About Group 157

Amnesty International Group 157 has been serving AI in the Charlottesville area for 25 years.

We believe in human rights as a foundation for peace and justice and we regularly take actions demanding that governments live up to the standards set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

We write letters on behalf of human rights victims, hold seminars on human rights topics and raise funds to support the preservation of human rights world wide.

Please join us! Every voice counts!

Meetings

Monthly meetings of AI Group 157 occur on the FIRST MONDAY of each month at 7:30 pm at C'ville Coffee on McIntire Road. Meetings include direct action, fund-raising activities and educational projects, all in support of human rights throughtout the world.

C'Ville Coffee is located at 1301 Harris St., Charlottesville. For a map to the meeting location, click here

Upcoming Local Events

Fund Raiser for Pretty Bird Woman House, details


June 14, 2008 -- 8 am - 11 am
C'ville Farmers Market

Monthly Meeting

July 7, 2008 -- 7:30 pm
C'ville Coffee

Monthly Meeting

August 4, 2008 -- 7:30 pm
C'ville Coffee

Featured Actions

ACTION Support Prisoner of Conscience Alyaksandr Kazulin
VIDEO Watch Video - Witness Torture - The Action at The White House April 19,2007
VIDEO Watch Video - How we lost our Fifth Amendment rights
VIDEOWatch Video - Stand up for the America you believe in. Sign the pledge.
ACTION Visit the AI Online Action Center
LEARN Explore Other Human Rights Issues
ACTION Regional Human Rights Events