Call to Action Event

I received this email from my RA and friend who is the chairman for this event that will be hosted Friday, March 19^th at 6:30pm!

The Call to Action is a campus wide social justice based event that seeks to bring together Washington University students, faculty and community members to educate one another and spread the word about pressing issues of social justice.

There are two major components of this event and the first is a speaking competition in Graham Chapel for Washington University undergraduate students followed by a keynote speech from Bob Hansman! 

The students will be delivering speeches on various social justice topics of their choosing. The speeches will be judged by Risa Wrighton, Dr. Sharron Cannon and other notable faculty and community members. The winner of the competition will be granted the title “Orator of the Year” and will be granted in addition a $100 cash prize. I hope you will encourage your members to apply to compete in the speech competition or consider participating yourself! If you or any of your members are interested, I have attached the application to this e-mail, and they can send questions or applications to washucalltoaction@gmail.com and the sooner the better!

Here’s where Connect 4 comes in! 

A major component of the event will be a social justice fair that will take place in the Danforth University Center immediately after the speaking component of the event.  We are trying asking any groups interested in participating to choose any social justice issue, cause or charity that they find important and create a booth display to inform others about their issue, cause or charity and let them know how they too can get involved. This could mean creating a display board, handing out informative material, advertising upcoming events on campus relating to social justice etc. We encourage groups to be creative! If this sounds like something Connect 4 would be interested in, please respond to this e-mail and let us know and then we can tell you what the next steps are and how we can help you out!

You can also check out the event on Facebook!

(http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=287864635821&ref=mf)

I hope to see you there on March 19^th!

Thanks so much

Coprogramming with the Committee on Women and Art— Are We Interested?

Received this from CWA. Will bring it up at a meeting.

Dear Connect 4,

 

I am writing on behalf of The Committe on Women and Art, a student group on campus.  We are hosting our annual symposium next month (February) in which we bring female artists and performers to campus to celebrate their accomplishments.  I just got off the phone with local blues singer Kim Massie (http://www.myspace.com/kimmassie1), who has agreed to perform in Umrath Lounge on Wednesday, February 17th. (date may change depending on space availability).  Here is the issue:  she is asking for $600 to perform, but we only have $100 in our account to offer.  We wonder if Connect 4 would be interested in co-sponsoring her performance with us.  We will accept any money you'd be willing or able to contribute; we are approaching several other student groups/academic departments with this same request, in hopes of raising enough funds.  If you would like to contribute, your name will of course be attached to the event (unless you would prefer otherwise).  This is obviously a last-minute, semi-desperate request, and we would hope to get the ball rolling as soon as possible, if possible.  That being said, feel free to contact me by email or phone (260-316-6833) and let me know if you are interested, then we can meet to discuss details.

Thanks for your time!
  

Afriky Lolo Brings the Rumble in the DUC

Today I was sitting in the downstairs SU offices with Senators, when suddenly an onslaught of drumming caught my attention. Though in midst of conversation, I removed myself to find the sound and came across the following amazing performances by Afriky Lolo, "a nationally acclaimed West African Dance Company" based out of St. Louis. The African Students Association hosted their performance today in preparation for their show "Sundiata" in Edison theater. Please watch the videos below, post more if you got to see them, and support them and ASA February 26!








Below is the flyer for the show. Please show your support by attending this event! I will be connecting with Connect 4 and Culture Shock members to by group tickets to see it. Join us!

Learn more about Afriky Lolo by visiting http://afrikylolo.com