Updates

Hi everyone,

RSVP feature of 2009 Hunger Banquet is no longer available online because all 130 spots filled up. Please come to Rm. 9208 earlier (the event starts at 6pm) on Tuesday, April 28th, if you are still interested in attending the Hunger Banquet but available only on first-come, first-served basis.

Feel free to sign up to volunteer in Food Drive for Greenwood Food Bank. The ideal situation is having 2 club volunteers working on each period. Click to check if there are some periods that work for your schedule.

Here is a PowerPoint presentation on "Public Health at Risk in Thailand." Click here for the video!!

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Updates after April 22nd meeting

Hi all members,

Thank you for being in the meeting today, and I have several updates to share here.

1.
Food Drive for Greenwood Food Bank begins tomorrow. A table will be set up at the PUB lobby between 8:30am – 1:30pm everyday until April 30th. Club volunteers who work tomorrow are: Jolie Wahmuth, James Chan, Andy Chan, and Kala Heekin. Be Early! Click to see the rest of the days. Please call 206.326.9119 for Andy if you can’t make to your period(s).

2.
Volunteer Briefing Session for Hunger Banquet starts at 1:45pm, on Monday, April 27th, at Rm. 9102. Everyone is required to attend so please make sure that you can come.

3.
Sign up for “2009 Hunger Banquet” here. Two great speakers come; spots fill up REALLY fast! Volunteers of the event DO NOT sign up. Thank you.

4.
Here is the video "Public Health at Risk in Thailand" that we had for the discussion today. You can also find in on Youtube.

Thank you!
Eamil: GDP@shoreline.edu

Update: Weekly Meeting of April 22nd

Hi GDP members,

Here we go celebrating Earth Week at SCC.

Global Development Project Club meets on April 22nd, Wednesday, at Rm. 9202. The meeting begins at 1:45PM; please try to come on time so that you won’t miss any part of the Weekly Discussion on video “Public Health at Risk in Thailand” which is an only 10 minute long documentary. Find the agenda of the week here.

If you plan to hold a Weekly Discussion yourself, please email to GDP@shoreline.edu so that your topic(s) will be posted on the schedule of this quarter ASAP.

-------- Announcements & Events coming up! --------

★ Food Drive for Greenwood Food Bank
It begins on this Wednesday; a table will be set up at the PUB lobby to collect canned/ boxed food and pasta from 8:30am – 1:30pm. We are also seeking for volunteers to help out in the event. If interested, please see this for your favorite periods and then reply to this email.

★ Bali Trip Committee
For those, who sent email to confirm, that they are going to Bali are REQURIED to attend a meeting on April 22nd, at Rm. 9202, at 3pm.

★ Hunger Banquet Volunteer info meeting
Volunteers meet on Monday, April 27th, at Rm. 9202, at 1:30pm. Material will be distributed followed by a Q&A session.


★ Global Washington Policy Series
Redesigning Foreign Aid from the Ground Up
What Works and How to Fix a Broken System by Developing Country Experts

Date: Monday, April 27th, 2009
Venue: University of Washington Campus, HUB 310
Time: 2PM

★ 2009 Hunger Banquet
Club members have privilege to SIGN UP club events. GDP club and Center for Service Learning at SCC hold Hunger Banquet on April 28th. Spots are being filled up; more than 70 people already registered. Do you want to be one of the participants? Sign Up Now at http://event.pingg.com/hungerbanquet/.

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Looking for events???

Hi all members,

A new column -- "Events Coming Up" is recently added, where you can discover some exciting on and off campus events. Interested people are usually required to register online. Keep an eye on to see if there is anything that interests you. Call your friends and spread the words!

Email to GDP@shoreline.edu with events' description which you want to introduce to club members; we will try to post it ASAP.

Thank you!

Update: Weekly Meeting of April 15th

Hi GDP members,

Global Development Project club will be meeting this Wednesday, April 15th, at Rm. 9202. The meeting begins at 1:45PM; please try to come on time so that you won’t miss any part of the Weekly Discussion on Darfur. Find the agenda of the week and the last meeting minutes.

If you plan to hold a Weekly Discussion yourself, please email to GDP@shoreline.edu ASAP so that your topic(s) will be posted on the schedule of this quarter.

----------Announcements & Events coming up!----------

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Global Washington presents "Redesigning Foreign Aid from the Ground Up - What Works and How to Fix a Broken System by Developing Country Experts"

Date: Monday, April 27th
Time: 2PM
Venue: University of Washington Campus, HUB 310
Coffee and cookies served after the event

Click to find out who will be keynote speakers of the event.

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Join Unitus in welcoming two of our most inspiring microfinance partners to Seattle!

Hear from leaders at the forefront of the fight against global poverty, pioneering new microfinance products and serving high-need clients in Africa and India. Joyce Bontrager Lehman, a program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will moderate the discussion. We hope you'll come for the conversation and enjoy drinks and hor d’oeuvres with Unitus’s donors and community members.

Where: Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle Public Library, 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104
When: Tuesday, April 21st, 6 – 8PM

It is a free event, but please registers online. More information about the event...

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Update: Weekly Meeting of April 8th

Hi GDP members,

Global Development Project club will be meeting this Wednesday, April 8th, at Rm. 9102. The meeting begins at 1:45PM. Please try to come on time so that you won’t miss any part of the weekly discussion on Grameen Bank. The agenda of the week and the last meeting minutes are availalbe now.

Just in case anyone wants to know more about Grameen Bank in advance, you may click on the links below for further information.
The New Heroes, Muhammad Yunus
Grameen Bank


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The Global Affairs Center (GAC) on campus will have an evening program concerning Iran. Check out the flyers around the campus. Basically the program has two parts, the first part is the showing of the 50 minute documentary on Iran that Rick Steves (travel host with offices in Edmonds) prepared last year. The second part of the program is a conversation about Iranian society and politics with Abdi Sami, the associate producer of the documentary and who traveled to Iran with Rick Steves.

You would love to arrive earlier for a seat if you know who Rick Steves is. The documentary also aired a month ago in Seattle on public TV (channel 9); you might have seen it.

Date: April 14th – next Tuesday
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 P.M.
Venue: PUB Quiet Dinning Room

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Public Health – Seattle & King County, Washington State Department of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide a unique platform for locals to make voice on “Who gets lifesaving care in a disaster?” Please find attachment for more information. Simply VISIT or CALL Alanna Beebe, 206-263-8725 to reserve your seat. Space is limited.
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