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2026 Midwest Regional Activism Conference

For more than 40 years, Amnesty International USA has hosted regional activism conferences (RAC) in cities across the country. Each fall, these conferences have provided a space for people to come together to increase knowledge, build skills, and exchange ideas and strategies for progressing a...

 10-24-2026 09:00 AM - 10-25-2026 05:00 PM CT
 Minneapolis MN

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2026 Mid-Atlantic Regional Activism Conference

For more than 40 years, Amnesty International USA has hosted regional activism conferences (RAC) in cities across the country. Each fall, these conferences have provided a space for people to come together to increase knowledge, build skills, and exchange ideas and strategies for progressing a...

 10-23-2026 09:00 AM - 10-24-2026 05:00 PM ET
 Baltimore MD

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2026 West Regional Activism Conference

For more than 40 years, Amnesty International USA has hosted regional activism conferences (RAC) in cities across the country. Each fall, these conferences have provided a space for people to come together to increase knowledge, build skills, and exchange ideas and strategies for progressing a...

 10-03-2026 09:00 AM - 10-04-2026 05:00 PM PT
 Los Angeles CA

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2026 Northeast Regional Activism Conference

For more than 40 years, Amnesty International USA has hosted regional activism conferences (RAC) in cities across the country. Each fall, these conferences have provided a space for people to come together to increase knowledge, build skills, and exchange ideas and strategies for progressing a...

 09-26-2026 09:00 AM - 09-27-2026 05:00 PM ET
 Brooklyn NY

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2026 South Regional Activism Conference

For more than 40 years, Amnesty International USA has hosted regional activism conferences (RAC) in cities across the country. Each fall, these conferences have provided a space for people to come together to increase knowledge, build skills, and exchange ideas and strategies for...

 09-25-2026 09:00 AM - 09-26-2026 05:00 PM CT
 Houston TX

Glossary

arbitrary detention

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention uses arbitrary detention to describe any of the following situations: Where there is no legal basis for detention. This includes people held without charge or trial or despite a judicial order for their release, or those still in prison after the...

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Freedom of Expression

Human right that protests the rights of individuals to express their opinions or beliefs without interference from the government. Everyone has the right to say what you think, share information and demand a better world. And everyone has the right to agree or disagree with those in power, and...

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Civic Space

The environment that allows individuals and groups to participate in the political, economic, or social life of a society. Civic space is the places, protections, and people that make it possible to fight for human rights around the world. We must protect the entities and spaces that allow us to...

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Civil Society

Groups of people, networks and non-governmental institutions, including unions, trade associations and non-profit organizations, that come together to promote something for the betterment of their community or society. Freedom of expression, the right to organize, and the freedom of dissent are...

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Freedom of the Press

Human right that guarantees the ability of journalists and media organizations to publish news, opinions, and information without undue government interference, censorship, or punishment from the government. A free press plays a vital role in holding governments and other powerful actors to...