{"id":2461,"date":"2023-09-03T15:55:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T19:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2023-09-03T15:57:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T19:57:08","slug":"writing-for-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/?p=2461","title":{"rendered":"Writing for Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 1988, when I told people I had joined AI, they did not think of Artificial Intelligence. Instead, they probably knew I had joined the international human rights organization, Amnesty International<\/a>. Like many of people, I became aware of the organization (it had begun in 1961) because of the musicians who headlined the Human Rights Now tour <\/a>in 1988, especially Peter Gabriel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wa part of a local group that met at a Quaker Church and wrote lots of letters for Amnesty International over the years as part of their Write for Rights program. I haven’t been involved in recent years beyond making a donation. So, when I stumbled on this year’s membership card, I wondered if, in this day of AI and online forms, letter writing was still part of the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amnesty continues the tradition with a focused event related to Human Rights Day on December 10<\/a>. They haven’t posted anything about this year’s event but you can learn more about the power of letter writing at the website<\/a>. They continue to encourage us to handwrite our letters along with personalizing the recommended language. In this day of AI and copy\/paste, a handwritten letter makes a personal connection between writer, reader, and, in this case, the person who is the subject of the appeal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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