Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is coming up

Student Leadership Development presents the

4^th Annual Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.

Each year, one week before Thanksgiving, National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness co-sponsor National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week. During this week, NEIU takes part in a nationwide effort to bring greater awareness to the problems of hunger and homelessness in Chicago and around the world.

Check out our list of events taking place beginning Monday, November 12, 2012 (All events are also listed on our website: http://www.neiu.edu/~lead/hungerweek

Beginning Monday, November 12^th – Friday, November 16^th: Drop off 3 canned or boxed goods at the Ronald Williams Library for donation to a local food bank. In return, the Library will waive up to $5 in fees for returned materials. Visit the library for more details.
Monday, November 12th: Information Table and Thanksgiving Sponsorship Collections– Village Square, 10 am – 3 pm. Interested in sponsoring a Thanksgiving meal for a family? $40 will provide a family a traditional Thanksgiving feast. Contribute individually, or as part of a club or a class. Visit the table to find out more.
Tuesday, November 13th: Information Table, Empty Bowl Sale, and Thanksgiving Sponsorship Collections – Village Square, 10 am – 3 pm; Oxfam Hunger Banquet, Location: Cafeteria, Time: 4:30 pm - At this interactive event, the place where you sit, and the meal that you eat, are determined by the luck of the draw—just as in real life some of us are born into relative prosperity and others into poverty. There is a $5 suggested donation for this event that will go towards Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org/). Register for this event here: https://orgsync.com/6502/forms/25500
Wednesday, November 14th: Information Table, Empty Bowl Sale, and Thanksgiving Sponsorship Collections – Village Square, 10 am – 3 pm; “I am the Queen” Film Screening & Discussion, Location: SU 216; Time: 5:00 pm. "I am the Queen" takes a look at the often unobserved life of Chicago’s Puerto Rican transgender community documenting the Cacique Pageant, the first annual transgender pageant held in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. A panel discussion with members of Puerto Rican Cultural Center's El Rescate, the LGBTQ homeless youth center in Humbolt Park. A donation of the following is suggested: Cleaning Products, Books, DVDs, Cooking Utensils, Winter Clothing or College Level School Supplies. Refreshments will be served. Volunteer Opportunity: North Park Friendship Center, 3448 W. Foster Avenue, 1 pm – 5 pm. Do you want to do some direct community service? North Park Friendship Center, just steps away from NEIU, has a volunteer opportunity for up to 3 students both today and Friday. Space is extremely limited – please only register if you are certain you can complete the hours. Please register here:  https://orgsync.com/6502/forms/60852; Sleep Out Experience – Outside of the PE Complex; Time: 11 pm – 6 am.  Spend the evening sleeping outside to understand what thousands of people experience every night on the streets of Chicago. Sponsorship is encouraged.  All money collected will be donated to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.  Please register for this event here: https://orgsync.com/6502/forms/17158

Thursday, November 15th: Information Table and Artisan Sale – Village Square, 10 am – 3 pm; Would you like to purchase one of the beautifully designed bowls created by our own Ceramics students? All proceeds will benefit a local food bank.

Friday, November 16th: Information Table – Village Square, 10 am – 3 pm; Volunteer Opportunity: North Park Friendship Center, 3448 W. Foster Avenue, 1 pm – 5 pm. Do you want to do some direct community service? North Park Friendship Center, just steps away from NEIU, has a volunteer opportunity for up to 3 students today. Space is extremely limited – please only register if you are certain you can complete the hours. Please register here: https://orgsync.com/6502/forms/60852

 

Saturday, November 17th: Thanksgiving Box Donation Delivery. Location: Multipurpose Room Time: 10 am. The boxes are packed and now we’re ready to deliver them to neighborhood families for their Thanksgiving meal. Access to a car is preferred, but we will be carpooling as well! This project is for those who sponsored families.

SLD would like to thank the following campus partners:

Becks Book Store, Professor Dubhe Carreno and her Ceramics II and Advanced Ceramics students; Professor Audrey Natcone, Justice Studies; and The Angelina Pedroso Center for Diversity and Intercultural Affairs