Greetings and Amnesty Action!

Hello and welcome to World Conscience, an Internet based humanitarian aid and charity giving community. Please take a moment to learn more about us by checking out the "About" information on the right hand side of the page. Then click "About" or click on "more..." to to go our community page. There you will find our complete mission statement along with some of the inital goals and initiatives that our community will be hoping to take on as we grow and as people like you come and join our plight.

Also on the right hand side of the page you will find some useful links. Our LiveJournal community is where this whole thing started and is still going strong there. I plan to keep the LiveJournal community updated but ultimately see the base of operations being here. Also take a look at our Google Discussion Group where announcements and important messages regarding the group will be posted.

And then below that on the right hand side of the page you will find ways to access this site's newsfeeds (compatible with both atom and rss). More information on how to subscribe to our news feed will be forthcoming for those new to the system. For now if you are interested in learning more check out this link for some basic information about exactly what RSS is.

Finally, let's get things started around here. As an example of the Internet humanitarianism made simple an easy this community will be highly engaged in, please take a look at our first action:

New Action:

From Amnesty International-

January 25, 2004

Reform US Policy and Stop Torture

Since the Abu Ghraib photographs, the President has tried to suggest that the US doesn't condone torture, but reports still indicate that detainees are suffering torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in US custody. The use of torture is an affront to human dignity that can never be justified. Please join Amnesty International in urging President Bush to order an independent commission of inquiry and to take effective action to end torture.

Use the upcoming Presidential State of the Union on February 2 to hold events in your area and to take action to expose these abuses and push for reform. Together we can make a difference! Click here to participate:
http://www.amnestyusa.org/stateofhumanrights/

Thank you for your commitment and your tireless work to defend human rights.

And that's it! See how easy that is? And that's the jist of this place. Check us out, read a quick summary of important causes, issues, and problems, and then take action on those matters. That's why it's a good idea to subscribe to our feed. Much more to come soon.