Students 4 Ayiti
Newsletter February 1, 2010







Dear Students 4 Ayiti,

Another week has passed and we still have a lot on our agenda! First order of business -- Our next general meeting will be on Wednesday, February 12, 2010 at 8:30pm in Hess Commons. The address is 722 W 168th Street (if you need help with directions please email us at students4ayiti@gmail.com). We will be addressing the upcoming events, donation drives, and political action events coming up within the next few weeks. We've got a lot to discuss! If you can't make the meeting don't forget you can watch us live via Ustream at our channel: Students 4 Ayiti UStream. Here are a few things we've got coming up soon:

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The Political & Educational Action Committee is asking all Students 4 Ayiti to please sign the petition to help drop Haiti's debt. It will only take about two minutes of your time. Haiti will need all of its resources for recover and reconstruction. We are urging you to tell the Treasury Secretary Geither to negotiate the cancellation of Haiti's remaining debts to international intitution to ensure that all new aid comes in the form of grants NOT loans. The links to two petitions are below:

Drop Haiti's Debt & No Debt for Disaster

Help Haiti -- Drop the Debt

• DONATIONS! -- Relief & Aid is coming to Haiti from the CUMC campus! Starting Monday February 1, 2010 The Mailman School of Public Health will be collecting items in the lobby of the Rosenfield Building at 722 W 168th Street. All items will be taken directly to the Haitian Consulate by Students 4 Ayiti. The list of items being requested includes first aid items, rescue relief items, and medication ONLY! Please carefully read the list of requested items from the Haitian Consulate below. Please ignore the drop of locations listed, we will be taking donations at Mailman and delivering it to them as a school.

List of Items being requested from the consulate

UPCOMING EVENTS

SAVE THE DATE: FEBRUARY 12, 2010 -- CAFE AYITI
The School of Physicians & Surgeons and Students 4 Ayiti will be collaborating for a funfilled night of food, education, and live entertainment:

This event will highlight Dr. Vincent Degennary from the Department of Internal Medicine who will lead a discussion based on his experience from the relief effort. Haitian music will be performed by the Zing Experience and we will be viewing the documentary film The Road to Fondwa. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and Fatima House Orphanage, Fondwa.

Minimum Donation: $10 (cash, credit card, and check accepted)

Where: Donald F. Tapley Faculty Club P&S Building, 630 W 168th St., 4th Floor (ID Required)
When: Friday, February 12th, 6pm - 9pm

Click Here to view the flier

HAITIAN STUDY GROUP
Students 4 Ayiti's Edna Bonhomme will be hosting an education night and seminar. The study group will be discussing. The following two articles. Please follow the links to view the articles:

200 Years of US Imperialism: Haiti Under Seige -- By Helen Scott
Walking on Fire -- By Beverly Bell

When: Friday, February 12, 2010, 3pm to 5pm
Where: International Resource Center, 114th St Between Broadway and Amsterdam

HAITIAN STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY
The Fulbright office at the United Nations has a unique scholarship opportunity for Haitian students currently studying in the United States. Here is their message:

"Dear Students 4 Ayiti,

I hope this message finds you well.

I’m
pleased to announce that IIE has created an emergency fund to help students from
Haiti currently in the US continue their academic programs by providing them
with the opportunity of applying for a small grant.

It is important to
clarify that his grant is aimed at supporting non-sponsored Haitian grantees
(that unfortunately excludes you as you do have financial sponsorship for your
academic program from the Department of State). So, please help us spread the
word on your campus so your colleagues can be nominated.

I wish to also
clarify that all questions should go directly to the program manager at
HaitiEAS@iie.org – Nicole and I are not supervising this initiative.

Complete information below: Deadline is Feb 12th

With warm
wishes,

Tatiana"

Click here for more information.


Again, thank you for all your continued support and dedication. We look forward to seeing you all on February 10th!

--S4A

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