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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
GW Students Get Out the Vote
GW student political groups were on the phone, walking the DC streets, and postering across the city last week as they looked to help their candidates of choice win during the DC Presidential primary on Tuesday.
Shoshana Weissmann, the head of GW Students for Romney, spent the days leading up the DC Republican Presidential primary helping DC residents become more familiar with Governor Romney's stances on the issues.
"We are all very passionate about the campaign and dedicated to helping Governor Romney become the next President," Weissman said.
With President Obama running unopposed for the Democratic nomination for President, The GW College Democrats focused on a local election. The group spent time in the week leading up to the primary campaigning for GW alum and former GW College Democrats member Max Skolnik, who was running for DC Council in Ward 4. Although Skolnik lost his race to incumbent Muriel Bowser in a six-person race, the more than three dozen GW College Democrat members involved in Skolnik's campaign said they gained "valuable on-the-ground experience."
The night before the primary, several GW College Democrat members were on the phone calling residents in Ward 4 and going out until midnight to knock-on-doors and hand out literature in the ward.
"More than any other candidate we've worked we've become close to Max," Phil Gardner, GW College Democrats Campaign Manager, said. "He's the ideal GW graduate," Gardner added.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Kony Group Looks to New Strategy After CGIU
The release of Kony 2012 Part 2 on Thursday has people across the world talking again about Lord Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony once again. The now infamous Kony has led the LRA through Uganda, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, and The Central African Republic, leaving behind a path of destruction. Kony and the LRA are accused of having abducted over 30,000 children in northern Uganda alone.
Kony 2012 Part 2 comes several weeks after the release of a half-hour video created by Invisible Children Co-Founder Jason Russell about the rebel leader Kony. On campus, The GW college chapter of Invisible Children wants to take the lessons it learned from the Clinton Global Initiative Univesity Conference (CGIU), held at GW last weekdend, to help Kony's victims.
In order to attend the Conference, the student organization submitted a commitment to action plan about their goal of funding a year of art supplies for an art therapy program for ex-LRA children combatants at the only rehab center in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Members of GW Invisible Children went to several presentations about stopping genocide throughout the world and learned strategies on how to reach the world's most remote places in need.
"The conference was an incredibly interesting and inspiring experience," Nick Holdreith, the chapter's Vice President, said. "We also made some tentative connections with individuals and other non governmental organizations like Livestrong," he added.
The GW Invisible Children's chapter is in the planning stages of how to meet their goal of raising $2,500 by the end of 2012. The group plans to hold bake sales to raise the money, along with a larger fundraising event such as a dinner or an art gala show at a museum in the District. The money will go toward purchasing art supplies locally through an African NGO partnered with the GW group.
"We believe this [money] should be more than enough for the projected growth of the rehabilitation center to hold them over for some time," Holdreith commented.
The GW chapter of Invisible Children has seen an increase in support from the community since Kony 2012 was released. The group says it has gained 150 new facebook likes and more students in general have been in contact asking what they can do to help the organization.
"I defintely think our chapter is more recognizable," Jenny Rabago, the chapter's treasurer, said.
The group is also planning two other upcoming events. On April 20th, the chapter will be joining Invisible Children college chapters in the District area for Cover the Night, part of a worldwide movement of local Invisible Children chapters. The chapters will canvas the city putting up posters while dressed in costumes.
The GW Chapter will then show it's own screening of Kony 2012 on April 23rd at 6:00 in Funger Hall, followed by a discussion and Q&A session with a Ugandan survivor. A street team from the main Invisible Children organization will be on hand.
Not everyone has had a positive reaction to the video. Skeptics have questioned Invisible Children's organization and financial practices. The criticism compounded after Jason Russell was taken to a hospital after a recent public meltdown which included public nudity.
Still, the group's members are committed to Invisible Children's cause and continue to lobby members of Congress to support Kony 2012 resolutions that have been proposed on the House floor.
"Regardless of all the criticism, the video has made people aware," Megan McDonough, the Chapter's President, said.
Kony 2012 Part 2 comes several weeks after the release of a half-hour video created by Invisible Children Co-Founder Jason Russell about the rebel leader Kony. On campus, The GW college chapter of Invisible Children wants to take the lessons it learned from the Clinton Global Initiative Univesity Conference (CGIU), held at GW last weekdend, to help Kony's victims.
In order to attend the Conference, the student organization submitted a commitment to action plan about their goal of funding a year of art supplies for an art therapy program for ex-LRA children combatants at the only rehab center in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Members of GW Invisible Children went to several presentations about stopping genocide throughout the world and learned strategies on how to reach the world's most remote places in need.
"The conference was an incredibly interesting and inspiring experience," Nick Holdreith, the chapter's Vice President, said. "We also made some tentative connections with individuals and other non governmental organizations like Livestrong," he added.
The GW Invisible Children's chapter is in the planning stages of how to meet their goal of raising $2,500 by the end of 2012. The group plans to hold bake sales to raise the money, along with a larger fundraising event such as a dinner or an art gala show at a museum in the District. The money will go toward purchasing art supplies locally through an African NGO partnered with the GW group.
"We believe this [money] should be more than enough for the projected growth of the rehabilitation center to hold them over for some time," Holdreith commented.
The GW chapter of Invisible Children has seen an increase in support from the community since Kony 2012 was released. The group says it has gained 150 new facebook likes and more students in general have been in contact asking what they can do to help the organization.
"I defintely think our chapter is more recognizable," Jenny Rabago, the chapter's treasurer, said.
The group is also planning two other upcoming events. On April 20th, the chapter will be joining Invisible Children college chapters in the District area for Cover the Night, part of a worldwide movement of local Invisible Children chapters. The chapters will canvas the city putting up posters while dressed in costumes.
The GW Chapter will then show it's own screening of Kony 2012 on April 23rd at 6:00 in Funger Hall, followed by a discussion and Q&A session with a Ugandan survivor. A street team from the main Invisible Children organization will be on hand.
Not everyone has had a positive reaction to the video. Skeptics have questioned Invisible Children's organization and financial practices. The criticism compounded after Jason Russell was taken to a hospital after a recent public meltdown which included public nudity.
Still, the group's members are committed to Invisible Children's cause and continue to lobby members of Congress to support Kony 2012 resolutions that have been proposed on the House floor.
"Regardless of all the criticism, the video has made people aware," Megan McDonough, the Chapter's President, said.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Interview with Rye Barcott
WRGW interview with Rye Barcott: former Marine, author of "It Happened on the Way to War," and co-founder of Carolina for Kibera.
CGI U Brings Service Driven Students to Foggy Bottom
Former President Bill Clinton kicked off the 5th CGIU conference in the Smith Center on Friday night. The conference, which hosted more than 1,000 students from around the world, spanned two days and encompassed various panels and speaker series.
A number of high-profile guests joined Clinton during the opening plenary session on Friday night, including: former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, singer Usher, University President Steven Knapp, and activists Rye Barcott and Sadiqa Basiri Saleem. Each spoke at length about the various service projects on which they have worked. The session also included a question-and-answer portion where the panelists gave the students advice about how they could become more active in serving the world. Usher closed out the event by singing "Greatest Love of All," by the late Whitney Houston.
During the weekend, other successful figures, such as Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart, told students about how they could make a difference in the areas of public health, education and the environment.
In addition to speaker sessions and workshops, the conference also featured a project challenge. Various Universities submitted projects, to be featured in a NCAA-style bracket, which could be voted on by the general public. Panda Cycles, a project submission from GW focused on providing sustainable bamboo bicycles, won the entire competition.
The conference finished on Sunday with a DC-centric community service event.
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