Monday, March 28, 2005

Amnesty International Meeting in Austin

Join Amnesty members from across the country and activists from around the world at the 2005 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Austin, TX, April 8-10!

Amnesty International USA Annual General Meeting
April 8-10
Hyatt Regency, Austin, TX

Featured speakers include:


Panels Include:
  • Socially Responsible Investment and Shareholder Activism
  • Reclaiming Interdependence: Leaving No Human Rights Behind
  • Responding to Genocide: The Way Forward?
  • Breaking Through: Women and Patriarchal Systems
  • Torture, US policy and International Trends
  • Stopping Violence Against Women
  • Cruel and Inhumane: Mental Illness and the Death Penalty
  • How International Law Applies to Amnesty's Day-to-Day Work
  • Securing Rights for Minority Communities
  • Youth Activism

Register online

Putas vs. Cowgirls

The banked track Lonestar Rollergirls next bout is scheduled for Sunday, April 3rd.

Putas del Fuego led by team captian Chola will take on the Gen. Lee Feisty and the Rhinestone Cowgirls.

Sunday, April 3rd.

Bout will take place at the new Thunderdome.
1901 E. 51st St. Austin Studios, Hanger 5.

Doors open at 6pm, bout at 7pm.

Tickets are $10.

Please visit the Lonestar Rollergirls website for more info.

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Rat City Rollergirls Season Opener a Success

Seattle's Rat City Rollergirls skated their first bout this past Saturday.

The first bout saw the Throttle Rockets bury Grave Danger 74 - 26.

The Derby Liberation Front rolled over the Sockit Wenches 86 - 37 in the second bout.

The Rat City Rollergirls next bout is scheduled for Saturday, April 30th.

Tickets to the inaugural bout sold out very quickly. Please see the Rat City Rollergirls website for more information.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a story of their first bout:


Under whirling red and blue lights, a legion of helmeted hellions on wheels rolled out Saturday night to a sold-out audience that eagerly anticipated the Rat City Rollergirls' season-opening rumble at the Southgate Roller Rink.

They weren't disappointed.

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