Starting Date: 03-19-2006
Starting Time: 7:00pm
Rutgers University
129 College Avenue
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
United StatesDates:
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Time:
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location:
S-Lounge of the Rutgers Student Center (subject to change)
Rutgers University
129 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
USA
There are several student groups at Rutgers University that are active in the campaign to end the crisis in Darfur. Despite each group's successes, the Darfur student activist movement on campus has garnered little attention. It's time to coalesce.
If your student group is active in the Darfur student activist movement (whether your group be cultural, religious, grassroots humanitarian, relief, etc.), then attend a Coalition meeting!
Coalition meetings will:
> Review what actions and events each group has taken and hosted in the past;
> Assess each group's resources;
> Assess each group's time commitment;
> Introduce the National STAND Coalition's plans for April 2006; and
> Build upon the strengths of each group in order to plan and implement a well-organized, cohesive series of events for the whole of April 2006 (in anticipation of the Million Voices for Darfur Rally in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, April 30, 2006).
Attendance at the National STAND Coalition Meetings at Rutgers University requires pre-registration. All student leaders and groups who have been involved, or who want to be involved, in the Darfur student activist movement on campus may attend.
To sign up, please email Alison Lazaro at aflazaro@eden.rutgers.edu with the following information:
> Your full name
> Affiliated student group's full name
> Your email address
> Your mobile phone number
> Meeting date(s) you plan to attend (3/19, 3/25, or 3/26)
> Number of guests, if any, you will bring
At the meeting, please be prepared to discuss the following:
> What actions your group has taken in the past
> What events, protests, demonstrations, etc., your group has held in the past
> Your group's Darfur activist resources (movies, books, postcards, etc.)
> Your group's specializations and weaknesses (research, publicity, recruitment, fundraising, etc.)
> Your group's probable time commitment
Potential projects for April 2006 include:
> Hosting a major event during the week of April 6, the anniversary of the beginning of the Rwandan genocide
> Coordinating a Darfur die-in
> Campaigning for a Darfur Resolution to be passed at the University
> Creating a quilt or wall of art to present at the Million Voices for Darfur Rally
> Arranging buses to transport students from the New Brunswick campus to Washington, D.C. for the Million Voices for Darfur Rally.
For more information, please visit http://www.ruamnesty.org. Geographical Scope: State Convergence |
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