Upcoming Events:
- Refugee Halloween: Oct. 31st (contact Brinda for a ride)
- Sudan Sunrise: Nov. 3rd at 7pm in the Interfaith Chapel
- Yearbook Pictures: Nov. 10th after meeting
- Museum of Play: Nov. 14th
- Nazareth College’s Refugee Youth Event: Nov. 13th at 8:45 am – 12pm (East Ave)
- Address Unknown Toop: Nov. 21st 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
- Main goals:
- White house released its Sudan policy
- 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
- Other frats? – Luke and Elena
- Merge with Emergency? – Adrienne
- Douglass Advocacy Event Evaluation
- Evaluation:
- Went really well
- Elena will put pics on facebook
- Choose rectangular tables
- Evaluation:
- 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. 14th : 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
- Suresh: Nazareth Event – Sri Lankan Professor
- Gleason theatre movie
- Nov. 12th (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
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