Oxfam America @ NYU

With a Spring in our step...

We here at Oxfam America @ NYU are excited for the Spring semester, and we hope you are, too! This Spring, meetings will be on Mondays from 7-8PM . We have relocated to a new and cozy place at Room 216 in the Social Work Building (1 Washington Square North). We hope you can join us, and as always, please join our listserv through NYUHome to get the latest!

Dinner at a Bigger Table

All those that say the social justice movement has fizzled out at NYU, would have a hard time explaining the 100 plus student attendance at Oxfam America at NYU's annual Hunger Banquet. On November 16th 2007, over one hundred students chose to spend their Friday night learning about global hunger, on the top floor of Kimmel, overlooking New York City and its plethora of distractions. The evening however was not a passive learning experience, but an interactive dinner, with dynamic speakers, all reigniting the embers of student activism.

The first speaker was, Agnes Kamara-Umunna, an advocate for child soldier of her home country Liberia. She spoke of her search for oral histories, which she collects from the 1000s of Liberian refugees that live in our neighboring borrow of Staten Island. She highlighted hunger as a manipulation tactic in the times of war. Addressing the immense power of food, a commodity we so readily take for grant and often abuse.

Bring the perspective of an America college student, Lauren Bush, also spoke about her initiation of the FEED project. She launched FEED after a trip to Africa, where she was overcome by all the hunger she witnessed in school children. Using her passion of fashion she designed the FEED bag, which when purchased provides food school lunch for a child in Africa for one year. She told students she hopes her bags are not only monetary assistance, but also a conversation pieces to open up a dialogue about inequalities.

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Welcome back and get ready to Change

Oxfam America @ NYU would like to welcome everyone back! Our first meeting was wonderful and we would like to thank everyone for coming. Just a reminder that meetings this Fall will be on Tuesdays from 7-8PM. To keep up with us, please join our listserv through NYUHome! And if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at oxfam.america.club@nyu.edu. Again, welcome back!

Coffee in all NYU dining halls now Fair Trade certified!

Say it loud and proud! Coffee in all NYU dining halls are now 100% Fair Trade certified! We would like to thank everyone who helped us make this happen! We cannot even begin to describe how happy we are. Thank you!