June 24, 2016
Today,
AIUSA is launching “The America I Believe In,” a public awareness and
engagement campaign to advance positive human rights values and fight
policies that are based on fear and bigotry. Specifically, we aim to
expose and challenge the anti-Muslim prejudice that’s fueling both
restrictions on refugees and national security policies that violate
human rights.
This
memo includes short background, talking points, links to material you
can circulate and share, and sample social media posts.
Click here for ENTIRE memo.
Links and resources you can use and share:
- The main microsite of the campaign, which launched this morning: www.amnestyusa.org/IBelieve
- The AIUSA “The America I Believe In” Toolkit, which includes comprehensive background and resources for individual activists and groups.
- The action alert to Congress that went out to all AIUSA supporters today, calling on Congress to lead with human rights and reject policies based on fear and bigotry.
- The video AIUSA released today, in advance of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
- An op-ed from AIUSA Interim Executive Director Margaret Huang, published today in The Hill (the influential newspaper reaching policymakers on Capitol Hill), which you can post to social media and share. Additional media will run later today and over the weekend, and you can repost it from AIUSA’s social media platforms.
- AIUSA’s press release about the campaign launch.
- A quote graphic about the Brexit vote and xenophobia in the U.S., which you can post and share.
