promote our shirts!

Jabbar Savalan Freed

2012-01-06T17:13:00.000-08:00

Jabbar Savalan has received a presidential pardon as a result of Amnesty International's Write for Rights campaign. He was imprisoned by the Azerbaijani government for possession of marijuana, when just a day earlier, he called for Arab Spring inspired protests against the government on Facebook. Check out the article below for more information:
http://tinyurl.com/7n92vvh

AI Club Update

2012-01-06T16:26:00.000-08:00

With our next meeting a while away, we just wanted to update you all on what we have been thinking about in terms of current and future projects.

T-Shirt Sales: We are going to start t-shirt sales again sometime after finals. Also, if you know of any events coming up where we might be able to sell shirts, let Mr. Jannke, Mr. Murphy, Jenna or I know.
Jamnesty: Jamnesty is scheduled for April 27th. We are going back to the basics, and will most likely be donating our proceeds to Amnesty International as they celebrated their 50th anniversary this past year. Please think about other possible causes and ideas that would improve the event--we are open to suggestions!
30 Hour Famine: Some of you expressed interest in participating in the famine, and I do not think we will not be able to do it with our Amnesty Club because it is based with a religious organization. However, I am wondering how many would still be interested if we did an event out of school. If you are, please let me (Brenna) know.

See you on January 25th!

From the World Food Programme...

2012-01-02T16:59:00.000-08:00

You can feed a hungry school child one meal through the World Food Programme, the group behind Freerice, by taking this five question quiz about hunger:

http://quiz.wfp.org/

T-Shirt Sales After Break

2011-12-28T11:50:00.000-08:00

Thank you to everyone who has helped to sell our shirts at lunch for the past two weeks! Hopefully you were very successful, and if not, sold at least a few shirts. If you did happened to have any questions or problems, please do not hesitate to talk to Mr. Jannke, Mr. Murphy, Jenna or I. Look out for information we will be posting soon about what we will be doing about t-shirt sales after break. Thanks again!

Talk by Viktor Frankl

2011-12-16T20:59:00.000-08:00

Everything IC has done with the Frontline has made me think of this talk by Viktor Frankl. We could accomplish so much if we all thought like this...

http://www.ted.com/talks/viktor_frankl_youth_in_search_of_meaning.html

A letter from Jason to the Frontline

2011-12-16T12:04:00.000-08:00

Check out this letter.
Also, the KONY 2012 tour is coming. Check you this teaser.

Kony 2012 Teaser from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.

Tee Shirt Sale Schedule

2011-12-16T11:58:00.000-08:00

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
			First lunch: Tess, Michela Second lunch: Sarah, Savannah	First lunch: Alex, Allison Second lunch: Stephanie, Melissa	First lunch: Elizabeth, Jess Second lunch: Haley, Allison
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
	First lunch: Tess, Michela Second lunch: Paige, Mandy, Lauren	First lunch: Jenna Second lunch: Sarah, Savannah	First lunch: Allison, Haley Second lunch: Brenna, Katy, Fran	First lunch: Jenna Second lunch: Savannah, Asia	First lunch: Tess, Michela Second lunch: Melissa, Stephanie

When you are selling shirts, remember:

• First lunch: get shirts and cash box form office, leave shirts under table for second lunch. Second lunch: Shirts will be under table, get cash box from office. Bring everything back to the office at the end of lunch.
• Layout one of each color shirt on the table.
• Shirts are $10.
• Be polite!

Invisible Children Front Line

2011-12-14T13:47:00.001-08:00

Ends today!

http://invisiblechildren.com/frontline

Tees

2011-12-14T13:42:00.002-08:00

Spread the word about our new tees!

Write-a-thon

2011-12-14T13:42:00.000-08:00

This is the link to the write-a-thon that Brenna talked about today.

http://www.amnestyusa.org/writeathon/index.php

Movie Night

2011-12-10T13:31:00.000-08:00

Movie Night was fun last night. Lots of food and cool new tees! We saw Hotel Rwanda and learned about the genocide that occurred there in the 1990s. Can anyone tell us how many genocides have occured in the world SINCE the Holocaust?

Meeting Tomorrow

2011-11-15T03:59:00.001-08:00

We have a meeting tomorrow in Mr. Jannke's room! Movie night is set for December 9th. We'll be finalizing plans.

Movie Night is Moving to December

2011-11-10T08:53:00.001-08:00

We are still working on the new t-shirt design. It is taking longer than we expected to finalize everything. We'll be launching the tees in December along with our movie night. We'll be showing Hotel Rwanda and giving away the first tees, along with eating pizza- and it's free!

Free Rice Results

2011-10-15T08:58:00.000-07:00

Sophomores win!

Sophomores – 314390 grains
Juniors – 152910 grains
Freshman – 136000 grains
Seniors – 59110 grains

FreeRice.com Update

2011-10-11T05:39:00.001-07:00

Only 4 days left in the competition....

FreeRice.com Competition Begins!

2011-10-06T15:57:00.000-07:00

We are promoting a FreeRice.com competition next week as part of Spirit Week. Student Congress is graciously awarding extra spirit points to each class. However, this is a competition, so the class that earns the most “rice” earns the most spirit points.

Simply go to FreeRice.com and answer questions about language, geography, science, math, literature, etc. For each correct answer FreeRice.com donates 10 grains of rice to the UN's World Hunger Programme, which in turn delivers it to the world’s hungry. No money involved, just time.

LHS has an account:
username = LHSAI
password = spiritweek

Go to FreeRice.com and login with the above credentials. From there, simply look below at the “Groups” and select your class, e.g. LHSJuniors. There is no limit from there, just start answering questions. Be sure to login as LHSAI and select the “group” that represents your class to get credit for Spirit Week.The competition starts Friday the 7th and ends at 8:00 am on Friday the 14th.

Jamnesty 2011

2011-10-05T16:51:00.001-07:00

freerice.com

2011-10-04T16:01:00.001-07:00

www.freerice.com

FreeRice

2011-10-04T15:53:00.000-07:00

Our freerice.com Spirit Week challenge is happening next week. Each class will be in competition to achieve the most grains of rice. The winning class will earn extra spirit points for the week. We need volunteers to promote the competition during morning meetings. Let Mr. Jannke, Brenna, Jenna, etc., or any AI crew member know if you can help spread the word. Mr. Jannke will have to give you a pass help, so be sure your name gets on the list!

First Meeting of the Year

2011-09-27T07:50:00.001-07:00

Our first meeting is tomorrow during Activity Period in Mr. Murphy's room. Bring your friends.

Next Meeting

2011-05-02T07:09:00.000-07:00

At our next meeting, we will set up a FreeRice contest at LHS.

Congo Tour

2011-05-02T07:07:00.000-07:00

On Friday, we held 2 assemblies. Approximately 650 students participated. They saw a screening of a new film, Tony, from Invisible Children. We raised hundreds of dollars through donations and merchandise sales. All the proceeds are being used to implement the Protection Plan to stop the LRA's senseless killings.

Jamnesty 2011

2011-04-10T05:04:00.000-07:00

Nice article on patch.com:
http://ledyard.patch.com/articles/students-rock-out-for-a-good-cause-at-jamnesty

Jamnesty Planning Meeting

2011-03-18T08:05:00.001-07:00

All members of Amnesty should meet in room 211 after school on Thursday, 3/24, for a Jamnesty planning meeting. We’ll be making posters, etc. Spread the word!

Band Sign-ups

2011-03-18T07:45:00.000-07:00

Bands should sign up for Jamnesty in room 211, ASAP. Space is limited.

Jamnesty 2011

2011-03-17T16:16:00.000-07:00

Jamnesty is coming, April 8, 2011 from 7-9pm. Be there for this pinnacle event. This year all of our proceeds will go to Invisible Children.

Invisible Children Again

2011-03-17T16:14:00.000-07:00

After successfully raising $5,400 last fall, we are ready to hear more from Invisible Children. The Crew will be coming to LHS on April 29, 2011. They will be screening a new film titled Tony. Check out the trailer.

Tony Bracelet: Trailer from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.

Liu Xioobo - Take Action Now!

2010-12-15T06:35:00.000-08:00

Fill out this form online.
http://bit.ly/fDvQlu

Help LHS Build a Radio Tower in the Congo

2010-10-12T10:01:00.000-07:00

To donate money for our Congo Radio Towers project with Invisible Children, click on one of the links below. Be sure to share these links with family and friends. Once at our page click on "Donate on Behalf of this School" and select Ledyard High School when you submit payment. Our goal is to reach at least $12,000 by December.

Full link:
http://s4s.invisiblechildren.com/school/0/0017000000T16nIAAR

Short version of link:
http://bit.ly/dhIZzk

History of Africa'a Longest Running War

2010-09-28T13:08:00.000-07:00

http://www.invisiblechildren.com/history-of-the-war

Face to Face Trailer

2010-09-28T12:19:00.000-07:00

Face to Face - Fall Tour 2010 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.

Invisible Children's Legacy Tour is Coming to LHS

2010-05-18T06:36:00.000-07:00

Amnesty is extremely excited to welcome Invisible Children to an all school assembly on October 1, 2010. Invisible Children is an organization working with children in Uganda and Rwanda to end the use of child soldiers and support schooling for former soldiers. IC's Legacy Tour will be bringing a teenager from Uganda who has been a child soldier and is now in school to share his/her story with our school. Learn more at www.invisiblechildren.com.

Jamnesty Helps MADRE.org

2010-05-18T06:27:00.000-07:00

We raised $400 for MADRE, an organization protecting women’s rights, during their annual Jamnesty fundraiser. The event was a huge success, and Amnesty would like to thank everyone who made it possible.

Our Invisible Children Sister School

2010-05-05T06:31:00.001-07:00

http://s4s.invisiblechildren.com/school/uganda/atanga-secondary-school

Invisible Children Legacy Tour to LHS

2010-04-15T05:38:00.000-07:00

Just got this email from Invisible Children. We have to do this in the Fall!

"My name is Allysen Mahaffey and I am the New England representative for Invisible Children. I just left you a voicemail but also wanted to contact you via e-mail. I saw your screening request for an Invisible Children event at Ledyard High School, and wanted to contact you to see if you are still interested in helping set something up at Ledyard for our upcoming Fall tour. We are so excited to inform you that this Fall Tour we are once again bringing two Ugandan advocates over to the U.S. to tour with us. Joining our tour this Fall will be both a Ugandan student advocate and either a teacher or mentor from each of our partner schools in northern Uganda that our Schools for Schools clubs raise funds for each year. Similar to the Legacy Tour, they will share their story and advocate for their country and people, so it will be an impactful and powerful presentation we'd love to bring to Ledyard High School. In addition to the two Ugandan advocates, a past Schools for Schools student who won the trip to Uganda for their incredible efforts will also tour with us.

We will be in Connecticut late September. What are your thoughts? Feel free to e-mail or call me at 619-562-2799 ext. 169. I have attached a document that further describes Invisible Children and our involvement in high schools. Thank you so much and I look forward to working with you to make
this event a possibility!"

2010-04-07T06:51:00.000-07:00

The Good, the Bad and the Kendall with Kobby

Jamnesty 2010

2010-04-02T04:47:00.001-07:00

Check out photos from Jamnesty 2010.

MADRE

2010-03-16T06:31:00.000-07:00

We decided to support the organization MADRE this year at Jamnesty. They work all over the world to improve women's rights. Check them out at www.madre.org.

Jamnesty Planning

2010-03-02T09:38:00.000-08:00

Jamnesty is coming soon, April 1st. Our cause is violence against women. We still need to decide on a specific organization to support. Several members have ideas, but we need to decide at our next meeting ASAP. The mandatory band meeting is set up for March 11 in my room after school.

Banned Books Week

2009-09-29T05:05:00.000-07:00

Banned Books Week (9/28/09 - 10/2/09) is an event to raise awareness about censorship around the globe. We are trying to combat the injustices against writers who have been punished for expressing their beliefs. Amnesty has teamed up with the library at Ledyard High to encourage students to read banned books and sign petitions and speak up for the writers around the world who have been imprisoned or treated unfairly.

2009-09-28T12:20:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! I'm glad to see that we had so many people at our first meeting! Don't forget that this week (September 28th through October 2nd) is Banned Book Week. If you are interested in helping out with Banned Book Week or have any questions, talk to Colleen Lavin, Mr. Jannke, Katelyn or myself. Please visit the Banned Books table during your lunch wave. Like Katelyn said, if you have any ideas for projects for this year let us know! We'd love to hear them and get them started!

2009-09-27T15:04:00.001-07:00

Our first meeting went great! Tori was selected as our project coordinator. We have quite a large group this year, which will allow us to work on many projects at once. Anyone who has a project in mind that they would like to do or even lead should try to talk to me, Tori, or Mr. Jannke before the next activity period. Or, if you are interested in leading a project but don't have a topic in mind, talk to me or Tori, we have plenty of information for you!

Final Activity Period

2009-05-22T09:43:00.001-07:00

We had a great discussion during Activity Period this week. Next year will be incredible! Katelyn will be our group coordinator for next year and Bethany will be our project coordinator. Be thinking of projects to lead for next year.

Vote During Last Activity Period

2009-05-06T09:08:00.000-07:00

Our last activity period meeting is May 20. We'll take nominees and vote for next year's student coordinator for the club. This person is responsible for maintaining communication with Amnesty International USA, passing on this information to club members, facilitating meetings, etc.

YUGA - Youth United for Global Action and Awareness

2009-04-22T13:53:00.000-07:00

Check out this amazing camp that Porter Reim is planning to attend this summer. It just happens to be in Rhode Island. YUGA

"YUGA — Youth United for Global Action and Awareness is a network of young people around the US taking local action on global issues like poverty, HIV/AIDS, climate change and child exploitation. YUGA members run campaigns in their schools and communities throughout the year to get their peers involved in global issues and engaged as agents of change in our world."
-PLAN USA

Not for Sale Links

2009-04-22T09:02:00.000-07:00

Here are several important Not for Sale links that you should investigate.
www.notforsalecampaign.org
Facebook Cause
MySpace (link coming soon)
Twitter

Jamnesty Cause Chosen

2009-04-22T08:55:00.000-07:00

We decided on our focus for Jamnesty 2009 today. We are focusing on human trafficking which results in slavery, especially of women and children. Our efforts will largely center around supporting the Not for Sale campaign. Visit www.notforsalecampaign.org to learn more!

Baha'i in Iran

2009-04-22T08:46:00.000-07:00

During activity period today, AI club students heard a presentation by Ms. Pantalone and an Iranian Baha'i on the persecution of people of the Baha'i faith in Iran. This is currently a growing problem. For more information visit: iran.bahai.us

Jamnesty Dates

2009-04-22T08:35:00.001-07:00

Important dates for Amnesty, mark your calendars:
Band sign up deadline – May 8
Mandatory band member meeting – May 14 at 2:20 in room 211
Jamnesty – June 6 at 7pm

Jamnesty 2009 Project Planning

2009-02-26T09:25:00.000-08:00

Contact Katelyn (sokrplar@comcast.net) or Bethany (bethRholland@aol.com) with your Jamnesty ideas and questions.

Violence Against Women Screening

2009-02-12T08:51:00.000-08:00

The film screening last night was marvelous. About a dozen students came. We ate cupcakes and watched the film. Next, we watched part of the online discussion, followed by our own discussion, which proved most interesting. The whole night was so fun and productive that the participants decided to make it a regular occurrence. A new student group will be forming called Cupcakes and Causes. More information to come and look for its new Facebook group.

Chickumbuso Bracelets

2009-02-12T08:48:00.000-08:00

We have 13 of the bracelets made by the women in Chickumbuso. Stop by room 211 or bring money to our next meeting as they will go quick. They are normally $20, but only $15 for LHS students. This is about enough to feed a family for a month.

Violence Against Women in Darfur Film Screening

2009-02-05T08:51:00.000-08:00

The Ledyard High School Amnesty International Club, National Honor Society and Gay Straight Alliance are hosting a screening of the new film "Violence Against Women in Darfur." Afterwards, we'll participate in a live online panel discussion with Maria Bello, Niemat Ahmadi, Dr. Kelly Dawn Askin, John Hefferan and Reverend Gloria E. White-Hammond, M.D.

Time: Wednesday, February 11 from 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Ledyard High School Media Center
Event Details...

Learn more at www.savedarfur.org

Chikumbuso Women and Orphans Project

2009-01-29T21:01:00.000-08:00

Read up on one of our newest efforts, the Chikumbuso Women and Orphans Project.

Yearbook Pictures, Take Two

2009-01-29T20:56:00.000-08:00

RESCHEDULED: During our next Activity Period (Thursday, 2/5) we will be getting our pictures taken for the LHS yearbook. Wear your peace tee shirts.

Yearbook Pictures

2009-01-23T09:01:00.000-08:00

Remider: During our next Activity Period (Thursday, 1/29) we will be getting our pictures taken for the LHS yearbook. Wear you peace tee shirts.

Holiday Cards

2008-12-16T05:34:00.001-08:00

During activity period on December 10 we made over 50 holiday cards to support people who stood up for what they believed in and were wrongfully imprisoned and don't have anything to look forward to over the holidays.

Darfur

2008-12-11T16:34:00.000-08:00

Peace Tee Shirts

2008-12-11T16:29:00.000-08:00

Our main project this fall was to promote the concept of peace. Over 200 of our shirts made it out into the school community. The campaign culminated with a day of peace on November 24, 2008, were as many people in the school as possible wore symbols of peace.

From the Archives - Jamnesty 2007

2008-12-11T16:23:00.000-08:00

From the archives...this picture is from Jamnesty 2007, which focused on Darfur.

Child Soldiers - Jamnesty 2008

2008-12-11T09:39:00.000-08:00

Help put and end to the use of child soldiers. Visit
www.invisiblechildren.com to see what you can do to help. We donated all of our profits from the spring 2008 Jamnesty ($660) to Invisible Children. The money will be used to help run schools for former child soldiers.

Connecticut Lobby Day - March 2008

2008-12-11T09:35:00.000-08:00

Check out Ashley and Shaina lobbying in Hartford on AI's Connecticut Lobby Day.