Amnesty International
Join the Charity Challenge at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday, September 26th, 2010, and support Amnesty International!
Looking for a way to combine your love for physical activity with your passion for human rights? Join the Amnesty Athletes team! Contact Elena Dumitru at 416-363-9933, ext 333, or at edumitru@amnesty.ca to register and find out more information.
Register to raise money for Amnesty, and you will receive a charity discount on your registration fee!
As an Amnesty Athlete, you will be able to challenge yourself to raise money and awareness in support of Amnesty's human rights work. The registrant who fundraises the biggest amount will receive a unique prize package from Amnesty International. All athletes receive a free Amnesty bib, headband and sweatband.
Amnesty International is one of the largest, most respected and most effective human rights organizations in the world. Our members — more than 2.2 million people across Canada and around the world — press governments and others with influence to protect people's freedom, dignity and fair treatment. In Canada, hundreds of Amnesty International school and community groups enable "ordinary" people to speak up for human rights. Amnesty International's power to do good depends on its political independence: funding comes from concerned individuals, not from governments.
When human rights abuses take place, Amnesty International seeks out the truth, exposes it for the world to see, then creates public pressure to stop specific abuses against specific people. Within its wide-ranging work, Amnesty International seeks to:
- free people imprisoned for the peaceful expression of their beliefs or identity
- stop torture
- abolish the death penalty
- protect refugees and others at risk of abuse
- protect the safety of human rights activists
- pressure international agencies to prevent human rights violations
