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Sent: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 6:39 pm
Subject: A new era










    
        
        
        
    
        
        

            


                    

                    

                        


                                


                            

                            

                                


                            

                            

                                


                            

                        


                    

                

            


        

            


                    

                    

                        


                                


                            

                            

                                


                                


                                


                                


                                


                            

                            

                                

                                
Dear 

                                

                                
Waking up this morning was like waking up to a new era. That’s because many of us remember a time when activities were segregated by race, whether going to the movies or riding a bus. 

                                
And then yesterday, the biggest racial barrier in American politics was annihilated. By record margins, America elected Barack Obama the first African-American president of the United States.

                                
Hope overcame fear. Ordinary citizens mobilized to change the future. This is the heart of Amnesty International. Since 1961, we’ve held out hope for those enduring injustice, when all hope was lost. And through the power of your collective actions, hundreds of thousands now enjoy greater freedom and a safer, more just world.

                                
A record 131 million people cast their vote and exercised one of the most fundamental of human rights. But as Barack Obama said last night, 

                                
"This victory alone is not the change we seek--it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you."

                                
We have a great opportunity. The world faces overwhelming human rights crises. But with your help, we can turn this country’s policies on human rights back in the direction of alleviating, and not contributing, to these crises. 

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                    


                                            


                                            


                                            


                                            


                                        

                                        

                                            


                                            


                                            


                                        

                                        

                                            

                                            

                                            
An historic election. 

                                            A chance for change.

                                            

                                            

                                        

                                        

                                            


                                        

                                        

                                            


                                        

                                        

                                            


                                        

                                        

                                            
 

                                        

                                        

                                            


                                        

                                        

                                            


                                            

                                            
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President-elect Obama has promised to restore the rule of law, to repair America’s damaged perception in the world, to close Guantánamo, and to renounce torture. 

                                
These promises bring hope. In the coming days, we will need you to help make those promises a reality. 

                                

                                

                                

 Sincerely,

                                

                                Larry Cox

                                Executive Director

                                Amnesty International USA 

                                

                                


                                

                                

                                    


                                            


                                            


                                            




                                            


                                            
 

                                        

                                    


                                

                            

                            

                                


                            

                            

                                


                            

                            

                                


                            

                            

                                

                                
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