Meeting Recap

At today's meeting we drafted and sent an email off to Mr. Wexler to indicate Amnesty International's interest in contributing to or heading Springbrook fundraising efforts for the community service project he is running in Ecuador. (More details to come.)

Ms. Kelly also noted the advocacy group assignment that all of Springbrook's 10th graders will be undertaking in October or November: students are expected to research a specific sociopolitical issue, examine the US government and advocacy groups' respective stances on it, and write a letter to an official involved in addressing said issue. As Amnesty International has definitive views on a number of such issues, we are hoping to find some way to use this assignment to our advantage, i.e., recruit more members or increase our visibility in the school.

In that vein, Mr. Mann's plans for more dynamic morning announcements gives us the opportunity to put out psa-type media on darfur, poverty, the death penalty, etc. Please look through the list of issues Amnesty has prioritized and pick one on which you would like to create a powerpoint or other informational piece.