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IDEV Conference Follow-up

Hi everyone,

Here's a message from Nate, our conference chair:

Thank you to all of the students and speakers who made it to UNICEF-Georgetown’s 8th Annual International Development Conference. In total, we had over 200 student participants and 30 development professionals, so thank you to all of you for making it our largest conference to date. We hope you found the conference to be interesting and informative, and hope that you will plan on being a part of our conference again next year!

For those of you who missed the conference, or are interested in hearing what was discussed at other panels and tables, check back to our website soon for a conference briefing that we are in the process of finalizing.

Thanks!

UNICEF-Georgetown
Conference Committee














The Conference Committee














Group pic - the committee and other helpers!




















The conference's keynote speaker, Mr. Patrick Fine, Vice President of the Millennium Challenge Corporation














Participants and development experts during the post-panel dinner














Representatives from the Advocacy Committee with a winner of the Advocacy Committee's "There's 'U' in UNICEF" contest

(Thank you Janine for the pictures!)

Best,
UNICEF-Georgetown

"There's U in UNICEF": Creative Expressions Contest

“There’s U in UNICEF”
Creative Expressions Challenge

INTRODUCTION


Check out our promotional video here!


Envisage, encapsulate, express: the UNICEF Georgetown Creative Expressions contest 2010 invites you to submit your perspective on UNICEF. What comes to mind when you think of UNICEF’s work, outreach and goals? How would you express these images or thoughts? Be creative, tell us your outlook—show us how there’s “U” in UNICEF.


ELIGIBILITY

  • All students of Georgetown University are invited to participate in the contest.
  • No participation fee required.

CRITERIA

  • Students may submit uploadable media or photography pieces (i.e. in the form of photos or videos). There is no limit to the amount of uploadable media you may submit, however, we encourage you to challenge yourself to express in one piece the “U in UNICEF.”
  • Students must submit their own pieces. No copyright infringement permitted.
  • Artist’s Statement of Originality: please submit a brief description (max. 50 words) of your work to unicefgu.advocacy@gmail.com during the submission period. Please include your name, school and year, net ID, and phone number.

COPYRIGHT

  • All submissions must be original works of the artist.
  • Failure to comply with copyright standards will result in a withdrawal of the artist’s work from the contest.
  • UNICEF-GU reserves the right to include or exclude any work. Works graphic or indecent in nature will be eliminated automatically.

SUBMISSION PERIOD

  • Students may submit their work between October 5, 2010 to October 29, 2010.
  • All submissions must be made to UNICEF-Georgetown’s “Flickr” account.
  1. Participants must create a “Flickr” account (it’s free). Go to www.flickr.com for details on how to open an account.
  2. Join UNICEF-GU’s Group - “There’s U in UNICEF” Creative Expressions Challenge. http://www.flickr.com/groups/1496467@N25/
  3. Photos: please upload high-resolution photos. Please ensure that the privacy of your photo is set to “Anyone” (Public).
  4. Videos: please upload videos to our Flickr group as well. Please ensure that the privacy of your video is set to “Anyone” (Public).
  5. Note: your media must be uploadable.

JUDGING

  • Semi-Final voting period: October 30, 2010 to November 4, 2010.
  • Those works which the UNICEF Advocacy Committee and Board judge to best reflect the contest theme will be entered into the semi-final round.
  • All semi-final works will be posted on UNICEF’s Facebook account where the campus community will have the opportunity to “like” the work. Voters can also send votes to unicefgu.advocacy@gmail.com.
  • The top 3 “liked” pieces will be showcased at UNICEF’s International Development Conference dinner on November 5, 2010 where a final selection will be made by a conference committee comprised of international development professionals, faculty, and students.

PRIZES


  • One (1) first prize winner and two (2) runner ups will be awarded cash prizes and other benefits.
  • All participants in the contest will have their work posted to UNICEF’s website, blog, and Facebook account.

OTHER INFORMATION


  • Encourage your friends to participate in the contest, or vote for their favorite submissions on our Facebook during semi-final voting.

DISCLAIMER


  • UNICEF-Georgetown Advocacy reserves the right to make any changes to the contest guidelines.
Best,
UNICEF-Georgetown

Advocacy Workshop and Events, Spotlight Dinner on Malaria, Saxbys Partnership

Hi everyone,

On April 18th, Advocacy chair Derek held a training workshop for all those interested in going to Capitol Hill and speaking with congressmen/-women and staffers about UNICEF and its work. The main task of the Advocacy committee and its members and volunteers, however, was to ask Congress to allocate US$140 million for UNICEF for the 2011 fiscal year so that it could continue its humanitarian work around the world. In all, six students traveled to the Hill on April 19th and 26th. They met with Representative Nita Lowey and Senator Sam Brownback, the latter interested in bringing UNICEF on board his anti-human-trafficking and anti-Congolian-conflict-minerals campaigns. Below are photos from the training workshop. Thank you Derek, the Advocacy Committee - Amy, Nick, and Penelope - and volunteers for helping make sure that UNICEF could continue to extend a helping hand to those in need!












































(Photos taken by Co-Tech chair Lotus)

On April 21st we had our last spotlight dinner of the year, and had a pretty good turnout! The spotlight dinner was on malaria and malaria prevention, focusing on the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF's work in preventing malaria infection and deaths from malaria. Malaria is a preventable cause of death. Through the distribution and use of 3 million mosquito nets, the WHO has seen a 64% decrease in cases of malaria. More information from the presentation at the dinner is included in the photos below. Thank you Program chair Susan and her committee - Alexandra and Anika - for putting everything together!


























































(Photos taken by Lotus)

From April 24th to May 1st, Saxbys partnered with UNICEF/UNICEF-Georgetown. We had our banner in their window as well as quarter sheets and donation boxes to collect money for the children of Haiti. Below are pictures of our partnership. Thank you Fundraising chair Judy and committee member Sophia for making this possible!












































(Photos taken by Judy)

Best,
UNICEF-Georgetown
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