2010 Aiusa annual report

1 AIUSA 2010 Annual Report CONTENTS

page page page page page page 3 4 8 27 30 35 Letter from the 50 Years of Human 2010 Year in Review Financial Statements Donors and Supporters Senior Staff Executive Director Rights Leadership 12 Board of Directors A Year of Advocacy Milestones Financial Resources Development 14 Committee Amnesty International USA Campaigns Regional Staff Contact List 22 International Work

25 Membership

26 Communications

2 AIUSA 2010 Annual Report LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

As we reflect back on the 2010 AIUSA harnessed every resource to Over the course of my decades of work fiscal year, we are in the midst of some ensure the success of our campaign to in the human rights movement, I have of the most far-reaching advances for protect Indigenous women: impeccable witnessed history in the making—from the human rights in history. The electrifying independent research, carefully cultivated fall of bloody dictatorships in the Southern and massive human rights revolutions that partnerships with Native women’s Cone of Latin America to the dismantling began in Tunisia and then ignited Egypt groups, strategic mass media outreach, of the Berlin Wall. As I begin my final year continue to spread across the Middle East sustained high-level advocacy and vigorous, as executive director of AIUSA, however, and North Africa, inspiring human rights coordinated grassroots action. By doing so, I am inspired by the AIUSA activists and activists around the world. Yet as dramatic we accomplished what many thought was members who understand that realizing and far-reaching as these developments impossible: systemic change to protect our vision of all rights for all people requires are, they should not eclipse the key victories the human rights of a group that law equal parts passion, strategy and stamina. won through the diligent though less visible enforcement and judicial institutions had To all of our supporters, I offer my deepest work of the human rights movement the ignored for centuries. gratitude, for you are the lifeblood of our previous year—victories that also bring us human rights movement. This victory, along with major gains in other Larry Cox Executive Director closer to our vision of expanding freedom, dignity and justice for all. campaign areas outlined elsewhere in this report, fortified us as we began preparations One example of such a victory is the July for our year-long 50th anniversary 2010 passage of the Tribal Law and Order commemoration. It reminded us of what Act (see page 9), comprehensive legislation we can accomplish when all elements to curb epidemic rates of sexual violence of this wonderful, complex grassroots against Native American and Alaska organization work toward a common goal. Larry Cox Native women. The law was the result of And it reminded us that human rights work Executive Director, years of high-level advocacy and vigorous is typically a long-haul endeavor, one in Amnesty International USA campaigning by Amnesty International USA which we seek carefully planned, intentional and includes several key recommendations change that strengthens the rule of law and made by Amnesty International in its 2007 advances human rights for all. report, The Maze of Injustice: The failure to protect Indigenous women from sexual violence in the USA, as well as increased funding to support these measures.

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I do not know and may never know most of you. But deep in my ‘‘heart I felt your presence while going through the hardships of prison life. Please be aware that your activity played a major role in our liberation. The campaign, which has no precedents in the history of Azerbaijan, took everyone by surprise and ended

in our release. You should know that every letter, report and

statement that you made had an impact. But the struggle for justice, democracy and liberty‘‘ never stops. I wish you good luck on this difficult path. Let us hope that all prisoners of conscience will be liberated soon.

Adan Hajizada, a political blogger in Azerbaijan, was arrested in July 2009 after posting a video that was critical of government activities. Amnesty International took on his case in 2009 and has continued to campaign for his

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Gael García Bernal and producer Marc Silver on location during the making of The Invisibles—a film on migrants traveling through Mexico to the United States.

and more than 15 volunteers November premiere of The murdered while making the worked around the clock for Invisibles coincided with the journey. The Invisibles offers the nearly six weeks building sets start of the 2010 Global Forum unique testimonies of migrants, and models for the animated on Migration and Development aid workers and medical profes- short, and Morgan Freeman in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. sionals who speak about the volunteered to record an García Bernal worked with AI danger and hopes of thousands introduction about AI’s human researcher Sarah Shebbeare to of men and women who cross rights work. The moving video produce the series, which can Mexico in search of a better life. about the power of AI activ- be viewed on YouTube. ists to support human rights AIUSA’s Broadway defenders and prisoners of The U.S. government esti- 5 Partnership conscience is narrated by dedi- mates that as of January 2007, Amnesty International USA cated AI supporter and actress there were almost 12 million partnered with the Tony-award- Nazanin Boniadi. As of press unauthorized immigrants living winning Broadway musical time, the video had nearly in the United States. The top Fela! in a celebration to boost 700,000 views on YouTube. five countries of origin are participation in AI’s Global Mexico, El Salvador, Guate- Write-a-thon on International Struggles of the mala, the Philippines, and Human Rights Day on Decem- 4Invisibles China. Mexico is one of the ber 10, 2009. Fela Anikulapo- Mexican actor and producer few countries in the world that Kuti, a brilliant musical pioneer Gael García Bernal and Am- is both destination and transit and outspoken critic of the nesty International launched route for migrants. Driven by Nigerian government, was im- The Invisibles (Los Invisibles), a grinding poverty and insecurity prisoned in 1984 on a dubious series of four films that records back home, they travel through charge of currency smug- ©Mon

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Advocacy Successes 12 July a critical step toward ending Representative Lucille Roybal- the epidemic of sexual vio- Allard (D-CA) introduced lence against Native women in the MOMS for the 21st the United States—represents Century Act in July. The vital a major victory for AIUSA. Fol- new legislation addresses the lowing the publication of the maternal health crisis in the groundbreaking 2007 report United States. AIUSA worked Maze of Injustice: The failure closely with Rep. Roybal- to protect Indigenous women Allard’s staff in drafting the in the USA, AIUSA cam- legislation in the follow-up to paigned vigorously for con- the publication of AI’s March crete reforms to protect Native 2010 report, Deadly Delivery: women from sexual violence. The maternal health care crisis The passage of the historic in the USA. law was preceded by other important AI-recommended AIUSA was instrumental in reforms, including the January ensuring that the annual launch of the Department of Department of State Foreign Justice’s Indian Country Law Operations Appropriations bill Enforcement Initiative, which included language aimed at specifically prioritized ending preventing U.S. military as- violence against women and sistance to Pakistani military children and allocated an units that have committed additional $6 million in fund- human rights abuses. AIUSA ing to bolster justice services also initiated resolutions and and prosecution efforts in “Dear Colleague” letters Indian Country. on behalf of prisoners of conscience highlighted by December AIUSA’s Individuals at AIUSA submitted testimony Risk campaign. during the hearing of the Sen- ate Judiciary Subcommittee TOP: A coalition of Amnesty After months of concerted on Human Rights and the Law International and approximately 20 June action by more than 20,000 on U.S. implementation of its Ugandan organizations led the op- position to a parliamentary bill that AIUSA participated in a AIUSA activists, Congress human right treaty obligations codifies draconian punishments for meeting with the Obama passed crucial reforms related —the first such hearing ever. LGBT individuals. administration and other non- to trade in conflict minerals. ABOVE: A boy crouches next to governmental organizations to Provisions of the legislation, Throughout the year AIUSA scales weighing cassiterite (a key urge the White House to push which was included as part held meetings with senior component in electronic goods) in for Senate ratification of the of the Wall Street reform State Department officials to South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, April 2009. Convention on the Elimination bill, contains measures to advance key foreign-policy of All Forms of Discrimination help stop the flow of conflict concerns, including those per- LEFT: Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) at left, Against Women (CEDAW). minerals from the Democratic taining to countries in crisis speaking at the February 4, 2010, introduction of the International To move ratification forward, Republic of Congo. and to the release of prisoners Violence Against Women Act (I- AIUSA has partnered with of conscience. AIUSA met VAWA), a piece of legislation AIUSA international human rights President Obama signed the regularly with Scot Marciel, helped to draft and move forward. After Poe, from left to right: Sen and domestic civil rights Tribal Law and Order Act then U.S. deputy assistant John Kerry (D-MA), Rep. Bill Dela- groups and has taken a into law on July 29 following secretary for Asia and ambas- hunt (D-MA), Rep. Jan Schakowsky leadership position as the nearly three years of sustained sador for ASEAN Affairs, to (D-IL), guest speaker Humaira Shahid and AIUSA member Irene co-chair of the coalition’s advocacy and congressional discuss the case of Aung San Safi Turner. advocacy subcommittee. testimony by AIUSA and its Suu Kyi and the ongoing call Native American and Alaska for her release. Native Advisory Council. The milestone legislation— www.amnestyusa.org AIUSA 2010 Annual Report 13

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demand DIGNITY 18 Counter Amnesty International USA’s Counter Terror With Justice campaign— message of thanks renamed in 2011 as the Security and Human Rights campaign— works to ensure security for all by demanding accountability for torture, unlawful detention and other human rights abuses committed in the name of security. T error

Amnesty International USA’s Departments of Justice Guantánamo for more than AIUSA members wrote letters, Counter Terror With Justice and Defense. four additional years because sent e-mails, made calls and (CTWJ) campaign used a officials refused to allow him penned letters to their local variety of tactics throughout AIUSA also kept public pres- to return to Yemen or let him papers for many years on the 2010 fiscal year to keep sure on the U.S. government come to the United States, and their behalf, and AI local pressure on the U.S. govern- with its “10 Against Torture” authorities failed to find an- groups 371 and 15 worked W it h Justi c e ment to close Guantánamo action, which enlisted ten other country to resettle him. on their cases. and end torture, indefinite prominent authors, artists and AIUSA mobilized strong grass- detention and military tri- activists to urge President roots support for al-Odaini, Despite these successes, bunals. On the legal front, Obama to end torture, in- featuring his case in the Guantánamo is still operating. AIUSA continued to work on definite detention and military December 2009 Global Write- At press time, more than 172 Freedom of Information Act tribunals. By late October a-thon and the June 2010 detainees remain unlawfully (FOIA) litigation with the Cen- 2009, more than 15,000 Torture Awareness Month detained there and hundreds ter for Constitutional Rights members and supporters had activities. Local AI groups more at the U.S. detention fa- and the Center for Human forwarded their favorite letters 50, 139 and 708 took up cility in Bagram, Afghanistan. Rights and Global Justice at to the president, including his dossier, and former U.S. President Obama fully em- New York University School missives penned by authors military interrogator Matthew braced—and in March 2011 of Law. The litigation, which Alice Walker, Stephen King Alexander joined AIUSA’s call institutionalized via executive

focused on “ghost” detainees and Ariel Dorfman, former for the immediate resolution order—the Bush-era practices We had an uphill fight. But with and unregistered prisoners, Guantánamo detainee Juma Al of his case. Al-Odaini is now of indefinite detention without resulted in the release of two Dossari, former U.S. military with his family in Yemen, and charge and the use of military Amnesty International’s support,

CIA documents disclosing interrogator Malcolm Nance, his lawyer sent this message commissions at Guantánamo, we persuaded the government to information about “disap- and actor Martin Sheen. to Amnesty International: which do not meet interna- peared” detainees—docu- “We had an uphill fight. But tional standards for fair trials. return Mr. al-Odaini to Yemen and ments Vice President Dick After years of campaigning for with Amnesty International’s Impunity for the U.S. govern-‘‘ Cheney once publicly referred Guantánamo detainee Moham- support, we persuaded the ment’s torture program per- reunite him with his family.‘‘ Only to as evidence that “enhanced med al-Odaini to be either government to return Mr. al- sists. Amnesty International’s interrogation techniques” were charged and fairly tried or re- Odaini to Yemen and reunite work to end U.S. human rights the kind of broad public support effective, although they not in leased, Amnesty International him with his family. Only the violations under the guise of fact provide any such proof. USA activists welcomed news kind of broad public support national security remains an Amnesty brings to bear could ensure Tom Parker, the Counter Ter- of his June 2010 release after Amnesty brings to bear could urgent priority, and the need ror With Justice campaign’s an eight-year imprisonment. ensure such a happy ending. for intense public scrutiny and such a happy ending. I cannot policy director, went on NBC The U.S. government had I cannot thank you enough.” grassroots pressure remains Nightly News with Brian Wil- for years denied the Yemeni as critical as ever. thank you enough. liams, as well as on National detainee access to a lawyer AIUSA also welcomed the —lawyer for Mohammed al-Odaini Public Radio’s All Things Con- and habeas corpus, the right February 2010 release of two sidered and Morning Edition, to challenge the lawfulness brothers, Bahtiyar Mahnut and to discuss the litigation. The of his detention. Although he Arkin Mahmud, ethnic Uighurs Mohammed al-Odaini, who was released from original FOIA requests were had been cleared for release from China who were resettled Guantánamo in June 2010 after years of vigorous filed in 2004 with several by the administration of former in Switzerland after being AI campaigning on his behalf. Al-Odaini was one U.S. government agencies, President George W. Bush, held in Guantánamo for nearly of AI’s Global Write-a-thon cases in 2009. including the CIA and the he remained incarcerated at eight years without charge.

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I believe that publicity does help a lot, contrary to what the government itself ‘‘says. They say, ‘Okay, if you don’t talk about that, if there is quiet diplomacy,

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demands.’ But I don’t believe that is true. I believe that the more shaming that is done, the more pressure‘‘ that is put publically, the more the Sri Justine Masika Bihamba is coordinator for the North Kivu region of the country. She has Synergy of Women for Victims of Sexual faced death threats for her work, and in 2007 Lankan government is willing to act, Violence, a women’s human rights organiza- soldiers broke into her house when she was not tion in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The home, tied up her six children at gunpoint and I think that is what works. organization provides services for victims of assaulted two of them. Although Bihamba and sexual violence and has drawn attention to the her children identified the soldiers, authorities widespread use of rape as a weapon of war in still have not made any arrests.

Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam, a Sri Dear Amnesty members, I would like to take this Lankan journalist who worked for The Sunday Leader, the Northeastern Monthly and as a opportunity to thank you for the moral support that you have

columnist for the Sunday Times, was arbitrarily provided through the letters you have sent to human rights detained by the police in Colombo in 2008, convicted under the Prevention of Terrorism defenders that are being threatened in the Democratic

Act for two articles written by him in a monthly ‘‘Republic of Congo. Not only do these letters encourage magazine and sentenced to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment. Tissainayagam, an AIUSA prior- us by letting us know that we are not alone and that there ity case and the subject of two consecutive AIUSA World Press Freedom letter actions, was are thousands of people that support‘‘ us from thousands pardoned by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in of miles away, throughout the world, but these letters also June 2010 and now lives in the United States. save human lives, because writing to the local authorities pressures them to treat us differently, knowing that if they do us harm, it is the entire world that will react. Thank you again so much for your support.

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GAZA Sri Lanka Kyrgyzstan AI pushed for an international Throughout the summer AIUSA closely monitored inquiry into the May 31, 2010, of 2010, AIUSA focused clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan Gaza flotilla raid, an interna- grassroots pressure on the between rival gangs of mostly tional incident in which six U.S. government and the Kyrgyz and Uzbek youths that ships carrying humanitar- United Nations to call for an rapidly escalated in June, ian aid, medical equipment international investigation into causing hundreds of thousands and construction materials war crimes committed during of Uzbeks to flee the country. to the blockaded Gaza Strip the 26-year war between Sri AIUSA’s Science for Human RESPONSE were boarded and seized by Lankan security forces, com- Rights team released satellite Israeli Defense Forces. The posed mainly of Sinhalese Sri images documenting attacks raid resulted in the deaths of Lankans, and rebels from the against civilians and civilian nine activists and provoked a ethnic Tamil minority group. infrastructure, and revealed global outcry. AIUSA’s Crisis AIUSA helped secure 58 more than 100 SOS signs. Response and Prevention team signatures from members of This release came at a critical launched an online petition the U.S. House of Representa- time, ahead of the country’s urging President Obama and tives and 17 signatures from constitutional referendum to Secretary of State Hillary Clin- senators for two congressio- approve a new constitution and ton to support an independent nal “Dear Colleague” letters endorse a provisional president inquiry into the incident and urging Secretary of State until the end of 2011, and to speak out against the illegal Hillary Clinton to call for the in- shortly after a senior U.N. of- blockade on Gaza. CPR also vestigation. In addition, AIUSA ficial warned of the likelihood conducted a postcard drive in has collected nearly 35,000 of renewed violence. Using support of lifting the blockade signatures in support of the the images, AIUSA mobilized that was delivered to the White inquiry, which were delivered 15,000 activists to push for House in early 2011. to U.N. Secretary-General Ban an international investigation Ki-moon in early 2011. into crimes committed during the violence.

Sri Lankans displaced by conflict at the Menik Farm camp, in the Vavuniya district of northern Sri Lanka.

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Over the past three years, AIUSA’s Science for Human Rights Building on the success of its work in Chad and h u ma n rig h ts (SHR) program has developed cutting-edge expertise in the human rights Sri Lanka, AIUSA launched the Eyes on Pakistan website in February. The website provides inter- applications of geospatial imaging and related technologies. Building on active maps tracking human rights violations in the 2009 success of its partnership with the American Association for northwest Pakistan, particularly in the Federally the Advancement of Science (AAAS), AIUSA leveraged this technology Administered Tribal Areas and the Northwest Frontier Province. Eyes on Pakistan compiled during 2010 to augment traditional narrative and survey evidence used information gathered from public sources on in AI’s international advocacy. 2,300 human rights “incidents,” including air strikes, ground attacks and bomb attacks that Although such technologies are not a panacea After AI’s Chad researchers returned from the occurred between 2005 and 2009. The data for the obstacles our researchers encounter in 2009 mission, the SHR team trained and sup- reveals important temporal and geographical reporting on large-scale human rights crises on plied them with a GPS device to cross-reference trends of the conflict—such as the spike in the ground, using these tools has invigorated our ground observations and satellite images. On a military offenses and abuses by the Taliban in advocacy efforts by providing irrefutable visual later project, the team was able to use satellite 2009—and makes an isolated region accessible evidence of forced displacement and mass images collected in 2010 to inform and expand to experts and activists alike. With the Eyes on violence in armed conflict. Remote-sensing tools the scope of their mission, and their subsequent Pakistan website, AIUSA developed the SHR allow researchers, advocates and campaigners report concretely furthered AI’s global advocacy Explorer, an interactive tool that allows activists to quantify destruction of civilian infrastructure, agenda on the issue of politically motivated to compare before-and-after satellite images of provide evidence on the types of damage to forced evictions in Chad. The SHR research conflict zones, providing striking evidence that a infrastructure, identify weapons and perpetra- garnered the attention of key players, including picture is worth a thousand words. tors, establish a timeline of events for purposes the office of the UnitedN ations Human Rights AIUSA’s Eyes on Pakistan project includes this “heat In Kyrgyzstan, satellite images documenting map,” based on a database of nearly 2,500 incidents, of establishing legal responsibility, document Commission in Geneva and the German ambas- from publicly available sources, that occurred between direct targeting of civilians, and identify official sador to Chad. AI representatives also used the violent ethnic clashes beginning in June 2010 2005 and 2009. It identifies major areas of insurgency or unofficial graves. research in meetings and communications with proved another powerful resource for AI’s global and security-related incidents in northwestern Pakistan. the Chadian government and other governments campaigning and advocacy work on accountabil- The SHR tools have had a measurable impact on with vested interests in Chad. The research ity. Through analysis of the images, AI demon- AI’s work on forced displacement in Chad and team believes this project had a direct positive strated the widespread nature of the attacks, Sri Lanka. AIUSA’s SHR team provided striking impact on Chadians at risk of displacement. fulfilling a condition necessary to the claim evidence to mobilize activists, garner media at- Evidence gathered through satellite imagery also that crimes against humanity were committed. tention and help persuade policymakers to act. helped AIUSA focus global media interest and AIUSA then provided analysis to policymakers In Chad, eyewitness accounts of the recurring official attention on displaced SriL ankans, as from the White House and to the National problem of civilian home demolitions were com- well as generate significant grassroots action on Security Council. About one month after the pellingly verified, significantly increasing AI’s ad- their behalf. Within 24 hours of the release of release of the satellite images and following vocacy and grassroots campaigning. The images the Sri Lanka satellite images, President Obama calls for an international investigation, Kyrgyz enabled AI to accurately track the number and made an official statement condemning the authorities mandated an International Indepen- location of properties destroyed over the course targeting of civilians, and subsequent develop- dent Commission of Inquiry to investigate the of a year and to support the testimony collected ments yielded significant and measurable im- violent events and to make recommendations in 2009 by AI researchers that many of these pacts in Sri Lanka: in early December 2009 the on accountability measures. evictions occurred in violation of international massive de facto detention camps were opened, human rights standards and Chadian law. allowing freedom of movement for the nearly 300,000 civilians held there.

www.amnestyusa.org AIUSA 2010 Annual Report 23 AIUSA COUNTRY SPECIALIST “In my work on Iraq, several of our actions were successful— just this year one prisoner was released, and another was given a trial after being detained for eleven years without charge. It’s hard for me to believe that I myself was part of the force that led to these success stories, but I have seen it so many times: When Amnesty International takes up a cause and fights for it with all its might, it can succeed. Many people outside of AI find it hard to believe that writing letters, or signing a pre-written letter online, can make a difference. Yet this is what gave Walid Yunis Ahmad his trial and freed Qusay ‘Abdul-Razaq Zabib after two years of detention without charge in Iraq.”

Shatha Almutawa is Amnesty International USA’s Iraq country specialist.

AIUSA ACTIVIST “Being a human rights activist isn’t something you do on the weekends or once a week in your meetings. It’s a way of life. The stories of the individuals we work to support stick with you every day, and that consciousness is invaluable. The most rewarding part of the work I do with Amnesty International is that every day when I go to bed, I know that something was done to move the world toward being a better place—and that I had something to do with it.”

Hamzah Latif is President of the University of Michigan, Dearborn, AI chapter and is also a member of the AI Detroit Activist Network. He is the 2011 recipient of the Ladis Kristof Memorial Fellowship for Organizing and Activism

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Amnesty International USA’s power to advance a human rights agenda kicked into high gear in spring 2010. Approxi- AIUSA also launched several campaigns to am- comes from our activists and members, who lend strength, momentum mately 70 activists from around the country plify particular aspects of our ongoing human convened at the Annual General Meeting for rights campaigns. The 10,000 Against Torture and critical intellectual resources to our advocacy. a day of campaign training and education on campaign, an intensive eight-week campaign economic, social and cultural rights. Upon re- calling for an end to U.S. torture and other ill- Amnesty International USA derives is power defenders attending from all over the country. turning to their cities, these activists worked to treatment, mobilized more than 68,000 activ- from its members, who lend vital momentum The conference also kicked off a five-city tour solidify relationships between local and student ists to take action directed at President Obama to our campaigns and muscle and expertise to highlight maternal health, a key component groups and expand the network of activists and Congress through phone calls, hundreds to our advocacy work. But AIUSA does more of AI’s Demand Dignity campaign on poverty working on local issues connected to AIUSA’s of letters to the editors in local papers, emails than simply benefit from the collective well of and human rights. The tour began in New priority campaigns. These efforts led to tan- and films screenings to engage new support- talent and energy that our activists contribute Orleans, then traveled to San Francisco, Detroit gible successes such as a bill introduced in ers. AIUSA also launched a campaign after the to the human rights movement. We cultivate and New York City, ending with a standing- the Texas state legislature to create a maternal publication of AI’s report on Reginald Clemons, our activists’ expertise. In late 2009, we room-only congressional briefing on Capitol health review board, one of AIUSA’s key goals who has been on Missouri’s death row for 15 brought together nearly 2,000 activists from Hill. Each stop of the tour engaged local and for the state. years despite a conviction that was marred by around the country for the annual fall regional national partners and was organized with the police brutality and prosecutorial misconduct. conferences. By providing many opportunities support of local and student groups. In total, Congressional lobbying—one of AIUSA’s most AIUSA’s Death Penalty Awareness Week drew for activists to strengthen their campaigning more than 700 people attended tour events effective tactics—also gained unprecedented national attention to the abolition movement and organizing skills on human rights issues and are now working in their communities momentum during this period. Activists worked through 250 events across the country. and governance, these conferences supported and at the national and international level on with staff to mobilize 132 delegations to activists and laid the groundwork for campaign maternal health. Members of Congress have participate in the November in-district lobby As the 2010 fiscal year drew to a close, AIUSA successes throughout the 2010 fiscal year. since introduced several pieces of legislation to week. The delegations met with 60 senators had already begun intensive planning for its improve maternal health outcomes internation- and 72 representatives to urge them to close 50th anniversary Annual General Meeting Building on the success of the regional confer- ally and here in the United States. Guantánamo, oppose indefinite detention, and (held in March 2011) in San Francisco. ences, AIUSA held a powerful annual general prioritize accountability for those responsible meeting in New Orleans in April, with more The recruitment and training of AIUSA leaders for human rights violations committed during than 700 activists, partners and human rights for the Organizing Cities Activist Network also the “war on terror.”

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Throughout 2010, com- such a clear example of people intense regional media cover- munications team leveraged dying who don’t need to. . . . age and helped build public AI’s research expertise and That’s the ultimate definition awareness of the systemic advocacy strength to secure of a human rights issue—steps flaws in the application of prominent and consistent cov- that can be taken, and aren’t.” capital punishment. AIUSA erage of international human also continued to generate rights concerns that helped Policy-makers took notice. regional and national mass AIUSA achieve concrete, and Within months, the heavy me- media coverage of the Troy in some cases immediate, dia coverage, combined with Davis case in Georgia, a case legislative and policy goals. intensive AIUSA campaign- that has galvanized opposition The media coverage and ensu- ing and well-timed high-level to the death penalty. ing legislative developments advocacy, produced stellar re- following the March 2010 sults: Congress introduced the Ahead of the fifth anniversary publication of AIUSA’s report Maximizing Optimal Maternity of Hurricanes Katrina and Deadly Delivery: The maternal Services for the 21st Century Rita, AIUSA’s April report health care crisis in the USA is Act and three other pieces Un-Natural Disaster: Human perhaps the best example of of legislation designed to im- Rights in the Gulf Coast Rights—which is cited year- As AIUSA continues to target Pakistan, which drew attention how media work can advance prove maternal health at home gained coverage in more than round as a go-to reference for traditional media outlets, the to the work of AIUSA’s Science the human rights agenda. and abroad. The campaign 300 traditional and online reporters, producers, bloggers communications team is in- for Human Rights team. And also helped generate critical news outlets, both domestic and other journalists—and AI’s tegrating dynamic new-media a partnership between AIUSA AIUSA’s communications support for an important and international. Chronicling annual report on the death strategies to inform, educate, and Curious Pictures, a pro- team generated broad media state-level victory for maternal the human rights violations penalty worldwide, Death and engage existing and new duction company that offered coverage of the Deadly Delivery health in New York with the that followed the storms, the Penalty Statistics. The com- activists. In the 2010 fiscal its services pro bono, yielded report through an all-hands- unanimous passage of the report and ensuing media munications team also drew year, the New Media team the YouTube PSA “The Power on-deck strategy that landed Midwifery Modernization Act, exposure supported AIUSA’s widespread media attention to added more than 215,000 of Words,” which received the coverage on national television, which expands the availability ongoing work on behalf of resi- AI’s research and advocacy on new online activists, bringing prestigious People’s Choice in both national and regional of midwives, particularly in un- dents in the gulf region—par- the military trials of a number AIUSA’s online activism base 2010 Webby Award and at magazines and newspapers, derserved communities, both ticularly the right of residents of Guantánamo detainees, to 690,000 people. AIUSA’s press time had reached nearly and in African American and rural and urban. to return to the region and the U.S. cluster bomb attack Human Rights Now! blog traf- 700,000 page views. The Latino media. Coverage of AI- have access to jobs, health in Yemen that killed civilians fic grew more than 100 per- video showcases AI’s signature USA’s “maternal death clock,” The communications team care, housing and schools. and the forced evictions of cent during this same period, activism tool, writing letters. launched in September in New also worked to secure media Roma people in France. When AIUSA’s Twitter following more York City, framed maternal coverage of key death penalty AI’s international research, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, than quadrupled and AIUSA’s ABOVE: AIUSA Executive Director health as a human right while cases, a strategy developed to reports and analysis also a prisoner of conscience, won Facebook page membership Larry Cox, center right, speaking to reporters in Savannah, Ga., before world leaders gathered for the support AIUSA’s state-by-state received extensive coverage. the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, grew by more than 50 percent. the evidentiary hearing for Troy U.N. Millennium Development approach to legislative aboli- Television networks, radio the communications team Davis. At center left is Benjamin Goals summit. A New York tion. AI’s May 2010 report on programs and influential news was able to focus the media’s AI also continued its suc- Jealous, CEO and president of the NAACP. Times column quoted AIUSA Missouri death-row inmate blogs highlighted several of attention on Liu’s continued cessful strategy of develop- Executive Director Larry Cox Reggie Clemons and the AI’s key publications, including detention and that of other ing micro-sites produced by explaining why maternal death AIUSA-led campaign to win AI’s signature annual report, Chinese dissidents. AIUSA’s Science for Human is a human rights issue: “It’s clemency for him generated State of the World’s Human Rights team, such as Eyes on

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Despite the continued economic challenges we have all been confronting in the United States, Amnesty International USA has been very fortunate to have the steadfast commitment of hundreds of thousands of individual members—many of whom themselves were negatively impacted by the prolonged recession that began in 2008. Their support has sustained the life- saving work of Amnesty International USA through this difficult period. Foundation support of our innovative human rights work also bolstered AIUSA’s revenue stream, as did the impressive growth of bequests and planned giving. We are profoundly grateful to our members and supporters for the actions they take to advance human rights, whether it be through their generous financial support, activism or participation in letter or email campaigns. There are many ways to work toward our vision of all rights for all people.

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Total Operating Revenue $ 36,812,291 $ (823,935) $ - $ 35,988,356 $ 35,665,154

Expenses: program services 37,428,093 - - 37,428,093 33,137,934 Management and general 1,845,683 - - 1,845,683 3,044,929 Fundraising 6,735,504 - - 6,735,504 8,229,692

TOTAL EXPENSES $ 46,009,280 $ - $ - $ 46,009,280 $ 44,412,555

Decrease in Net assets before non-operating revenues $ (9,196,989) $ (823,935) $ - $ (10,020,924) $ (8,747,401)

Non-operating revenues: Bequests and planned giving $ 6,513,089 $ - $ - $ 6,513,089 $ 3,557,509 Charitable Gift Annuity income (270,965) - - (270,965) - net realized gains (losses) on investments 390,689 - - 390,689 (853,363) net unrealized gains (losses) on investments 358,114 - - 358,114 268,833 Interest and dividends 282,638 - - 282,638 540,925 International secretariat contingent liability adjustment - - - - 4,547,134

Total non-operating revenues $ 7,300,565 $ - $ - $ 7,300,565 $ 8,061,038

Change in net assets $ (1,896,424) $ (823,935) $ - $ (2,720,359) $ (686,363) Net assets, beginning of year 10,683,905 2,030,703 1,429,801 14,144,409 14,830,772

Net assets, end of year $ 8,787,481 $ 1,206,768 $ 1,429,801 $ 11,424,050 $ 14,144,409

www.amnestyusa.org AIUSA 2010 Annual Report 29 Donors and Supporters

Executive Director’s Leadership Council Individuals, Family Foundations and Corporations Colleen and Robert D. Haas At the invitation of Amnesty International USA’s Executive Director, Larry Cox, Our special thanks go to the following individuals, family foundations Tessa Gunther and Scott Hagg members of the Executive Director’s Leadership Council provide leadership and corporations for providing major gifts and financial stability to our Dr. Lawrence Pratt and support, guidance and advocacy strength to advance human rights regionally work in fiscal year 2010. Dr. Melinda Hall and nationally. Frank Kendall and Elizabeth Halpern Ware and Ellen Adams Margueritte S. Murphy and The David and Mary Harbeitner Kerry Kennedy, Chair Roslyn Hees and Donal O’Leary James and Mary Adelstein Brian Cooper Charitable Gift Fund Patricia Shield Ayres and Michael and Bonnie Rothman Heinz and Margaret Aeschbach Anne Cowett Mrs. Serena Hatch Robert Ayres Carol and Harry Salo The Sidney and Beatrice Reverend Stuart P. Coxhead, Jr. Dawson Heron David Boatwright Dr. Andrew M. Sessler Albert Foundation Mr. Ronald Soltman and Arnold Hiatt Joe W. Bratcher III Stephen M. Silberstein George and Herawati Alvarez-Correa Ms. Judith Cram Charlotte Hill Philip Emminger John V. Stevens, Jr. John and Alix Ankele Dancing Skies Foundation Graham W. and Jane B. Hills Stuart Feigin Sir Patrick Stewart Ann Arbor Community Foundation Ruth Davee Thomas C. Hogan Bob and Pat Flynn Rose Styron Anonymous (40) Ms. Hester Diamond Hunt Alternatives Fund Joan and Philip Haan Philippe Villers Around Foundation The William H. Donner Foundation Carl Jacobs Foundation Nadine Hack William Wardlaw and Patricia Arnold James H. Averill Deirdre M. Giblin and David B. DuBard The Jarvey-McCord Foundation Carolyn Mary Kleefeld Michael Wall Rick & Sue Ayre Betty Liles and Robert Duffy Alan K. and Cledith M. Betsy and Paul Mazursky A. Lee and Peggy Zeigler Patricia Shield Ayres and Robert Ayres Virginia Dwan Jennings Foundation Eric Michelsen Mr. & Mrs. D. Euan Baird Philip Emminger Janet G. Jones Claes Oldenburg The Cameron Baird Foundation Todd Evans Prof. Judy M. Judd Matt and Margaret Balitsaris Weiss Fagen Fund Al and Diane Kaneb Foundation Support Gustavo E. Bamberger and Stuart Feigin Rochelle S. Kaplan and Martha Van Haitsma The Fickle Mermaid Corp. Arthur D. Lipson As AIUSA works to expand this relatively nascent program, we are grateful for The Barrington Foundation Cafe Figaro Kaufman Family Fund the collaboration of our institutional donors along with their generous financial John and Linda Benner Judith Watson and Daniel Finnegan Margaret H. and support. While the investment of foundations in AIUSA certainly helps to Alan Berlow David and Marianna Fisher James E. Kelley Foundation diversify our income and increase our sustainability, these partnerships also Bernheim Foundation FJC - A Foundation of Andrew and Kathryn Kimball expand the scope of Amnesty’s work and fuel innovation. Arnold and Jeannne Bernstein Fund philanthropic Funds Carolyn Mary Kleefeld Jutta and Hans Bertram-Nothnagel Bob and Pat Flynn Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn Caipirinha Foundation Open Society Institute David Boatwright Frankel Family Foundation George and Eddy Krumme Ford Foundation Overbrook Foundation Richard Bronks Franklin Philanthropic Foundation Harold and Estelle Kuhn Hampton Roads Piersol Foundation, Inc. Markell Brooks Malcolm and Elizabeth Fraser Julia M. and Frank Ladner Community Foundation RealNetworks Foundation Walker G. Buckner, Jr. Foundation Lear Family Foundation Libra Foundation Wallace Global Fund Laura & Stefan Budac Mr. Leland Doan and Angelica N. Leeds Mertz Gilmore Foundation Reverend & Mrs. C. Frederick Mrs. Frances Freewater Ms. Tara Greenway and Oak Foundation Buechner Sherry and Leo Frumkin Mr. Lawrence Leibowitz John T. Bullitt Portia Gage Janette Leonidou The Bunting Family Foundation The Garfield Foundation The Lon & Nancy Lewis Family Polly Cherner Gaucho Fund, Santa Fe The Link Foundation David R. Clark Community Foundation Dr. Harold W. Lischner The Cogan Family Foundation Jackson and Irene Golden Benjamin Loevinsohn and Jace Cohen Charitable Trust Anne Ellsworth Jonathan L. Cohen Gail Goldsmith Ms. Marianne Loner Marjorie T. Coleman and Myrtle E. Green Michael MacLeod William R. Coleman Ward and Marlene Greenberg John Cawley and Christine Marshall Liam P. Connell Tom Parker and Michelle Griffin Betsy and Paul Mazursky Bridget L. Cooke Alfred R. Gurney, Jr. Leslie and Mark McGauley Joan B. and Philip C. Haan Susanne McMillan

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Kathleen Blumenthal Robert L. Carter Lynne Cutler Michele and Jeffrey Engel Darcy J. Gerrard John Boduch Robert A. and Gary Cygan Fanita English Lois M. Gillespie Thelma Boeder Janet R. Chesnut Mark Da Sylva Nancy Farmer-Lanz Lynda M. Gilman Howard Boroughs Nancy and William Child Dennis Einar Dahl Judith Farrar Mildred Gilman Kristin Borsenik Irving L. Chortek Edith Daman Dr. Jacqueline Farwell Carol and Rolfe Gjellstad Richard A. Borth James E. and Harriett A. Clark Bill Danforth Henry Fehrenbacher Elizabeth Gjenvick Doyle Bortner in memory Maria Clark and James C. Davies Stuart Feigin John Gladstone of Alba P. Bortner Dwight Gledhill Andrew Davis Martha Ferger Nancy Glaser Edna Boslet Carol and Tom Clark Gilbert R. Davis and Patricia K. Davis Joan M. Ferrante Stanley and Edith Glenn Dr. D. Boulian & Ruth and Sam Class Jane Dawson Carl Ferree Phyllis and Wayne Gocke Ms. C. Ruebusch Gary Lee Clayton Peter Day Nancy Dotterer Field Fern L. Goering Adele S. Bowler Marion Clement Gerry S. De Harven Phillip Field Georgia Golden Ruth G. Bowman Norris C. Clement and Jan De Vries David M. Fine Keith Goldstein and Donna Warrington John E. Bradshaw, Jr. Diane Bessell Andrew G. Dean and Carole A. Finkel Thomas Goldstick Ted Brandt Sharon Cohen Consuelo Beck-Sague Avis and Jeffrey Fisher Bea Goodman Kara Brascia Elisa H. Coleman Philip Glenn DeBlock Marvin Fisher Susan Gordon Regene Braun Douglas L. and John C. and Evelyn Dee Paula M. Fitzmaurice Jacqueline Gould The William D. Bray lieselotte F. Collins Frank M. Deffry, Ph.D. Nancy Fitzpatrick Benjamin and Pamela Graham and Frances H. Bray Jane E. Combs Noelle Delore Joan L. Flanders Gary and Patricia Gralton Family Trust Maryanne Conheim Nicholas L. and Dolly Demos Agatha B. and Robert B. Fleming Ruth Green Emma Brier Dorothy Conlon Rodney Dennis and Edward Flesch Flora Greenhoot Conley Brooks Dennis R. Connolly Donna Leslie-Dennis Virginia Fletcher Daniel J. Greenwald, Ph.D. Elayne Brown Laura Connolly Nina Penelope Denton, Ph.D. Wolfram and Faith Fliegel Phyllis Guest Emily Brown Jack and Robert Conrad Stacy Deruiter Jane Flinn Fred Guggenheim Emily Halicki Brown Michael Cooney Bruce Detwiler and Sandy Winters Ellen L. Fogle Colette Guggenheim Dr. Gary I. Brown Sarah J. Cooney Jamieson Deuel Ann E. Fordham David Haberman Jacquelyn Browne Edward T. Cooper Urmila K. Devgon Doris L. Fostervold Zhila Haghbin, M.D. Ronald Bryant-Doxstater Matthew Cooper Elizabeth B. Dexter D’Ette Fowlkes Carlyn Jean Halde Meghan Buhl Corinne Cooperman Penelope Di Micelli Annette Fox Barbara M. Hale Robert P. Burchard Michael Corrado, M.D. Norma Diamond Margaret R. Fox Scott B. Hall Robert B. P. Burns, M.D. and Edward Costello Emily and Robert Dillard Carl Frank Judith Hamburg Cynthia R. Burns, Ph.D. Virginia M. Coupe Albert R. Dilley Julian Frederick Yvonne and Joseph Hammerquist Kenneth H. Burrows Caroline Courts Sharon Doll Ernest Fredricksmeyer Sandra Hammersmark John Butler Lynne and Todd Coward Charles H. and Beverly A. Donald Estelle Freedman Montagu Hankin, Jr. Mila Buz Reyes-Mesia Ursula M. Cowgill John W. Donnelly Joel Freedman Judith Hanlon James and Charlotte Caldwell Margaret Crahan Gunilla S. Doremus Dr. Edward Fremouw Kathleen Hanold Dr. Peter Calingaert Patsy Cravens Anne W. Dorweiler Lawrence Friedman, Ph.D. Carol Hanson Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Roger Craver Mary Doychak Robert D. Fuld Richard E. and Diane Harder Cannon Victoria M. Creager Anne Doyle Richard Fursland Mary B. Harren Rusty Cantor Maria-Laura Crespo Alden Drew Peter Fuss Christopher and Sarah P. Harris Harriet Caplan Anne S. Crosman Clifford Droke and Diane Pinney Josiane and Etienne Gabel Daniel A. Harris and Jane L. Buttars Michael A. and Peter Cross Edward J. Dubrule, Jr. Mary Galgota Ellis and Ellen Harris Kristina M. Caplin Prudence Crowther Gilbert Dunne, Jr. Bill Galloway Stan Hartman Mary Harrison Carle Bob and Carol Cumbie Jimmy Dunne Mary E. Gamson Dennis Harvey Raymond C. Carleton, Ph.D. Dr. Stephen J. Cummings Richard Dwyer Helen A. Garcia Jeffrey S. Harwood Leie and Sean Carmody Alyson Cupps Rex Dye Jeneva Garrett Raymond D. Hathaway Mary Jane Carroll Susan V. and Robert Curtis Beth Edwards Mary W. Gatewood Molly Perkins Hauck Deborah G. Carstens Shery Cushman Pat Egan-Myers and Charles K. Myers Kevin George Joseph R. Haun

32 AIUSA 2010 Annual Report Lester H. Hayes Gerritdina Justitz Rudolf Lambracht Sylvia Maizell Elaine Mundt Berttina Helmers Charles Kahn James E. and Sue G. Lamie Nancy Malecek Rhoads Murphey Nancy M. Henley Nancy A. Kane Peter B. Landecker Eric G. Marshall Alice A. Murray David W. Hester Daniel M. Kaplan Carolyn A. Landwehr A. Irene Martin Carole Nagengast A. Maren Hexter Helen Karl Dr. Mary Laner Albert Martin Suzy V. Newman Frederic Hicks George Karnoutsos Anita M. LaPlaca Elizabeth Martin Laura Ng Dr. Vernon and Mrs. Elice E. Claire Karpov and Joe Karpov Paul Lappe Tina M. Martin Theodore J. Nicou Higginbotham Anita Karr Mary Larsen Ann R. Mason Janet L. Niven Norman Higginson Dr. Deborah Eckstein Katz Edwin & Miriam Lasker Norman Masonson Beatrice Noble Michele Hill Iris F. Kaufman and Philip and Lynda Lathrop Jeanette Mastrov Gail and Louvan Nolting Charles K. and Mares Hirchert William M. Kaufman Alan Lauer Dr. David R. Matteson and John Nordgaard William F. Hirsch and Yvette Cardozo Marjorie Kaufman Margaret Laulor Sandra L. Matteson Jaroslaw and Elizabeth Nyczak Ronald and Carol Hirsh G. Armit Kaur Harriet Lawrence Kenneth and Sandra Mayberry James C. Oberkrom Larry Hochman Eva Kaytes Robert P. Lawrence Betsy & Paul Mazursky Donald and Margaret O’Brien Michael Hoffmand and Wendy Taylor Carolyn Keagle Mercedes Lawry Ed and Maria McClain Jean O’Donnell Karen M. Holgerson, Ph.D. Sam Keen Don Lebell, Ph.D. Joey McCoy Eileen L. Oehler Denise Holley Mary Keenan Sema E. Lederman Nancy and Gregory McDaniels K. Norah O’Grady David L. Horn Anne Keleman Patty Lee Joe McFarlane Darcie & Christian Olson Lucille Horner Donald M. & Katherine Z. Keller Ellen P. and Roger Leeds H. Coleman McGinnisto Jane Olson John Hotchin, M.D. Wayne H. Keller Kay Leuschner Carole McMillen Lynn Olson and Frank Stone Marjorie Howard-Jones Mary Kellogg Dr. Robert Levin John V. Meeks Gigi Polasky Oram Warren Howe and Janet Karon Dianne Kelly Suzanne and Mark Levinson Barbara Meislin Margaret G. Orlett Conrad Hunter Dorothea Kelsey Brett Miller Levy Robert C. Meissner Velva Jeanne Osborn Rev. Sharon Hunzeker and Gordon J. Kendall Doris Lewis-Burgess Elizabeth Melamid Kathryn L. Owens Mr. Harold Hunzeker Cathy Kent Clifford Liehe George Mercer Charlotte Painter Elizabeth Hurd Clarence C. and Carole J. Kent D. Lifton Linda Merman Miss Hazel Palmer David and Arlene Iacono Daniel D. Kereth Rev. Barbara A. Linder Michael Merritt Sherry Palmer Suzanne Iannucci Kassandra Kersting Arthur Lipkin and Robert W. Ellsworth Emily S. Meyer Elaine Paris Carol and Carl Ingram A. Donn Kesselheim Virginia C. Lippmann Harold K. Meyer Janice Park Robert P. Isaacson Martha and Michael Kessler Rev. Suzanne G. Listemann Dr. Michael Denis Michaelson John and Margaret Parke Grace Jackson Amy Y. Kimura Neal Lockwood Eric and Laura Michelsen Sydney Parks Richard Charles Jackson Phyllis King Mitzi Loftus Sara Michl Gilda C. Parrella Marvin Douglass Jensen Nancy V. Kirk Roy A. Lombard Annette Miller G. Lyndall Parsons Dr. Maryanne Jerome Richard W. Kirschner George and Karen Longstreth Anstiss C. Miller Joanne Pawlick Tom Jewell Meg Kiuchi Mona Lourie Henri E. Mitler Cynthia C. Payne Helen Jobet-Dunstan Russel & Yonah Klem Warren O. Lowe John H. Moe Emma Pearce Jane Johnson Roxanne Klinger Gunter and Lysiane Lowinsohn Seymour Moed Jon T. Pearson and J. Patricia Gaffney Joan H. Johnson P. Stanton Klose Kathleen Lucatorto Allan F. Molgaard Mary K. Pearson Marilyn Johnson John G. Koch Jacqueline Ludel Filippo Moneti Judith Peck Mary L. R. Johnson Ilse Kolbuszowski Rolf and Margaret Ludwig Gary Monroe Brian Peckman Robert and Betty Johnson Janet Kothrade Eileen Lum Helen Moore Dean Peerman Thomas J. Johnson Vera Kramer Katie Lunday Janie L. and Robert C. A. Moore Leonard Pellettiri William M. Johnson, M.D. Marshall Krause Eileen A. Lynch Jerry Moore and Birgitta Akesson Louis Pelosi and Marlene E. Johnson Patricia J. Kriegler Michael F. MacLeod John Moore Rose Penn Don and Louise Johnston Jack A. Kyle Margaret T. MacNeil Gloria and Arnold Morelli Rosa M. Perez-Williams Ralph Jollensten and Susan Berzac Joan S. La Croix Elisabeth MacRae-Bobynskyj Mary Moseley Nancy Peters Judy M. Judd Raymond Lagerveld Mark J. Magenheim Cathy S. Mosley Christian Peterson John P. Junkroski and Patricia L. Meloy Carla J. Lambarth Mary Maguire John A. and Hatsumi I. Moss Marianne Phelan www.amnestyusa.org AIUSA 2010 Annual Report 33 Donors and Supporters

Craig and Joyce Antila Phipps Barbara M. Rose Irwin and Renee Shishko Nancy Suhrbur Joseph Weitze Carol Pierce Hanni Rose in memory of Robert Shultz Anita and Russy Sumariwalla DeVera and Wiley D. Wenger, Jr. Penelope Pinson Skander Najar A. Joanne Siegla, C.P.A. Norma and Julian Svedosh Frances F. Werner Dr. Frances Fox Piven David and Carol Rosen Yvette D. Simpson Elliott H. Sweet Joan Wetherell Karen Plowden Rhoda Rosenthal Sally Skinner-Sandford Ray C. Talania Barbara Whan Steve and Michelle Pohlmeyer Paul L. and Marion J. Ross Ardys H. Smith T. Tappan Darlene and Tom White Pearl Porterfield Lewis H. Rothman Jim Smith Gerda Taranow Thomas White Myrna Barbara Pototsky Sara Rothmuller Joel Smith Phyllis and Richard Taylor Dr. Ron Whittaker Anne Thornton Prendergast Mr. and Mrs. James Rowan Marjorie Smith Victoria Taylor Jeane Wilder in memory of Nicholas Jane Rowley Susan Smith Maria Thaddeus Don C. and Julie Wilkin thornton Chivers Marilyn A. Ruebling Jenella Smith Emelianov David A. Thomas Molly Willcox Robert O. Preyer Hilda Rush Dorothy Snodgrass Helen and William Thomas Paul Willen Camille Carnell Pronovost Dr. Gloria D. Rutgers Claudia Sole Cassandra J. Timmins Mary Williams Perry Pullins Nelson B. Sackett, Jr. Professor Arthur Solomon Walter W. Tingle and Thea F. Holmes Jeffrey Wilson Jennie Quan Mindy Sampliner Anna Sontag Helen Toohy Elaine Windrich George A. Quattrone, Ph.D. Jerome N. Scanlan Beth Sosnick Juergen G. Tooren Zack Winestine and Joanne Pawlowski Barbara Alexandra Quinn Lee and Stuart Scheingold Dr. William Spady Brent A. Tozzer Orville I. Wold Paul G. Quinn Ward C. Schendel and John D. Spears Pola Fotitch Triandis Norma Wolf Dr. Virginia Raad Catherine L.B. Schendel Cherrill M. Spencer Andres Cartagena Troche Helen F. Wolfson Herbert H. and Mary P. Rabe Genevieve Schiffmann Pieter J. and Erna-Joan Spijkerman George and Erika Tucker Alice H. Wolpert James and Elizabeth Raby Diane H. Schilke Lenore Spindelman Georgia Turner Robert Worthing Charles and Audrey Raeback Florence F. Schimmel Donald Spoto Greg Tutunjian Betty and Ted Wurm Helen Raffel Susan Schindler Ward Stalnaker William E. Tyree Robert S. Wyer, Jr. David Raikow Jermone and Elizabeth Schneewind June C. Starck Marie Elizabeth Utzig Charles Yancy and Janet Greenlees Julissa Lopez Ramirez Leslie Elsa Schneider Sharon Stark Virginia Vanstory Dr. Michael Yokell Caroline Ramsay Merriam Muriel Schnierow William Stark IMO Charles W. ‘Chig’ and Pam Young Jean Ranc Teresa Schreitmueller John Staton evelyn E. Varner Jan H. Zahrly Madalene Mary Ransom Stephen Schuck Pearl F. Steele Gabor Vermes and Ann Fagan Kit and Bill Zak Micheal J. and Laila Z. Redman John R. Schue Jovanna Stein Philippe and Katherine Villers Susan Zarbock Bonita Regina Douglas and Joan Schwartz Marion Steininger Carol Vogt Lee and Peggy Zeigler Jo Reichler Elisabeth Seaman Cookie White Stephan Barbara Clare Voltz Stephen and Sally Zorich Ila L. Reierson John and Irenne Sedgwick Briedis Elinor R. Stern Margaret Vose Margret Zwiebel Marvin Resnick Barbara Segat Peter Stern Professor Paul Wadden Anne E. Rettenberg David P. and Elizabeth T. Segel Barbara L. Stewart, MLS Phyllis Wafer James C. Reynolds Dr. Andrew M. Sessler Susan Stievater Florence Wagner Lawrence Richette Burkhard Seubert Caroline Stipe Dr. Gloria F. Waldman Tim C. Riedler and Yung Mi Choi Judith Shapiro Jeanne Stoenner Robin A. Wallace Brian Rinehart Leonard and Dana Shaw Jerome and Betty Stone Elinore Washburn Ann Robb and Michel Cam Don Shea Daniel and Rev. Carolyn J. Strack W. Earl Wear Barbara H. Roberts Teri A. Shecter Helen A. Strand Joan Weaver Joan K. Robles Sarah K. Shed and Joel D. Davis David Strasser Kathy Webb Rev. and Mrs. Donald Rogers Susan Sheinfeld Mary J. Srattner-Gregory Elaine Weidemann Yvonne Rogers Ayne Manfroi Sheldon Mary B. Strauss Robert and Gail Weigl Sylvie Romanowski Walter Sheppe Barbara A. Stribling Marvin J. Weinberger Jane A. Ronca-Washburn Maryclaire B. Sherin Gaby Stuart, Ph.D Mary Weinmann Michael Rooney Jim and Mai Shields Maria Nowakowska Stycos and Judith Weisberg Betty and Jack Roosa Susan Shields Joseph Mayone Stycos Blanche Weiss Margaret Ropchan Elizabeth F. Shipley John and Sheila Suarez Elizabeth Weiss

34 AIUSA 2010 Annual Report senior staff, board of directors and aiusa offices

Senior staff Board of Financial aiusa offices directors Resources Larry Cox Development National Office Northeast Executive Director Stephen Abrams 5 Penn Plaza 58 Day Street Committee New York, NY 10001 Sarah Aird Davis Square Curt Goering phone: (212) 807-8400 Established by the Board of Somerville, MA 02144 Senior Deputy Executive Jeff Bachman fax: (212) 627-1451 Directors in 2009 to engage phone: (617) 623-0202 Director Simon Billenness [email protected] board members and volunteers fax: (617) 623-2005 Jessica Carvalho Morris in AIUSA fund raising efforts [email protected] Timothy Higdon Mayra Gomez Regional Offices Deputy Executive Director Mid-Atlantic Rick Halperin Pat Flynn, Chair South for External Affairs 600 Pennsylvania Ave. SE 730 Peachtree St. NE Theresa Harris Steve Abrams 5th Floor Suite 1060 Ellen Benjamin Betsy Hawkings, Shahram Hashemi Washington, D.C. 20003 Atlanta, GA 30308 RACHEL WARD William Jones David Boatwright phone: (202) 544-0200 phone: (404) 876-5661 Deputy Executive Director for Frank Kendall Kristina Brady fax: (202) 546-7142 fax: (404) 876-2276 Research and Policy [email protected] Zachary Michaelson Sherry Frumkin [email protected] Shahram Hashemi Gouri Sadhwani Carole Nagengast Midwest West Deputy Executive Director for Christianna Nichols Leahy Michael MacLeod 53 West Jackson 350 Sansome St. Organizing, Membership and Eric Michelsen Dennis Nurkse Suite #731 Suite 210 Campaigns Phyllis Pautrat Harry Salo Chicago, IL 60604 San Francisco, CA 94104 Barbara Sproul phone: (312) 427-2060 phone: (415) 288-1800 Peter Farnsworth fax: (312) 427-2589 fax: (415) 288-1861 Deputy Director/Chief Susan Waltz [email protected] [email protected] Financial Officer Rafia Zakaria

www.amnestyusa.org AIUSA 2010 Annual Report 35 “ONLY WHEN THE LAST PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE HAS BEEN FREED, WHEN THE LAST TORTURE CHAMBER HAS BEEN CLOSED, WHEN THE UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS A REALITY FOR THE WORLD’S PEOPLE, WILL OUR WORK BE DONE.”

—PETER BENENSON, FOUNDER OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL