Solidarity into Action: Workshops on Effective Student Activism
Date: Saturday, January 26, 2008
Time: 11:00 am – 3:30 pm
Location: McDowell Formal Lounge
Agenda for January 26 Event (light breakfast provided)
11am - 12:30 Winter Alternative Break trip presentations Colombia: Civil SocietyIndia: Dalit SolidarityBurma: Burmese Democracy Movement
12: 30- 1:15 FREE Lunch Provided(Variety of international foods from regions: Indian, Colombian, Burmese) and Tabling with Advocacy and Activist Organizations (Break Away, International Commission for Dalit Rights, US Campaign for Burma, US Office on Colombia, Washington Office on Latin America, Witness for Peace, and Oxfam America)
1:15 - 2:00 AU Student Activist Presentations (CASJ organizations)
2:00 - 3:30 Break-out Activism Workshop Sessions
1. Approaching Activism: Creating, building, and sustaining campaigns on campus
Facilitated by Gabriel Barreras, Lead Student Organizer for Oxfam America.
2. Ideas into Action: Activism at AU Workshop
Facilitated by AU Alums Jeremy Woodrum and Mike Haack
3. Effective Activism 2.0
Facilitated by Joe Eldridge and Bob Tomasko
Please RSVP to altbreak@american.edu
Sponsored by American University Community Service Center, Alternative Break Club & CASJ- Community Action and Social Justice Coalition, and Office of the University Chaplain.
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