URGI MInutes 4/19/10

Theme this month: Genocides in History

Upcoming Events:
* Refugee Campus: TOMORROW April 22nd 3pm ( to set up)

Banaa update
-students in process of interviewing, planning an event for September 24th to introduce student and make an event about humanity appreciating other cultures (Douglass dinner), for community too, want keynote speaker, 6 student speakers ( promoting harmony through diversity, symbolism)
- new scholar every year, full scholarship, house students HERE instead of DC over the summer. If any members here this summer. LET US KNOW so we can better help them get acclimated.

Refugee CAMPus: 5-9
VOLUNTEER TIME SLOTS
3-5pm
4:30-6:30pm
6:30-8:30pm Adrienne, Bridget and Brinda
8:30-9pm Justin and Luke

West African dance group comes at 6:30, perform then do a workshop.
Genocide Jeopardy
Posterboards
-print out powerpoints! Images, information that will be quizzed on for jeopardy
Collaborative Visual:
-question: If you were a world leader, what would your first step be towards creating a more peaceful world?
Guerrilla theater:
- Justin!

Order of events;
5-5:30 videos/chill
530-630 sports/games/eating
630-730 west African dance
730-830 jeopardy
8:30-9 chill/ wrap up
*visuals the whole time



Ongoing projects:

* Orientation Volunteering Application
o Due May 14th
o Elena, Cassie, Luke, Bridget, Justin
* Banaa.org - Bridget, Joseph, Luke
* Build schools in Kenya - Suresh Eswarathasan