get ready for a weekend of activity - brought to you by Amnesty International. They are having their annual general meeting here in Portland over the weekend, beginning Friday April 28-30. If you don’t know Amnesty International, check them out. They are an amazing international oranization who fights for human rights. They even fight for human rights right here in the USA. This weekend’s activities include a schedule of vigils and protests:

Friday - 4pm - protest against GITMO - Pioneer Courthouse Square
Saturday - 7pm - overnight vigil for the Invisible Children Movement’s Global Night Commute - to hightlight the plight of children in war-torn Northern Ugunda. - also in Pioneer Courthouse Square
Sunday - 1:30pm - rally to stop genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Also, on Saturday evening, there is a huge concert at the Roseland featuring the following: Host Mira Sorvino, Collective Soul, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave fame, Incubus acoustic, Suzanne Vega, Portand’s own March Forth Marching Band and finally, Youth Movement Records. It looks like it will be a night packed with some amazing voices making noise for human rights.

Just be prepared if heading downtown.

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4. See Mayor Potter spit!
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