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Development in Practice:
A critical look at the Millennium Village Project
Date: March 30, 2007 | Time: 2:30-4:30 pm | Location: Campus Y Building
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).
A Cappella Battle of the Blues: Fundraiser Concert
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).
K-12 Outreach
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.
Communities Building Communities presents a Dinner and Dance Show
Sponsored by students from a UNC Communications Studies class
Date: Tuesday, March 6th 7pm | Location: Union Caberet
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.
UNC vs. Duke Basketball Tickets: Dean Dome
Date: February 19th – March 2nd | Location: the Pit
Congratulations to Tanisha Palvia for winning the drawing!
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!
Fundraiser: Charity Ice Skating Mixer
Date: February 24th, 10:15pm - 1:00am | Location: Cary Ice House (across from Grand Asia Mkt. off I-40 and US-1)
Sponsored by UNC, Duke, and NSCS Asian Students Associations, UNC PAPhi, and UNC aKDPhi
The organizations listed above are hosting an ice skating event on Saturday, February 24th from 10:15pm -1:00 am at the Cary Ice House. Please come out and join for an evening of fun and help support the Millennium Village Project. $7 for skating and rentals for the whole night and all proceeds from the event will be donated to MVP. Contact (mdma@email.unc.edu) for more information.
"Broken Bread Meal" - Acting on AIDS
Date: February 21st | Time: 6-7:30pm | Location: in the Pit
Sponsored by Intervarsity
Come eat a meal typical of HIV/AIDS victims in 3rd world countries to help raise awareness and learn about what organizations at UNC are doing about poverty and world hunger. **Donations welcome** This event is also part of UNC's 24/7 Prayer Week. For more information, see http://prayerweek.itarheel.com
MVP Appreciation Meeting!
Desserts and Drinks will be served!
Date: Thursday, February 1st, 8pm | Location: Union 3411
Email Mary Small (smallm@email.unc.edu) for details.
We will celebrate MVP’s success this past semester by showcasing its highlights and acknowledging all of our awesome sponsors, volunteers and supporters!
We would like to show our sincere appreciation to the numerous student organizations on campus who have taken the Millennium Village Project as their own and integrated it into their organizations, whether it be by helping us during MVP week or by sponsoring events whose proceeds go to MVP. We encourage you all to come out to our meeting and to continue to stay involved with MVP! This meeting is open to ALL student organizations—whether you’ve helped us with projects in the past or are interested in finding out what you can do to help raise awareness for extreme poverty!
Number 1 Killer: The Fight against Malaria
Children’s Right Week [Co-Sponsored by Campus Y]
Date: January 30th 6-8pm | Location: Murphy 116
Almost 40% of the world’s population is threatened by malaria, the majority being
children. Join us for a workshop discussing the #1 Killer in Kids, Malaria. The event will incorporate a video presentation from the UN on Malaria and a workshop component involving steps to write an effective letter advocating this cause to send to it with the Rollback Malaria program. This workshop will count towards a skills training for Public Service Scholars. Please email Deepti Panjabi, dpanjabi(at)email.unc.edu if you would like to RSVP.
UNC vs. Duke Basketball Tickets: Cameron Stadium
Date: January 29-Febuary 2nd | Location: the Pit
Wished you had been at Cameron Stadium when UNC beat Duke last year at Duke on their senior night? Well this year you can! The UNC-Duke-Bennett Millennium Village Project will be selling sweat bands for the next week until FEBRUARY 2nd next 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 Duke on FEBRUARY 7th. 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!
MVP Week of Events: November 6th-10th, 2006
[see flyer below]
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