make decisions about their land and resources. If the U.S. government signs this declaration, the U.S. will stand in solidarity with other countries in their commitment to uphold the rights of vulnerable indigenous communi-ties. This declaration would help strengthen the already existing interna-tional laws and add more strength to the extractive industries transparency legislation passed last summer. For actions see pg. 2.

What a turnout! Thanks to all students who engaged their campus and commu-nity around oil pay-ment disclosure in Ghana. As a result of your hard work, Ox-fam received close to 1300 signatures from student leaders in sup-port of the revenue management bill! On

November 5, Oxfam partner, the Ghanaian Oil Platform held a press conference about the 40,000 signatures col-lected and then the peti-tions were walked over the Ghanaian Parliament and presented to the Par-liament Speaker and the President. United Nations Decla-ration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Right now, the U.S. gov-ernment is reviewing a declaration – the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) – that would give commu-nities what they need to

Accountability in Extractive Industries

Oxfam America Campus Clubs: campus 411

Special dates of

interest:

Nov 14-20: National

Hunger & Homelessness

Awareness Week

Nov 18: Oxfam’s FAST

for a World Harvest

Campaign celebrates 37

years

Nov 18: Oxfam America

staff Hunger Banquet in

Boston

Nov 29-Dec10: United

Nations Climate Change

Conference, Cancun

NOVEMBER 2010

Students signing

“Sow the seed” post-

cards at clark

Atlanta university.

Pushing for Economic Justice

Sow the Seed Your actions for World Food Day helped kick off Oxfam’s call for governments to “Sow

the Seed” of invest-ment in small farmers and climate adaptation financing. Oxfam stu-dents collected close to 800 signatures for Sow the Seed. Internation-ally, Oxfam participated in events in 32 coun-tries. For photos from events worldwide, click here. Delivering Postcards If you’d like to collect postcards or hold an

in-district lobby meeting, email Will Fenton, wfen-ton@oxfamamerica.org for more information. We have all the materials to support Oxfam Club ac-tions. Congratulations to Megan Whitacre at Ball State Uni-versity and Corrie Ellis at the University of Idaho for holding creative Sow the Seed events in Octo-ber.

Students Visiting the

Oxfam table at

American University.

Inside this issue:

Staying Connected 2

Events on Campus 2

How to Get Involved 2

ACT FAST! 3

Photo Highlights 3

Hunger Banquets:

- 11/16: Saint Peter’s College,

NJ; Albright College, PA

- 11/18: University of South-

ern Maine, ME; Fox Valley

Technical College, WI

- 12/8: Fairfield University,

CT

Other:

- 11/16: Empty Bowl Project

@ Iowa State University, IA

- 11/18: Singers for a World

Harvest @ UC Santa Cruz, CA

** Post your club happenings

on our events calendar**

Oxfam Events on Campus

Throughout the month,

clubs are bringing awareness

to local and global hunger.

There are also film screen-

ings, discussions, and other

events being held across the

country. Check it out!

JOIN Oxfam America

Clubs on Facebook!

Download the UN

Declaration on the

Rights of Indigenous

Peoples petition from

the Oxfam website. Ta-

ble on your campus or

hold an Extractive In-

dustries related event

and ask people to sign

the petition. Send all

signed petitions to Niea

Gardner in Oxfam’s

Boston office.

Host an Oxfam Hunger

Banquet

Sign up as a volunteer

with our Concert Out-

reach Team

Visit the ACT FAST

site for event ideas and

volunteer opportunities

Have a film showing of

Oxfam videos “Hardest

Hit” and/or “Sisters on

the Planet” followed by

a discussion

Table on your campus

and collect signatures to

support Oxfam cam-

paigns

What YOU can do at your clubs

Oxfam America club at

holy cross— Northamp-

ton 5 k run To Support

our work with women

in Darfur.

by and I hope that you all

have had productive starts

to the new academic year!

To help keep us up to date

on your clubs informa-

tion please provide the

information for your club

advisor, a main point of

contact, any board members

& other members, a mailing

address, and any sites

(official website/facebook/

twitter/youtube) where we

Hi Club Leaders!

I’m Niea Gardner, the

Youth Engagement Coordi-

nator at Oxfam America

and I am excited to intro-

duce myself! We enjoy hav-

ing student allies who help

in furthering the outreach

and impact on our cam-

paigns to create lasting solu-

tions to hunger, poverty,

and injustice. Fall is flying

can follow your events.

You can email me at

clubs@oxfamamerica.org.

Message from the Editor: Stay Connected to Oxfam HQ

High 5’s to all our cam-

pus clubs!

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“Never doubt that

a small group of

thoughtful,

committed citizens

can change the

world. Indeed, it is

the only thing

that ever has.” ~

Margaret Mead

Visit Oxfam’s ACT FAST website, http://www.oxfamamerica.org/hungerbanquet

for the latest information on volunteer opportunities happening in your community.

You can also download or order free materials to use and find tool kits on how to

fundraise and host events such as Oxfam Hunger Banquets. Click the link get

started now under “Organize your own event/Hunger Banquet”. On the left hand

menu, there is a link to order event materials. Event ideas and information about

Oxfam petitions and campaigns are also available.

Visit us at ACT FAST!

Working

together to

end poverty

and injustice

Volunteer outreach in action: Oxfam America at bonnaroo 2010

Phone: 617.517.9415 Fax: 617.371.2747 E-mail: clubs@oxfamamerica.org

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