HUNGER BANQUET / BANQUET CONTRE LA FAIM

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OxfamUO and the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO)’s Food Bank present “Hunger Banquet”. Come out to Sandy Hill Community Centre (250 Somerset East, Ottawa, ON) at 7 pm on Friday March 23rd.

You will be served a delicious- entirely fair trade and organic- dinner, and will be able to enjoy LIVE music, LIVE dance, spoken word artists and engaging key-note speakers on important current issues here in our local community and in international development.

This is a great networking opportunity to mix and mingle with people
in the international development community – including professors,
development workers, civil society organizations, students and
community members – all while enjoying live musical performance,
engaging speeches, a full catered dinner, live dance, spoken word
performance, and experiencing throughout the evening, a night dramatizing global food insecurity.

Additionally, there will be as a silent auction, with all proceeds also going to Oxfam Canada and the Ottawa Food Bank: generously donated gift cards, gift certificates, tickets and prizes
from the following businesses and more: The Green Door, The Table, Farmboy and Bridgehead.

Tickets are $10 for students and $20 for general admission and are available online Dress code is business casual.

This event is not to be missed. Order your tickets ASAP, they’re selling fast!

Please e-mail oxfamuottawa@gmail.com should you have any questions.

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Oxfam UO et la Banque alimentaire de l’Université d’Ottawa (FÉUO) présentent le “ Banquet contre la faim”. Venez au Centre communautaire de Côte-de-Sable, situé au 250 Somerset Est, Ottawa, Ontario), à 19h, le Vendredi 23 Mars, pour une soirée remplie de musique, de divertissement, de discours inspirant et évidemment d’un bon souper. Après cette soirée, vous verrez vos repas de tous les jours, d’une différente manière! Vous pouvez, entre autre, vous attendre à la visite de Mark Fried, coordonnateur des politiques d’OXFAM Canada.

Les Tickets sont de 10$ pour les Étudiants et 20$ pour l’admission générale( autres). Vous pouvez vous les procurer au banque alimentaire de la FÉUO (0015 UCU), au bureau de la FÉUO (07 UCU), et en ligne. La code vestimentaire est semi-formelle.

Tout l’argent ira à la Banque alimentaire d’Ottawa ainsi qu’à Oxfam Canada.

Si vous avez des questions ou pour plus d’information, vous pouvez envoyer un courriel à l’adresse suivante : oxfamuottawa@gmail.com

Aidez-nous avec le Banquet de la faim!

Salut les Oxfamien.ne.s!

Le prochain événement à venir pour le groupe Oxfam sur le campus de l’Université d’Ottawa sera un Banquet de la faim, prévu pour le 23 mars. Nous travaillerons en partenariat avec la Banque alimentaire de la FÉUO pour cet événement.

Nous avons besoin d’aide! Ci-dessous figurent quatre comités qui seront responsables de veiller aux différents aspects du Banquet de la faim. Veuillez nous envoyer un courriel pour nous indiquer le comité dans lequel vous aimeriez vous impliquer et nous vous contacterons dès que possible!

 Promotion

1. Vente de billets en ligne sur eventbrite.com
2. Marketing sur la campus (posters, flyers, médias sociaux, annonces, annonces dans les classes, marketing de la FÉUO)
3. Relations avec les médias (externes) – par exemple, annonces dans le journal Métro, communiqué de presse, etc.

Salle et logistique

1. Décorations
2. Set-up
3. Coordination (placeurs, serveurs, etc)
4. Ameublement
5. Micros, invités, etc.

Nourriture

1. Qui s’occupe de quoi?
2. Réservation avec un traiteur – devrait y avoir au moins 6-7 options, faire le tour pour avoir le meilleur prix!
3. Logistique avec le traiteur le soir de l’événement
4. Ustensiles, vaisselle, serviettes de table, etc.
5. Végétarien

Animateurs et animation

1. a. Prendre contact avec les invités/animateurs
   • Au banquet de la faim à l’Université de Toronto, ils avaient 2 invités/conférenciers avant le souper et deux autres après le souper
2. S’assurer que tout soit clair (son)
3. Fournir des sujets de présentation et des points à aborder si nécessaire
4. Programme et script?
5. Sélection et coordination avec MC (s)
6. Prix et levée de fonds pendant l’événement (dons d’artistes, entreprises, etc?)

Volunteer for the Hunger Banquet

Hello Oxfammers!

So the big event that is coming up for us next is a Hunger Banquet planned for March 23rd. We are partnering with the SFUO Food Bank for this event.We need as much help as possible!

Below are 4 committees that are responsible for different aspects of the Hunger Banquet. Please send us an e-mail at oxfamuottawa@gmail.com  to let us know which one you are are interested in, and we’ll get in contact with you as soon as possible!

OUTREACH/PROMOTION

1. Design of a program book for the night of
2. Creating rave cards to hand out on campus and get the word out
3. Creating a webpage/ or blog (or reforming Oxfam’s wordpress blog to send out invitations, and have constant updates about what is going on
4. Reaching out to different clubs on campus for their participation in the event (NGOs for example)
5. Tabling in the UCU in the weeks before the event to promote it and invite peopel to come
6.  Coordinating BILINGUAL facebook and twitter promotion
7. Attending classes and promoting the event through classroom presentations and rave cards
8. Creating press releases for (a) the Fulcrum, (b) La Rotonde, (c) the Gazette, (d) Metro newspaper

VENUE AND LOGISTICS

1. Decorations
2. Set-up
3. Night-of volunteer coordination (ushers, waiters, etc)
4. Furniture
5. Mics, speakers, etc.
6. Option of looking into a centre piece that people can bid on.
7. Make the meal cards to be handed out during the event.
8. Contacting local businesses to coordinate silent auction prizes (i.e. Bridgehead, Market Organics, Credible Edibles, CHUO fm, Loblaws, Metro, etc.)

FOOD

1. Who gets what food
2. Booking with a caterer – should have at least 6-7 options, shop around to get the best price!
3. Logistics with caterer the night-of
4. Cutlery, plates, napkins, etc.
5. Vegan/vegetarian – must sort that out

SPEAKERS AND ENTERTAINMENT

1. Contacting speakers and entertainment
   • At U of T’s hunger banquet they had 4 speakers – 2 before and after dinner
2. Ensuring clarification
3. Provide talking points and speech topics if necessary
4. Program and script?
5. Selection and coordination with MC(s)
6. Prizes and fundraising during the event (donations from artists, businesses, etc?)

World Food Day: “Food for Thought”

Oxfam at University of Ottawa is hosting an event called “Food for Thought” with the support of Equal Voice uOttawa. This event is taking place in the ecologically friendly Cafe Alternatif, a leader on campus for organic and healthy food. Come out on Thursday October 13 at 8 pm!

To compliment Oxfam’s GROW campaign, we are hosting 2 speakers to speak on the pillars of GROW: food, women and planet.

For the food pillar, we have Lucy Sharratt, coordinator of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN). This will include themes of the local food system, how what we eat here in Canada affects the global community, and the importance of food, health, human and environmental integrity.

For the planet pillar, we have Courtney-Anne Craft, a long-time intern at Oxfam Canada who will be speaking about themes surround our broken global food system, the factors that influence and affect this system, and its impact on the world’s vulnerable communities.

This event will be catered by Credible Edibles, an ecologically conscious and healthy food option. Following the speakers, who will roughly speak for 10-15 minutes each, there will be a Q & A/ discussion session, followed by mingling with food and beverages and LIVE local music!

This event is not ticketed, but note that there is a suggested donation of $5 at the door.

Please visit the facebook event for more information.

Urgent: East Africa Food Crisis

Dear OxfamUO members,

You may have heard about the worsening food crisis in the Horn of Africa. More than 11 million people in East Africa have been pushed into a struggle for survival, yet there is a lack of media attention surrounding this issue.

Over the last week, Oxfam has launched an emergency appeal or the food crisis in East Africa. Conditions are deteriorating rapidly, forcing many families to abandon their homes for refugee camps, a journey so difficult many don’t survive. We need your help to get the conversation started.

We urge you to take the initiative and be a leader by informing your networks about our collective responsibility to foster global food security.

Oxfam needs your help to deliver critical water and life-saving supplies – Donate now >>

The situation is particularly critical in Somalia, southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya. Learn more >>

In some areas, more than half the livestock has perished, while remaining herds are sick or seriously underweight. But people aren’t worried about their animals anymore – there is fear for the lives of their children, their families and their neighbours.Oxfam is trucking water to villages where all other sources have dried up, digging wells and providing life-saving food and medical supplies to people in crisis. As this crisis grows, we MUST rush more supplies and staff to Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. Please donate today to make it happen – your gift will save lives!

• For $50, you can provide clean water for 175 people for a day.
• For $100, you can feed a family of six for two weeks – helping them survive and giving them the strength to assist their community.
• For $175, you can dig a well that will provide drinking water for an entire village. With your gift, we can start right now – in some areas, the closest well is currently 50 miles away.

To learn more you may wish to consult the following news articles:

CTV.ca :Kristen Davis, Oxfam ambassador, interviewed on her trip to the Horn of Africa.

Toronto Star : The Humanitarian Coalition of which Oxfam is a member, placed an Op-ed on thestar.com yesterday.

Huffington Post : Blog by Louis Belanger from Oxfam America on the nature of the food crisis.

Thank you in advance for your generosity and commitment to Oxfam’s initiatives.

Sincerely,
OxfamUO Exec

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