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About Eric Ferrero

Eric Ferrero is the Deputy Executive Director for Strategic Communications and Digital Initiatives at Amnesty International USA. He is responsible for the organization's public profile, including messaging, media relations, web platforms, and online engagement. Mr. Ferrero brings more than 15 years of experience in advocacy communications, in leadership roles at the Innocence Project, American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and the Open Society Foundations. Most recently, Ferrero served as Vice President for Communications at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the nation's leading reproductive health care provider and largest sex educator, and Planned Parenthood Action Fund, which plays a central role in congressional and presidential elections. Earlier in his career, he led national communications campaigns that reframed the public discourse on LGBT equality, HIV/AIDS discrimination, and criminal justice. He is the author of one book and more than two dozen reports and activist handbooks, and he has appeared regularly in a wide range of national media outlets.
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Update: Amnesty Observers at Convention Protests

July 20, 2016 at 11:07 AM
Amnesty International USA's human rights observers are ensuring that people can peacefully protest at conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia

Amnesty International USA’s human rights observers are ensuring that people can peacefully protest at conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia

Amnesty International USA has deployed a delegation of independent human rights observers to monitor protests at the Republican National Convention. We’ll be in Philadelphia next week doing the same thing at the Democratic National Convention.

This is the first time we’ve deployed human rights observers to political conventions in the U.S. We’re here because we’ve seen the right to peacefully protest being infringed upon at demonstrations around the country in the years and months leading up to the conventions.

Simply put, we’re here to help ensure that all people’s human rights are respected and protected – as only Amnesty can. SEE THE REST OF THIS POST