URGI Minutes 10/27/09

Upcoming Events:

• Refugee Halloween: Oct. 31^st (contact Brinda for a ride)
• Sudan Sunrise: Nov. 3^rd at 7pm in the Interfaith Chapel
• Yearbook Pictures: Nov. 10^th after meeting
• Museum of Play: Nov. 14^th
• Nazareth College’s Refugee Youth Event: Nov. 13^th at 8:45 am – 12pm (East Ave)
• Address Unknown Toop: Nov. 21^st in the Drama House

Meeting:

• Awareness Update
  • White house released its Sudan policy
    • Main goals:
      • End conflict
      • Get peace agreement that everyone’s happy with
      • Make sure Sudan doesn’t become a safe haven for terrorists
• Somalia
  • 50,000 people displaced
  • Nate: Vote of No Confidence
    • Yes to remove him
    • Gandhi Service Fellowship – Joe
      • Mission: Following principles of Ghandi
      • Let Joe know if you want to apply for scholarship
      • It requires an application and 60 hours of community service per year
      • Volunteering
        • Other frats? – Luke and Elena
          • Elena: haven’t heard back
          • Luke: already in contact with rotarac, but will work out details
• Merge with Emergency? – Adrienne
• Douglass Advocacy Event Evaluation
  • Evaluation:
    • Went really well
    • Elena will put pics on facebook
    • Choose rectangular tables
• Other creative thoughts?
  • Coloring?
  • Handprints?
    • Paint? Trace
    • Trace out a message and fill it with fingerprints until it’s filled
    • Red handprint for STAND Fast?
  • Advocate to our school
    • Get a long sheet that everyone signs with a message and put it up as a banner
    • “We support ____”
    • Put up right after Thanksgiving break

• Museum of Play – Julia
  • Nov. 14^th : Take Red Line
  • Dodgeball tournament – Cassie and Luke
    • Have D’Lions support
    • Jane Posse
    • Have everything pinned down by next week
    • Next Event: ideas?
      • Suresh: Nazareth Event – Sri Lankan Professor
        • She had a varied crowd: professors, students, community members
        • Spoke about government acts and history
        • Have her give a talk here
        • Suresh talk about having her come here
        • Want more interactive like the literary event
          • Have both a discussion and lecture
• Gleason theatre movie
  • Nov. 12^th (Thursday) at 8pm
• Literary event? Movie in gleason? Discussion with speaker coffee house events?
• All those who want stay after for the STAND Fast Meeting

• Joke!!

Ongoing Projects:

• Kenya school building – Suresh (suresh@math.rochester.edu)
• Banaa Project – Joseph Gardella
• Family Refugee Pairing – Adrienne Hloderwski
• Get author of Memoirs of a Child Soldier to UR