Founded in London in 1961, Amnesty International is a Nobel Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with over 1.8 million members worldwide. Amnesty International undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. The Riverland Community College chapter of Amnesty focuses on educating the community about human rights issues and completing actions that will stop these abuses.

Advisor: Marie Lechelt, 507-433-0379
marie.lechelt@riverland.edu

Amnesty International Activities

Chicago Confernece 2009            Big Nite Face Painting                                      Chicago   

                                   Darfur Display                              Cooking for Haiti Fundraiser

           End of the Year Party 2010