Every year on or near Human Rights Day on December 10, Amnesty Okanagan community members come together to write letters on behalf of prisoners of conscience from all over the world. We welcome all seasoned and new letter writers in the Okanagan (and beyond!) to write with us at our ‘Write for Rights’ event!

This event will be online on Wednesday, December 8 from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time. There will also be an in-person event at Okanagan College on December 9 from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. There is a separate Eventbrite registration for that event.

At both events, we will write letters in support of the 10 people and communities identified by Amnesty International for 2021. The main goal of the event is to use the power of letter-writing to influence world leaders to protect individuals or communities whose human rights have been denied. We will also write support letters and emails of support for the identified individuals. If you are on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook there ware also opportunities to provide support on those platforms.

This is a drop-in event, so there’s no need to be available during the entire 2½ hour block. We’ll be writing letters, sharing photos, chatting with other activists, and listening to great music! We encourage you to get together within your household/family/cohort to join this event!

Pre-registrating on Eventbrite will help us plan and provide you with this year’s cases and sample letters. Once you register, you will receive the Zoom link for the meeting. We look forward to you joining us to help bring international attention and solidarity to these cases. We know that together we can make a real difference in people’s lives.