[Gsc-hca-offcampus] Upcoming Events

[Jeffrey T Chambers]

Hi Off-campus Grads,

Happy last day of classes! Off-campus is holding another dinner this 
Sunday at the new Sichuan Gourmet in Brookline. Why not try out a new 
place, meet other grads, and let Off-Campus pay for part of your meal. 
See details below to RSVP.

~Jeff Chambers
Off-Campus Chair

Events:
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1. Off-Campus Dinner - May 16 (RSVP)
2. GSC Acoustic BBQ - May 14
3. Workshop on Communicating Science & Engineering with Chris Mooney - 
RSVP by May 14
4. Hope in Action @ MIT
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Event Details:
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1. Off-campus dinner at the new Sichuan Gourmet in Brookline. The 
Framingham and Billerica locations of this restaurant make some of the 
best Sichuan Chinese food in the northeast. Let's try their new 
location. The restaurant is accessible by bus and green line.

WHEN: 7PM, this Sunday, May 16
WHERE: 1004 Beacon St, Brookline
$: Each attendee should bring $10 in cash
RSVP: sjg at mit.edu
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2. GSC Acoustic BBQ
When: May 14 (Friday), 4:30-7:30 PM
Where: Inside the Stata Center
Contact: gsc-ac at mit.edu

- Come and celebrate the year at the GSC Acoustic BBQ!
- Relax with good food, drink (21+), and live music from a great local 
band before finals begin.
- The Acoustic BBQ is one of the largest socializing events offered by 
the GSC in a school year, and more than 700 people are invited.
- Please come to Stata Center Amphitheater (if it rains, inside the 
Stata center) to have fun with your friends before the summer time!
- This event is sponsored by GSC and MIT TechLink.
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3. Learn to better communicate your research to non-scientists at the
Workshop on Communicating Science & Engineering with Chris Mooney

When: May 24, 2010-9am-1pm. Lunch will be provided.
Where: MIT- Room/Bldg TBA
Why: These days, amid ongoing media controversies over climate change, 
the teaching of evolution, the safety of vaccines, and many other 
scientific topics, researchers are increasingly asking themselves 
questions like these: Should I be doing more to communicate about my 
work to the public? And if so, how should I go about preparing for media 
encounters—and what should I be ready to say? This workshop will help.

Due to the heavy interest in this workshop, we will be accepting 
participants on an application basis. Please email your name, 
institution, year, program, and a brief paragraph explaining why your 
interested in this workshop to mooneyworkshop at gmail.com. Applications 
are due May 14. We will notify all applicants of their status no later 
than May 17.
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4. Hope in Action @ MIT is a new student-led social justice and 
community organizing initiative. We aim to bring together and mobilize 
members of the MIT community--students, faculty, staff--to take 
collective action to address the needs of our local Cambridge community, 
particularly around education.

Hope in Action @ MIT is now in partnership with the Margaret Fuller 
Neighborhood House, a longstanding community development organization in 
Cambridge's Area IV. Area IV, the neighborhood right next door to MIT, 
is one of Cambridge's most diverse neighborhoods, but also its most 
economically underserved. Through the Margaret Fuller House, we aim to 
build a long-term relationship between MIT and Area IV, which will allow 
MIT community members to work together with Area IV residents to uplift 
their community. From tutoring neighborhood kids, to developing an 
afterschool program, to planting a community garden over the summer, 
there are many directions our work with Area IV could take.

Help us decide upon them, and make them happen! Hope in Action is asking 
members of the MIT community to join us by committing 1% of their time 
or money for the next year to working with the Margaret Fuller House in 
Area IV. From January 23rd to April 10th, 2010, we are mounting a 
campaign to engage 80 people in making 1% commitments. Each member 
becomes a part of our collective decision-making process, and gets a say 
in determining the forms our Area IV partnership takes. We believe that 
by asking many people to donate a little, we can accomplish a lot, and 
make a real difference in the lives of our neighbors. Will you become a 
part of Hope in Action?

Interested or want more information? E-mail Carol Huang 
(shhuang at mit.edu) or the Hope in Action @ MIT leader Nicholas Hayes 
(nicholas at diomassintern.org).
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