On December 9, coffee shops across North America were brimming with people writing letters. Not correspondence to family or friends. Not e-mails. Real, paper letters.
These were real, paper letters sent to government leaders around the world, urging them to free prisoners of conscience.
It was the annual Amnesty International Write-a-Thon. Here in Edmonton, one event took place at Steeps tea shop in College Plaza. Two tables were filled with people coming, writing, and going, including myself. Here is a look at the goings-on (11 images):
