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Working together to end poverty and injustice — Oxfam America

Working together to end poverty and injustice — Oxfam America

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Non-Profits You Should Know

Here are a list of my favorite non-profit organizations and what they do:

1. Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org/)

Mission: "To create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice."

Recent Issues: Haiti, climate change legislation, Darfur

2. Doctors Without Borders (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/)

Mission: "An international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters, and exclusion from health care."

Recent Issues: Providing medical assistance to victims of China's earthquake, opening treatment center in eastern Sudan.

3. Action Against Hunger (http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/)

Mission: "Providing innovative solutions to world hunger."

Recent Issues: Hunger in Niger, Southern Sudan, and Uganda. Providing clean water for Africans and teaching alternatives from poor agriculture and foreign reliance on food to sustainable farming.

Song of the Week- April 11-17, 2010

Song of the Week

"The Morality of Murder" by Michael Sandel (Harvard)

Watch it on Academic Earth

I found this new website- www.academicearth.com. You can watch lectures from top professors from the nation's best universities. You can narrow down your search to specific categories; even upload/share them with friends. Very cool!

Citation: Michael Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?, Fall 2009. (Harvard University: Harvard), http://harvard.edu (Accessed December 21, 2009). License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0

Clemson- Day 1

View of Memorial Stadium from the Lake



Clemson has a Ski Team!



Sunset in Clemson, SC




Sails @ Clemson




Clemson Sailing




This was interesting...they had several Frats/Sororities
together in a Quad




Fraternity/Sorority Housing

Memorial Stadium a.k.a. "Death Valley"

Main Quad. Central part of campus

Go Tigers!

Clemson Tigers

We caught the Clemson Football team lifting.

The logo: Tiger Paw

UGA- Day 2

Scenic path near the Dining Hall/Rec Center

Hand Scanner @ UGA. (Rec Center)

Basketball courts at the Rec. Center

Workout equipment overlooking UGA's Olympic sized Natatorium

So fresh...So clean! (Rec. Center)

Volleyball Courts

Natatorium

UGA Rec. Center

UGA School of Public Affairs

Dawgs studying by the Tate Student Center

Downtown Athens. 85 bars!

Park Hall- English Dept.

UGA- Day 1

Lunch at Five Guys downtown Athens!




English Building










Inside Tate Student Union






Free Movie Theatre in the Student Union?...Yes please!





Walk of Fame outside Tate Center

Tate Student Union

UGA Bookstore

Sanford Stadium

6th Largest Collegiate Stadium- Sanford Stadium- Can seat 92,746 ppl

Cherry trees @ UGA. Right outside our Hotel

The Search Begins..

It's Spring Break time of my Junior year, and you know what that means...COLLEGE VISITS! With all the stress from back home, it will be nice to get away for a bit and plan for the future.

I will be taking my first ever College visits this week. I decided to share my experience on a blog.

Wednesday, March 31-

• Leaving Decatur, IL and driving to Athens, GA

Thursday, April 1-

• University of Georgia campus tour @ 8:30am
• Lunch in downtown Athens
• Drive to Clemson, SC

Friday, April 2-

• Clemson University campus tour @ 9:00am
• Hang out and enjoy the beautiful South Carolina weather

Saturday, April 3-

• Depart Clemson, SC and head for home (Illinois)