Today I followed Huifang to the MRA Office in London. They are having a meeting for the preparation of the talk of Rajmohan Gandhi in November, and I tagged along with Huifang to see where I can help out.
Yes, you heard it right. Rajmohan Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, is coming to Britain in November for a series of activities. Further information please press HERE.
From the discussions, I jotted down some points to follow up, as I have thought of a few actions we, the youths, can help out as volunteers.
1) Promotion/ Advertising
Was told that the target audience consist of students in social sciences, political and international relations, and the topic would mainly deal with the various issues in today's world - terrorism, peace talks and reconsilliation, relations of Hinduism and Islam as well as between West and Islam, etc etc...
Judging from the target audience and the theme, I found there is some things I can do within my limit.
- contact LSE SU for bulletins in the Beaver, LSESU weekly emailing list and permissions to put up posters on event board.
- contact friends in Islamic society, Malaysian society, BLIA, International Relation repadtment and other societies to help promote the event.
- Discuss with the Communication Officer in LSE for promotion of this event in the community of academic staffs too.
2) Volunteers
As they need volunteers in organizing the events, I am thinking of getting manpower from the students community.
- contact ULUBUDA for prospective volunteers to help out in the event.
- contact LSE Volunteer Centre to register this as a one-off event/project to recruit volunteers.
- Food catering costs seems high to me. hope to ask some catering friends to find some cheaper prices.
Well... i better stop here. Seems I am making this into a notebook to myself of lists of Things-to-do. haha...
Anyway, the full information about this upcoming event is HERE.
The PDF format of the information is HERE.
The summary of the event is
PUBLIC LECTURE
Title: Responding to Today's World - The Relevance of the Gandhian Ethic
Speaker: By Rajmohan Gandhi
Date: Wednesday 23rd November 2005
Time: 7.00pm (doors open 6.30)
Venue: Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1. (facing Euston Station)
Enquiries: 020 7798 6000
Website: www.uk.iofc.org
Email: info@uk.iofc.org
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Mahatma Gandhi suppose to be my Peace role model, not until this Mike Fay comes into view :)
Actually i'm with a peace organization also, you may heard of it before - - Service Civil International (SCI). Hopefully we'll have an international workcamp in Taiping next summer, perhaps June/July 2006. Thought you will be interested :p
Go there, YD. Get some info, share with us :p Onegaishimasu!
Omigosh... Taiping is one of my favourite town. i just love the small town atmosphere and the tranquility there... Just been there in this summer to visit my friend.
Will the camp be in June/ July? sigh.. June is my exam and July is my graduation period... I was hoping for August, haha... But anyway, do update me if there is this workcamp coming. ok? thanks lots!
For the Raj's lecture, i'll be volunteering in set up and welcoming guests, will make the fullest out of this fantastic event. meanwhile, do check out the website of IOFC as they are putting up some information too. :-)
Now i start to miss Taiping...awwww....
:-S
Recluse that I am, I miss some things that happen in major cities, such as this event. I would love to be able to attend and learn from Rajmohan Gandhi. It should be most interesting.
Well, for now you are in London. Make the most of it YD.
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