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7 Things to do for World Malaria Day- April 25, 2011 – order free kits by 4/4

March 15, 2011 by Sarah Davey

Monday, April 25th is World Malaria Day 2011, what will you be doing to make a change? Malaria kills more than 2,000 people every day in Africa, with about one child dying every 45 seconds, making it the number one killer of children under 5 in the sub-Saharan region. What is important to note is that malaria can be eradicated: for more than 50 years it has been absent in the United States, due to availability of spraying techniques and effective medications. However, although these valuable anti-malarial drugs and technologies exist, they are not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured Less, Sex and Justice Tagged With: Campus Initiatives, global health, Malaria

Organizing tips from the AIDemocracy Regional Coordinator Retreat – day 1

August 20, 2010 by Karen Showalter

One of the key groups in the AIDemocracy network are our Regional Coordinators - an inspired group of student activists who act as regional "party hosts" for the community. Our new batch is in town this weekend, for our annual 'get-to-know-eachother' and skillbuilding retreat. In addition to learning more about each other and the organization, and hearing from some experts working in the fields of water, nuclear weapons, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and foreign assistance, we're spending a lot of time brushing up on advocacy and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: advocacy, Campus Initiatives, student organization, youth leaders, youth organization

The Middle East+South Asia Link

March 11, 2010 by Priyanka Joseph

For me, being a Regional Coordinator at AIDemocracy involves putting together awareness, advocacy and action events in the context of global peace & security-- my program area of choice. Having grown up in Oman and India, I learned early that peace and security go hand in hand, chicken AND egg, both at the same time. I also learned that without development, peace and security measures often died still-born. According to Noeleen Heyzer, "Peace is the absence of war, but beyond that peace is a commodity unlike any other. Peace is security. Peace is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Security Tagged With: Campus Initiatives, global peace and security, Middle East, security

University of Missouri Talks About Sex

December 11, 2009 by josephbeeman

It was the beginning of my fifth and final year at the University of Missouri, I had just tacked on a new major, and the majority of my friends had graduated and moved away. How was I going to take an active role in my new department; how was I going to fill this new void in my social calendar; and importantly, how was I going to get a better grip on what I wanted to do after graduation (because this time around I planned to actually do so)? I could… launch a ‘zine. A sexy ‘zine. Yeah! A ‘zine on sexuality and reproductive health, if executed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Sex and Justice Tagged With: Campus Initiatives, Gender, sexual and reproductive health

Coming Together for Farmworkers' Rights

November 20, 2009 by Sarah Frazer

Students at the University of Florida are working to help farmworkers battle for fair wages and basic human rights. By Kristen Abdullah and Richard Blake November 16, 2009 Migrant worker Jorge Rodriguez plays the “quijada,” in Immokalee, Fla. Farmworkers celebrated the recent decision by Taco Bell to accede to the demands of local tomato pickers, who led a four-year boycott against the restaurant chain, and pay a penny more for each pound of Florida tomatoes. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) As we made the four-hour journey south to tomato-town Immokalee, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Hunger Tagged With: Campus Initiatives, Guatemala, Haiti, Human Rights and Social Justice, Mexico, transnational corporations

Lupe Fiasco Gets Political

November 16, 2009 by Sarah Frazer

The hip-hop heavyweight is on a college tour, though audiences should expect to hear more weighty rhetoric than witty rhymes. Cross-post by Delaney Rohan, Campus Progress Laying his rap talents aside for an evening, critically-acclaimed hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco gave George Washington University students a lesson in history this week. But unlike what’s taught in closed-door college classrooms, this lesson belonged to anyone who would listen. Facing a darkened auditorium of over 100 students, Fiasco, drenched in a spotlight, began the evening … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Security Tagged With: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Campus Initiatives, Culture Schmulture, hip hop, Iraq

The New Age of Non-Profits: a Conversation with Ken Banks on Development, Knowledge Sharing and FrontlineSMS

October 9, 2009 by Priyanka Joseph

It had started off simple enough. Two weeks ago, still relatively new in my position as a Northeast Regional Coordinator with AIDemocracy, I spent a few hours trawling through Social Edge and twitter. With an eye on global development and security, my goal was to discover what was being done already in the non-profit world, who was doing it best and who among these folk were the most open to collaboration. I made a number of new friends: the people at Acumen Fund, Water Charity (not to be confused with charity:water), Be Unreasonable, Sangam India, CORD … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Hunger, Security, Sex and Justice Tagged With: agriculture, Campus Initiatives, healthcare, India, United Nations

Never Again. Again. – notes from the Campus Progress National Conference

July 20, 2009 by Sarah Frazer

Post by Gina Del Tito, Dickinson College The setting was safe: four cozy black chairs against a blue backdrop, the occupants of the chairs themselves comfortably diverse, male/female, black/white. Was it the recipe for the perfect panel? Moderator Candice Knezevic, RAISE Hope for the Congo's campaign manager, opened the Working Session on Human Rights, deeming Crimes Against Humanity the issue of a generation and positing that which we had heard before: "How do we ensure that 'Never Again' never, happens, again?" But our question for the session … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Security Tagged With: Campus Initiatives, events, hip hop, human rights, technology, youth leaders

Sudanese Scholars at your School: Bringing the World Home, Banaa-style!

June 23, 2009 by amaassen

Greetings readers! Though I'm pretty new to AID, as the summer Global Health Intern, it doesn't take much time to recognize that our AID student network is heavily immersed in campus initiatives and social justice organizations across the spectrum. It's hard to imagine that I can bring a new organization to your attention, but I'm going to give it a shot... Ever heard of Banaa? Banaa, or the Sudanese Educational Empowerment Network, is the brainchild of two George Washington University alumni, who have the following vision: "To end the genocide in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Hunger, Security Tagged With: Campus Initiatives, student organization, Sudan, youth leaders