- Water Tap Project: collaboration with Circle K International
- Joshua Tetrick speaker: Global Challenges and Careers
- Community Service Project
- Forum: talk to various professors about speaking
- Video Series
- Professors as Speakers
Water Tap Project
- Collaboration with Circle K International
- Rescheduled for March 22 – 28 (World Water Week)
- We already have all the materials and an advertising campaign
- All we need to do is book a Newcomb table and the display board
Table in Newcomb 22 – 28 (11 am – 2 pm)
Display board in Newcomb 22 – 28 - Event: selling water droplets for 6 cents (or more)
6 Cents Initiative: 6 cents buys drinking water for one person for one dayWater droplet has person’s name, put water droplet on the board - Advertising
Need to think about it
Table tents, flyers, chalking?
Listservs - Money goes to UNICEF’s Tap Project
Global Challenges and Careers
- Joshua Tetrick
- Wednesday, March 18
- Member of Generation We
Speaks about how “big needs – climate change, clean-energy, global poverty – connect with incredible careers…” - Co-sponsorships
GDO (Global Development Organization) - Ashi
UCS (University Career Services) - Rashmita
UPC (University Programs Council) - Sanaa
Building Tomorrow - Sanaa - Need to book a room
- Need to get him a gift
Jefferson Cup
Take him out to dinner
Service Project Updates
- Project will be some weekend in February
- Updates by General Body meeting
- Ashi will send out the power point with everyone’s assignments
Forum
- UNICEF Panel Discussion
- Topic: the role of the state versus international organizations in sustainable development
- Speakers
Holcomb
Githinji
Canfora
Ms. Biel from Johnson Elementary - May need to reword the topic so that it’s more attractive
Government and NGO Dynamics in Sustainable DevelopmentDynamics of Government and NGOs in Sustainable Development - Need a room and a date
- Alternative: Initiative Recover
Canfora’s project
Fundraising for the initiative
Film Screening
- Foreign films
- Example: West Bank Story
Story of Gaza strip
Highlights conflict between Israel and Palestine
Very applicable right now - Quandt could talk – keynote speech
- Charge $3 per movie
- Partner up with Off Screen?
- Need to come up with a list of short films
Can be from different regions
3 or 4 movies about 20 minutes longBinding concept would be that UNICEF works in these regions - Sometime in April
Consensus
- We’ll do the film screening
- Money
Half goes to UNICEF
Half goes Initiative Recover (http://www.studiorecover.virginia.edu/recover.html) - Homework
Come up with 2 short movies we could display by next officers meeting
See how much it costs to buy or if it’s available at ClemonsAny humanitarian crisis in the world
General Body Meeting
- First 15 minutes highlighting an international issue
- 8 pm on Tuesday February 3 in Minor 130?
- Updates for service projects
- Two short movies each (by Officer’s Meeting at the latest)
- Talk about Palestine/Israel conflict
Letter writing campaign
Letters to Congress urging them to open funding to Gaza
Templates for letters, addresses of representatives
