Her talk will include info on the Office for Refugees and Immigrants (ORI)’s programs, policies and population at a glance; update on the current refugee arrivals number and how Massachusetts is dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis.
A single mother shows us the consequences of closing America’s doors to families fleeing war. With no answer to her application for resettlement in the US, and every other path to safety closed off, a smuggler’s raft to Europe was the only way out. 8 Borders, 8 Days is her story; the intimate details of why a fiercely-determined mother is willing to risk her children’s lives for a better future and an immersive experience of their eight-day journey to safety. Following the documentary, we will have a skype session with Amanda Bailley, the producer of the documentary
This is an open mic night for individuals to express their thoughts and emotions surrounding human rights issues through performance (poetry, music, spoken word, etc). The event is part of “Write for Rights,” a global letter-writing campaign organized by the wider Amnesty International. We have chosen to focus on four cases (see attached) in which human rights have been violated. We are hosting this open mic night to encourage people to write/sign letters to authorities, pushing them to make a difference in these cases.
Are you passionate about human rights? Would you like to actively promote awareness of human rights abuse around the world to the Tufts community? Then come to Amnesty International’s general interest meeting! Amnesty International is the world's largest human rights organization that seeks to promote and fight for human rights around the world. Through weekly discussions, events, and campaigns, the Tufts Amnesty International chapter aims to raise awareness of human rights abuses among the Tufts community and in the greater Boston area.
Amnesty International will be partnering with Tufts Film Series to present Poverty, Inc., a documentary that critically examines the foreign aid industry. Terrace room, 8 pm
Winner of over 50 international film festival honors, the $100,000 Templeton Freedom Award, and the €5,000 Best Documentary Award from the FIFE Environmental Film Festival in Paris.
"I see multiple colonial governors," says Ghanaian software entrepreneur Herman Chinery-Hesse of the international development establishment. "We are held captive by the donor community."
Take a study break to join Tufts Amnesty International, Tufts Culinary Society and Fletcher's Culinary Diplomacy for our annual Write for Rights event, now featuring hot beverages and foods from the countries highlighted in this year's cases!
Tufts Amnesty International, Carter/Artis Innocence International at Tufts and the Institute for Global Leadership present Voices from Solitary Think Outside the Box featuring John Artis, Innocence International; Five Omar Mualimm-ak, The Incarcerated Nation Corp; Jason Lydon, Black and Pink…and more!
This documentary, directed by Nishtha Jain and produced by Torstein Grude (Piraya Film, Norway), has been shortlisted for the 2015 Grierson Awards, one of the UK’s most prestigious documentary prizes. Established in 1972, the Grierson Awards recognize and celebrate documentaries from Britain and abroad that have made a significant contribution to the genre and that demonstrate quality, integrity, creativity, originality and overall excellence.
