March 25, 2019
Human Rights Fellowship
Hi – I hope you’re doing well. My name is Rana Abdelhamid and I’m an Amnesty USA board member reaching out on behalf of our team with an exciting new opportunity for students and young activists. For more than 50 years, Amnesty International has been committed to mobilizing communities around the world for human rights. We are a global movement of over 7 million activists and supporters worldwide. Our vision for justice begins with the individual, empowering on-the-ground social justice advocates with a human rights framework of global solidarity.
This is why we’re writing to you to let you know about the launch of our very first Human Rights Fellowship, to support young people at the front lines of human rights issues across the United States. Whether they’re an organizer, scholar, activist, innovator, educator, or artist, we want to empower young people to connect to a global vision for human rights with other young human rights defenders from across the USA. If you know folks at the front lines of change on behalf of their community, are age 18-27, and are committed to a global vision for human dignity and rights, then this is the opportunity for them.
Would you be able to pass along this information to your students and your community? The deadline is fast approaching, so we’d love if you could forward this along. Feel free to write back with any questions! I look forward to hearing back from you. You can also find more details on the opportunity linked here.
Rana Abdelhamid
Executive Board Member
Amnesty International USA
rana.amnesty@gmail.com | 646-417-4093