This event is from a couple months ago now, when U2 was playing a concert at Magnetic Hill, NB. Only a few days before the concert I got a message from the Regional Amnesty International Coordinator asking if I would be interested in volunteering at the concert. So my father, brother, and I made the long drive to New Brunswick in order to be there. And it rained and rained and rained. And rained. And it turns out collecting signatures on paper petitions is very difficult in the rain, but we slaved on through the day in the many hours leading up to the concert. With 80 000 fans on the grounds there was certainly no shortage of people to talk to. The night wound up with us standing five metres away from Bono in the most spectacular show I'm likely ever going to see.
I've been involved with Amnesty for a number of year's now, since biking across Canada as a fundraiser. All three of my years at Park View I have held small Write for Rights events at the school, asking people to sign letters and postcards to be mailed around the world in support of Amnesty's work. Amnesty is a very youth friendly organization, they make it easy to become involved, and this is why I have done so and will continue to do so. There's a lot of news out there that media outlets don't cover, a lot that they don't cover and should. By being involved with Amnesty I add my voice to the voices of millions of other people to speak for what we believe is right.
