Dear Community Groups:

In March of 2004 the University of Baltimore Group of Amnesty International is holding a Human Rights Awareness speaking event to call attention to the unique struggles of women and children in the Baltimore community and abroad. We would like to have your support in this event and in the implementation of our teaching program.

Among the groups that will speak and set up information tables at this event are: Stand Up For Kids, a group dedicated to seeking out and reintegrating "street kids" back into the community. I have also invited 2003 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Shirin Ebadi, who developed the Iranian Children's Defense Fund, Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barbara Mikulski.

The objective of this event is first to get the Baltimore community to act, as Baltimore is desperately in need of help to end the epidemic of drug use, domestic violence and homelessness. Secondly, we would like to call attention to the Human Rights Education Program we are attempting to initiate in February. Through this program we train facilitators, who are college and graduate school students, to teach a human rights curriculum in high school classrooms. (For more info. on the HRE program visit: www.amnestyusa.org/education) This program has been successful in a number of cities, including D.C. and my hometown of Chicago, where I taught the program for a year at Roberto Clemente high school on the west side.

Please take a moment to review the materials I have attached about the event.Thank you for your time in advance.

Sincerely,

Erin K. Faul
2141 Cambridge St.
Baltimore, Md 21231
443-865-2651

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