Wednesday, January 20, 2010

URGI Minutes 11/3/09

HIGHLIGHTS:

Advocacy: 11/12/09, 12-2pm Douglass, sign banner/petition

Yearbook Pictures: 11/10 after meeting

Museum of Play: Nov. 14th 4pm ITS

Address Unknown Toop: Nov. 21st in the Drama House

Awareness Update
→ National peace council in Sri Lanka, LTTE rebel group defeated, recently government has tried to weed out more LTTE by putting Tamil people in concentration camps. The government hasn’t been letting in any UN officials which raises suspicion, they continue to keep people in camps, most tamils happy war is over but problems tamils face aren’t over! There has been no support/funding for resettling.

Halloween Party Review
- 95 people attended, 18 volunteers!

Go Hungry for Hunger
- 30 hour fast, to raise awareness about hunger, money goes to Rochester Roots charity(work on integrating agriculture, sustainability and education! into one)General interest meeting in Interfaith Chapel Friday Nov 13th at 5pm,
-fast 11/20-11/21
- interested in participating? Email Joe!

Newsletter
can anyone help? Write a 1 paragraph article on an event you attended or current issue you want to address
Email CASSIE! (cgorman3@u.rochester.edu)

Volunteering
-Sig Nu interested
-Emergency still working on shuttle to bring kids to UR, RSA working on stuff too.

Douglass Advocacy Event
-next Thursday 11/12
* Banner hand tracing. “we support giving a hand to victims in sudan”
* http://action.savedarfur.org/campaign/obamachina ?
- facebook crusade! Everyone put this link on their status/share


Museum of Play
- bus that leaves at 4pm(?), $7.50 per person, 11/14. Meet at ITS!

Dodgeball tournament
-Saturday December 5th 4-7pm.

The Refugee Experience Vid! eo
- met with Sandra at Lake Ave Baptist, contact info with Burmese, Somalian refugees who can speak English.

Next Stand Fast meeting: Tuesday, November 10th 10 pm WC 121, post meeting is pictureee!

Sudanese Sunrise Discussion
- Kelli gave a great speech! Thanks for coming!

Ongoing Projects / Reminders:

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 - Livnat

Can Collecting – Elena

Sign up for Approaches to Conflict, CAS 230, 2 credit course – Joseph Gardella

Literary event, Movie in Gleason, coffee house event – Kelli Summers and Joseph Gardella

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