IN-PERSON
First Congregational Church
500 SE 8th Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55414
ZOOM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84898872899?pwd=elc4eWdEZVI2dFlWb2NZTVN4RzUzZz09
Meeting ID: 848 9887 2899
Passcode: 680930
Meeting Notes and Agenda
Google Doc - Group 37 Meeting Agenda
Regular Meeting 2-3pm CDT
Introductions - Letter Writing action - be ready to write!
News/Events
IOPT - Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Close Guantanamo
Tabling
MMIW - Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Death Penalty
Philippines
Lobbying
Guest Speaker - Andy Worthington
3-4pm CDT
Andy Worthington is an independent journalist, author and activist, who has been researching, writing about and campaigning to get the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed since 2006. He has worked with the United Nations, WikiLeaks, and Amnesty International, and is the co-founder of the Close Guantanamo campaign, established in 2012.
See his website here: https://www.andyworthington.co.uk
And the Close Guantanamo website here: https://www.closeguantanamo.org
Andy will discuss the history of Guantanamo and its persistent lawlessness, and will also address the current situation at the prison, where 30 men are still held. 16 of these men have long been approved for release by high-level US government review processes, three are "forever prisoners" - still held without charge or trial, and without ever having been approved for release - while the rest are caught up in the broken military commission trial system.