New Norfolk County Amnesty International Group to Meet May 12

Norfolk County’s new (unchartered) chapter of Amnesty International USA will be meeting at the Dedham Square Coffee House on May 12, 2018. The group will be discussing the issues which will be its priorities for the upcoming year.

Amnesty International is a 57-year-old Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) dedicated to preserving human rights throughout the world. Amnesty International USA’s current focuses are: migrant and refugee rights, protecting human rights defenders, abolishing the death penalty, national security and human rights, gender, sexuality, and identity, deadly force and police accountability, ending gun violence, and individuals at risk.

There are Amnesty International USA chapters throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but none in the Norfolk County area for people who are not associated with a student group. Hence, the hope is that this new chapter will enable Norfolk County residents who are interested in human rights activism to do so.

Interested? Attend the first meeting at 6pm on May 12 at the Dedham Square Coffee House, 565 High St. Dedham, Massachusetts. Alternately, they can be found on Facebook at http://bit.ly/NCAmnesty or at https://norfolkcountyamnesty.wordpress.com/.