How I joined Amnesty: As a donor & part of the Canberra letter writing group - My interests: The Right to Protest, Free Speech, Age of Criminal Responsibility , Refugee Rights

How I joined Amnesty: In 2020 as an activist in the ACT - My interests: Working as a part of the Amnesty team to end all forms of oppression & injustice

How I joined Amnesty: 2019 as an ALC member - My interests: Refugee Rights, Leadership development, My New Neighbour Campaign

How I joined Amnesty: In 2015 as a member of the Eastern Suburbs Group in Sydney - My Interests: Governance, promoting human rights in schools, Raise the age

How I joined Amnesty: Long-time human rights activist.  My interests: Empowering and enabling activism movements, facilitating collaboration, leveraging lived experience, experiences in activism and diversity as a capability, accountability and speaking truth to power. 

How I became involved with Amnesty: As the president of my school Amnesty club.  My interests: Domestic social policy, international human rights law, and supporting youth movements

How I joined Amnesty: Long-time supporter of Amnesty - My interests: Supporting the work of Amnesty, especially working on issue based campaigns

How I joined Amnesty: The anti-apartheid movement in the 1980’s - My interests: Grassroots movement building, training & empowerment of activists, capacity building & strategic development

How I joined Amnesty: 2015 as member of the Gold Coast Group - My interests: The Community Is Everything Campaign, Leadership development, genuine Human Rights Impact

How I joined Amnesty: As a Chermside group member in 2015.  My interests: Indigenous youth justice and supporting local activists

How I joined Amnesty: As a group member over 40 years ago - My interests: Relationship building, supporting and empowering local action groups

How I joined Amnesty: As a group member then convener of the Brisbane City group - My interests: Supporting local activism, governance, contributing to human rights

How I joined Amnesty: I became a member of Amnesty around 15 years ago when I joined my local community group. We were a group that was passionate about advocating for prisoners of conscience and for the rights of refugees. My interests: I’m interested in strengthening human rights advocacy in our region to create positive change and strengthen communities by improving access to rights and increasing social inclusion.

How I joined Amnesty: 1990’s through University - My interests: Supporting and developing activists, governance, leadership

How I joined Amnesty: I found ALC through searching through the Amnesty Australia website and thought that it would such a great place to become an activist. My interests: Community engagement especially with children and youth, policies and understanding politics that help marginalized people's livelihood and empowering communities to make their voices heard.

How I Joined Amnesty: Volunteering at the action centre - My interests: Consensual advocacy, LGBTIQIA+, disability & social justice

How I joined Amnesty: In Adelaide, South Australia after starting an activist group Adelaide for Assange My interests: Advocate for free speech, free press and protecting whistle-blowers.

How I joined Amnesty: during high school, and have since held a range of roles such as Board director, Branch Committee member, Tasmania Branch President, past member of a range of groups and networks, and current member of the North-West Tasmania group. My interests: growing and stabilising the Tasmanian ALC, to support and connect activists in Tasmania and provide clear strategic leadership for the region.

How I joined Amnesty: I have been a longtime supporter of Amnesty International, previously in the UK and now in Australia. In both countries I believe the collective choices we make between optimism and pessimism, between hope and giving in, could still yet become the story of our societies. Amnesty International is fundamentally committed to the belief that things can and must be changed for the better, often by a thousand small decisions to try to help, day-by-day. I am fundamentally committed to that vision. My interests: I am passionate about human rights. Professionally I am the Executive Chairman of a non profit organisation called the Healthcare Leadership Academy which seeks to strengthen health systems across the world. In my medical practice I work between London and Melbourne, although during the pandemic I worked for Public Health England helping to support the UK's pandemic response. From a nonprofit perspective I sit on the International Council of Action Against Hunger. I also head the HLA research Unit- helping to lead the joint research department we have with UCLan. I have a passion for medical education having written and taught on several Masters/PGCert level university modules.

How I joined Amnesty: Through recruitment in March 2023 My interests: grassroots movement—mobilisation in particular, gender violence prevention, poverty alleviation, and migration and human rights

How I joined Amnesty: In 2018 as a member of the Individuals at Risk Network - My interests: Planning, grassroots movement building, supporting local activism