A social justice conference in late April where MVP will have a fundraiser and a special presentation. If you are interested in getting involved please email Stephanie (sgf3(at)duke.edu).

Date: April 21-22, 2007

Organizing a project to get local high school students involved with MVP during their spring break. Email Stefanie Feldman (Stefanie.feldman(at)duke.edu) for more details.

An all day interfaith fast. Contact lindsay.adkin(at)duke.edu for more information.

Date: March 28, 2007 | Time: 6:00pm

Date: March 30, 2007

Contact Liz Brady at edb8(at)duke.edu for more information.

Volunteers present to middle school students to educate them about global poverty and the Millennium Development Goals. Email Mary Small (smallm(at)email.unc.edu) if you’d like to get involved.

Register for the Forum Today!

Featuring: Mr. Joel Negin, the Millennium Village Project HIV/AIDS Coordinator and Senior Project Adviser to the Access Project at Columbia University’s Earth Institute

Mr. Negin will be offering a valuable first-hand perspective of the MVP model in Kenya, including information on the status of our partner village, Marenyo. Mr. Negin is an expert in health system development, gender empowerment, and microeconomics.

The goal of this forum is to promote a deeper understanding of the Millennium Village Project, as well as offer critical insight into development approaches overall. We further envision this forum as an opportunity for students to see their areas of study actively applied to ending extreme poverty, one of the most pressing global issues of our time. Furthermore, this forum works to serve our continuing goal of encouraging collaboration between the disciplines, and across multiple universities.

2:30-3:00pm            Remarks by Joel Negin
3:00-3:20pm            Group Discussions/ Question-Generating Session
Economic Development and Infrastructure
Environmental Sustainability and Agriculture
Social and Cultural Contexts
Health
Community Empowerment
3:20-3:30pm            Break
3:30-4:00pm            Regroup and Address Questions
4:00pm-4:30pm       Mingle Time

For more details please email Danika Barry (dbarry(at)email.unc.edu).

Date: March 30, 2007 | Time: 2:30-4:30 pm
Location: Campus Y Building

Featuring a cappella groups from UNC and Duke

Date: March 31, 2007 | Time: 4:00 pm | Location: Page Auditorium, Duke

For more details please email Nandini (nrk3(at)duke.edu).

Join us for a dinner and dance show, featuring a special presentation by MVP! Come enjoy dinner provided by: Chili’s, Bailey’s, Panera, Alpine Bagel, and other local restaurants!

The tickets cost $4.00 and can be purchased at the door or available prior to the event from Linden Cartner, Crystal Essex, Anna Mansour, Kathryn Howlett, or Matt Ellington. When you purchase a ticket, you also receive a chance to win a $50 gift certificate for Top of the Hill.

SO even if you can’t make it that night, your money still goes to a good cause, AND you can still win $50 at Top of the Hill! For more information contact Anna Mansour.

Sponsored by students from a UNC Communications Studies class
Date: Tuesday, March 6th 7pm
Location: Union Caberet

The UNC-Duke-Bennett Millennium Village Project will be selling sweat bands to the Pit. By purchasing the sweatbands you will be automatically entered into a random drawing to receive a pair of tickets for the UNC/Duke basketball game at UNC on March 4th. All proceeds will aid us in our partnership with the Millennium Village in Marenyo, Kenya. So buy a sweatband today to support MVP and go to the biggest rivalry game in all of sports!

Date: February 19th – March 2nd | Location: the Pit

UPDATE: Congratulations to Tanisha Palvia for winning the drawing!