[Gsc-hca-offcampus] Poverty Week (Apr 14-17)

[Jeffrey T Chambers]

this is OUR crisis...

We can be the generation that eradicates poverty. Will you be a part of it?

Poverty Week
4/14 - 4/17
hosted by

MIT's Global Poverty Initiative
contact: gpi-showcase [at] mit [dot] edu

All Week
Lobby10: 
Self-made Tote Bag Printing
Book Sale (Common Wealth: Economics of a Crowded Planet by Jeff Sachs; A
World without Poverty by Mohammad Yunus...)
Resource Manual and Event Guide Distribution
Photo and facts display
Registration for The Inaugural Millennium Conference

Wednesday, April 16
Movie Screening of Blood of Yingzhou District 7pm, 6-120 (Sushi & Beverages
Provided) 
The documentary tells the story of traditional Chinese obligations of family
and village colliding with terror of AIDS, and how these forces play out in
the lives of children in the remote villages of Anhui. Winner of Academy
Award of Best Documentary Short Object, 2006. Eliza Petrow, an experienced
field worker on HIV/AIDS in China will lead the discussion after the movie
and talk about her experience working on the field in rural Anhui Province.


Simple Meal Service, 11am - 2pm, Lobby 10

Simple meal will be served during lunch time to simulate the only meal a
child in extreme hunger has in a day. It is an opportunity to personally
experience and reflect on the impact of extreme poverty, AIDS, and hunger.
Suggested donation of $1. 
 

Thursday, April 17
Movie Screening of Born into Brothels 7pm, 6-120 (Sushi and Beverages
Provided) 

A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art,
Born into Brothels is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live
in the red light district of Calcutta, where their mothers work as
prostitutes. Zana Briski, a New York-based photographer, gives each of the
children a camera and teaches them to look at the world with new eyes.
Winner of Academy Award of Best Doumentary Feature, 2007

Art and Networking Fair 3pm-6pm, Cross Lounge (1st floor of Building 3)
(Refreshment and Beverages Provided)

Poverty is examined through art, sounds, documentaries, jewelry, greeting
cards and more. Artistic merchandises from developing countries will be
sold. Also, this is a great opportunity to network with those who have great
field experiences. 

Friday, April 18

Special Feature Screening of War Dance 7pm, location: 32-123

In the village of Patongo, located deep in Uganda's war zone, a group of
students (many of whom escaped from the clutches of the L.R.A.) struggles to
rise above the violence and desperation that surrounds them. Each year, a
student music festival is held in Kampala, Uganda's capitol city, in which
children from around the country compete for prizes in performing
traditional music and dance. When the students of the Patongo Primary School
are invited to compete for the first time, the children are both thrilled at
their opportunity and determined to prove that in a place of violence and
want, creativity and talent can still take root. Nominee of Academy Award of
Best Documentary Feature, 2008

All events would not have been possible without the support from

UA, MIT PSC, MIT IDI, Oxfam, Wholefoods, the COOP

mit fund, DUSP,community service fund & LEF