SPEAKER: JIM NOWAK
*believes education is the key for sustainability in the developing world, currently building schools in Kenya
cost: $1000-$1500 airplane ticket. $2000 total?
-best to work in dyads ( Bring a friend!)
- Building Futures, Inc. ( over 10,000 people)
-Contact info: jamesbnowak@yahoo.com
Awareness Mixer
o Feb. 12th? Emergency/Amnesty International 10/11pm
Museum of Play
o Feb.13th ~meet at 4pm at ITS $8.50 a person- group discount!
Neon Party– Adge, Luke, Bridget
o The new and improved Mardi Gras party
o Club DJ?-Bridget!
o Alpha Del
o Flex times: earlier that weeko Feb. 20th
Movie in Gleason
o Congo’s Tin Soldiers?
o March 2nd at 8 pm
Refugee tutoring – Suresh and Luke
-Kohjy’s portfolio review for non-native speaker? Saturdays are fine she can bring them to campus, high school students whose English isnt that great- transfers from Jefferson or school without walls. Time commitment. Provide members, if interested email Suresh
Next Douglass Advocacy event: ideas
o Demonstration? Have conversation across the cafeteria. Co-sponsor with Toop? !
o Texts/emails that donates $5 / $10 to Haiti
Fundraising
Possible ideas? Sweatpants! Pictures attached ( ones with URGI written on side come in multiple colors)
http://www.customink.com/
Awareness Discussion Haiti- brief history. French owned- Plantation economy powered by slaves, 1789-3/4 of sugar brought money into France (used African slaves)
o 1794 uprising leading to independence of Haiti
o 1915-1937 US occupied Haiti because they were in economic trouble. Haiti and DR share border, when US left power in Haiti, DR dictator ordered murder of Haitians in DR.
o military coups, no stable leadership but Papa Doc/Baby Doc ruled until 1986.
o Baby Doc got kicked out, military ruled until 1990. Election where Jean- Bertrand Aristide won- ended in 1996. Re-elected in 2000. This whole time violence, instability, corruption.
o Class syste! m- how is there such a huge class difference? Very rich and very poor. Educated Haitians have money outside Haitian. Remittances second to Latin America. Infrastructure is weak.
• IN THE FUTURE- presenters perhaps come with a few questions for discussion? Or other members email questions to presenter.
• Next week- Luke!
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