Interested in supporting the Invisible Children Challenge?

We are looking for sponsors to help us finance this events.

Sponsor Benefits:

your name will be included on the home page of the Invisible Children Challenge Website
a blurb about your organization will be posted on this page
your name will be included on all event publicity (including Benefits Concert posters)
your name will be included on the back of the official Invisible Children Challenge - UConn 2010-2011 T-shirts [if applicable; we're still trying to work out funding for t-shirts]
you will have the opportunity to display a banner at the Benefits Concert
you will be recognized at the Benefits Concert

For more information, contact Gudrun at invisiblechildrenchallenge@gmail.com or at (860)486-3801.

A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE DIVERSITY ADVISORY TEAM, UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES FOR CO-SPONSORING OUR EVENT.

Diversity at the University of Connecticut Libraries

"The University of Connecticut Libraries is uniquely positioned to lead the University forward in its goal of creating an inclusive and diverse campus community and in promoting cultural competency. Through wide-ranging print and electronic collections, staff expertise, and an ongoing quest to provide unmediated universal access to information, the University Libraries will offer a rich array of resources sensitive to and inclusive of diversity in gender, race, ethnicity, socio-economic class, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, and physical ability. The Libraries will anticipate and support emerging academic trends in interdisciplinary fields, as well as changes in the composition of our students, faculty, and staff and their library and information needs. The University Libraries will strengthen programs and resources pertaining to historically underrepresented groups and will increase services and resources for international students and the growing numbers of students returning to the University after raising families, establishing career paths, or serving in the military. As the premier provider of scholarly information on campus, the University Libraries will continually ensure that the needs of all students, faculty, staff, and public users are met through our collections, services, instruction and outreach programs." (pg.12)

-- The University of Connecticut Libraries Strategic Plan, 2009 - 2014

For more information about the University of Connecticut Libraries' commitment to Diversity, go to http://lib.uconn.edu/Diversity/index.htm

THANK YOU TO BIG Y FOR THEIR $25 DONATION FOR OUR KICK-OFF EVENT.

http://www.bigy.com/
Big Y® is a family owned and family oriented retail food company serving people's at home food needs.

About the Invisible Children Challenge - UConn Fall 2011!!!

There is an invisible war in east Africa where one man, Joseph Kony, uses children as soldiers. The Invisible Children Movement tries to raise awareness about this war by creating documentaries about night commuters, child soldiers and other innocent people whose lives have been affected by the longest running war in Africa.

Since 2003 when three young filmmakers traveled to Africa in search of a story and returned committed to making a difference in the lives of the children they had met, Invisible Children has grown into an international movement that educates, rebuilds schools in Uganda, creates job opportunities for Ugandans, lobbies Congress and shows high school and college students what it means to be an activist.

The Invisible Children Challenge at UConn encourages students to form teams, which will compete to see who can raise the most awareness and funds for Invisible Children. This is an annual event that was first started in Spring 2011. The first Challenge was a great success ($543.32 were raised, 509 books collected and 5 screenings were hosted on campus), but this Fall we're taking it to the next level and hope that even more students will participate. Anyone can form a team! Teams will get points for their awareness and fundraising campaigns as well as for involvement in other Invisible Children initiatives. On Saturday, December 3, 2011, all participants will get together to celebrate with friends at a Ugandan Cultural Night, learn more about Invisible Children and find out who the winning teams of the 2nd Annual Challenge are.

Sponsors

Diversity at the University of Connecticut Libraries

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