UCP-SARnet in Action
This is the blog for the Leadership Team of UCP-SARnet. It is used to deliver news about the development of the network and to stimulate discussion on implementation of UCP-SARnet's mission.
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Meeting Highlights: Remainder of Meetings Planned, Dr. Wosinski China Trip last week, and rehashing out details for the Sun Devils STAND UP Event.
Date: Friday, October 28, 2011
Time: 8am – 10am
SAVE THE DATE:
Sun Devils STAND UP @ ASU Tempe Campus
Date: November 7th, 2011
Time: 11:30am to 1pm
Although we initially were scheduled to meet with Jerrie again this week, she will be dropping by next week instead to go over the International Leadership Summit Plans. Instead this meeting is going to focus on what changes need to be made to our plans for the STAND UP event at ASU.
Overview of What's Left for the Semester:
Next week everyone on the Executive team will need to schedule…
Video interview with Malcolm Banks on his past experience of being in poverty
Produced out a culmination of many hours of dedication from Forks for Change members is an interview with formerly homeless Malcolm Banks, where he shares his experience of being in poverty in the past and how he got out. This video was screened at the Forgotten Faces of America event hosted by Forks for Change on October 18, 2011, where poets were invited to share their poetry about poverty and other social economic issues.
The Stand Up Event Scheduled forThusday Oct. 27th at ASU has been postponed. We would like to take the opportunity to make the event much bigger than initially planned. The new date and time for the event is Monday, November 7, 2011. Noise, and hence perfomances, are only allowed between 11:30am and 1pm at the MU. However, we'll be there 10am to 2pm to disseminate information.
Meeting #10 of the Leadership Team and over half way through this eventful semester.
Meeting Highlights: STAND-UP Flyers Ready! And Jerrie Ueberle with Global Interactions Inc. dropped by to discuss the International Leadership Summit 2012 as well as plans for advertising the summit.
Date: October 21, 2011
Time: 8am – 10am
Sun Devils STAND-UP Event @ ASU - Tempe Campus
When? October 27th, 2011 from 10am - 2pm POSTPONED!
Where? Memorial Union Stage Area
Find the flyer for the event below. We need to get the STAND UP flyers printed out. The Forks for Change club members will ensure that this gets done. To advertise the event and to hand out flyers we will be tabling Monday through Wednesday next week from 10.30am - 1.30pm outside the Memorial Union. Please send your availability to help out with this to Fritz…
Meeting Highlights: Dr. Wosinski trip to China, fundraising ideas, more planning for the International Leadership Summit in China 2012, some details for the Sun Devils STAND UP Event, and the Upcoming Forks for Change Event reminder.
Date: October 14, 2011
Time: 8am – 10am
DR. WOSINSKI TRIP TO CHINA: Dr. Wosinski is leaving for China later today. He is going to present a project of one of the UCP-SARnet members to potential investors. The project is an Ecovillage in Cameroon. Osee's family has a piece of land that they would like to turn into an environmental village so that people from all over can visit the region and experience visiting and living in Africa. Governmental approval has been obtained and the land is ready but of course funding is a major factor…
Media coverage of The Hunger Banquet event hosted by Forks for Change: MDG Awareness Group
On October 4th, 2011 Forks for Change hosted an Hunger Banquet event aimed towards raising awareness of world hunger in the ASU student body. The following videos are products of hours of tedious editing of The Hunger Banquet, that is geared towards bringing world hunger awareness to viewers and also provide viewers media coverage of the event.
Additionally, the following videos can be played in high definition.
Meeting Highlights: Introduced Ashoka Conference to all members, fine tuning some details on the STAND UP Event at ASU, Introducing background on New Organizational Member – Lula Washington Dance Theatre and also New Advisory Board Members, and finally discussing upcoming Club Events.
Date: Friday, October 7, 2011
Time: 8am – 10am
Fritz is the new meeting coordinator, filling in for Osee while he is away. The first point we briefly touched on was the ASHOKA U Conference. Dr. Wosinski recently put in a workshop application for this and we will hear back later this month whether our proposal has been accepted or not. The Team that was proposed to be presenting this workshop was - Dr. Wosinski, Osee, Mohamed Camara, Fritz, and Abidah (Me). The conference is going to take place in February 2012 at ASU.
We continued most of…
Meeting Highlights: In this meeting we discussed plans to invite new members, individual and organizational, and also what the best way to go about this is. We also briefly touched upon upcoming events.
Date: Friday, September 30, 2011
Time: 8am - 10am
The official points of discussion began with the brief learning workshop focused on who of the general population most gets involved in organizations. First the levels of involvement that members of organizations may take were discussed; people may be observers, have limited responsibilities, have regular responsibilities, be leaders that create roles for themselves and for the advancement of a particular cause, or they may be retiring and finishing up their involvement in the organization. The…
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Here in the Peruvian Andes, my NGO, Changes for New Hope (www.changesfornewhope.org) used the children's art work in an exhibition in the National Culutral Museum in Huaraz. It was a powerful way to get our core message, "Haz lo Correcto-Do the Right Thing" out to the public in a… - UCP-SARnet Working i…Awesome work Tiffany. I definitely hope the team can keep it up in the coming semesters.
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