DAC involvement in GAM

Hola loves.

So, Event Programming Committee (EPC; Zohreh and I, lol) have decided to do Darfur and All-Sudan awareness days.

GAM should take place in November except for one event in the last week of October. Tentative dates:

Week 5 Oct. 29- Holocaust by JSU
W6 Nov. 4- Darfur by DAC
W6 Nov. 5- All-Sudan by DAC
W7 Nov. - Burma by BCB
W8 Nov. 18- Rwanda by RC
W9 Nov. 25- American Indian by AISA

There's reasoning behind the events and their respective dates. Holocaust, being the most familiar of all genocides to most students, comes first. The Darfur and All-Sudan days are during Election Week, purposely putting the issue in the minds of voters. Same reasoning for Burma in the following week. American Indian is in time for Thanksgiving (AISA does a lot of awareness about historical accuracy of this day). Still, the dates are tentative because we're coordinating with so many groups that have their own programming.

That brings me to question- Should DAC EPC focus on the two awareness days and let STAND coordinate with JSU and AISA? Or should we program and coordinate? Let me know!

And now I present our ideas for Darfur and All-Sudan awareness days. :)

For Darfur, we will have a simulation that is similar to the situation in Darfur refugee camps in order to bring proximity and raise awareness on different aspects of the genocide. The set up will be like Camp Darfur (see: Camp Darfur.) And each tent will feature different aspects of the genocide: refugee situation, history of the conflict, and international response. For example, in the refugee-situation tent, we are moving forward with the idea of bringing a photo exhibition, personal testimonies, work of humanitarian aid groups, and solutions to problems in camps (e.g. solar cooker project). The event might take place in Wilson Plaza, in the afternoon (12-4?).

As for the All-Sudan awareness day, we are educating on the civil war, ongoing struggles to keep the CPA, and their significance for Sudan as a whole, including Darfur, in the daytime activity. How we execute this is still in the works, so any suggestions is welcomed!! In the evening, we want to screen GOD GREW TIRED OF US followed with a panel discussion. This might all be followed up with a community service project/trip, DEPENDING on many things.

Disclaimer: All of these ideas are in Spark Notes (See: the infamous site where high schoolers do not think for themselves) format. For more details, read the up-and-coming EPC blog. :)

PEACE &LOVE!
Tiff