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FORUM
FORUM PURPOSE STATEMENT
The forum brings together Unitarian Universalists of San Francisco and fellow citizens to gain a deeper understanding of the issues of our time and to hear powerful presentations that both inform and inspire.
Sunday Forum with Gavrilah Wells: Learn about Amnesty International's annual Write for Rights Campaign!
Sunday, December 28, 9:30 am, TSK Room and on Zoom.
A light breakfast will be available beginning at 9:00 am.
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Write For Rights is Amnesty International’s largest annual letter-writing campaign. People all around the world write hundreds of thousands of letters on behalf of individuals in urgent need of help. Through collective grassroots action, you can help persuade government officials to free individuals unjustly imprisoned and demand justice for past human rights abuses. Our letters help convince government officials to release people who have been imprisoned, support human rights defenders, stop torture, commute death sentences, and end other human rights abuses.
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Solidarity postcards to the brave human rights defenders provide messages of hope and let the individuals know they are not alone and that we are here, supporting them. Over the past 24 years, more than 50 million actions have been taken, and over 100 people featured in the campaign have seen a positive outcome in their case. Please feel free to bring a few international stamps and a few San Francisco or nature-scape postcards and join in this important campaign! Pens, paper, envelopes, and template letters will be provided!
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WRITE A LETTER, CHANGE A LIFE!
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Gavrilah Wells is a San Francisco-based human rights and social justice advocate. She coordinates AIUSA's local San Francisco chapter (AIUSA Group 30) and is a State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator for California. Raised by an Amnesty volunteer-activist-poet mom, she learned early on about everyday activism and the power of calling out injustice. In 1985 she learned the impact of letter writing firsthand when she met former prisoner of conscience Boris Mukametshin at a gathering in her own backyard.
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You can phone in at +1 669 444 9171. Meeting ID: 927 8026 2728 Passcode: 200662
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Email us at forum@uusf.org or humanrights@uusf.org
Sunday Forum with Stephen Sherrill: An Introduction to Stephen Sherrill, Q&A with Our District 2 Supervisor
Sunday, January 11, 9:30 am, TSK Room and on Zoom.
A light breakfast will be available beginning at 9:00 am.
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Supervisor Stephen Sherrill represents District 2, which includes the Marina, Pacific Heights, Cow Hollow, and Presidio Heights. Stephen served as the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Innovation under Mayor London Breed, where he led efforts to address San Francisco’s homelessness crisis. He is committed to enhancing public safety, ensuring clean and safe neighborhoods, improving our commercial corridors, and making it more feasible and joyful to raise a family in the city. A passionate advocate for small businesses, he champions initiatives like “First Year Free,” which removes barriers for new entrepreneurs and supports vibrant commercial corridors.
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You can phone in at +1 669 444 9171. Meeting ID: 930 5465 7065 Passcode: 656617
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Email us at forum@uusf.org or humanrights@uusf.org
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