It's Begun!

BRR will be tabling all over campus for the next two weeks. we will be at Willard Straight Hall from 10am to 2pm tomorow, March 31st so come say hi and/or buy a ticket. Tickets will also be available at http://www.cornellconcerts.com/ by the end of the week. Also, look out for our ballin' new poster shown above.

We have less than two weeks to make this concert the biggest its ever been. Lets make it happen people.

GO TEAM!

Calling All Artists!!

Here’s a great way to use your talent to “Help Heal Haiti” as well as another noble cause:

Dear artists,

I hope all is well. My name is Alice Chan. As president, I am writing on behalf of Help A Life Organization (HALO). HALO is a service organization dedicated to helping underprivileged children through a variety of children's events, fundraisers, and information sharing. This year, our proceeds will go towards the Haiti Relief Fund and No Worries Now Foundation. No Worries Now Foundation is a nonprofit that organizes prom events for teenagers afflicted with life threatening illnesses. The organization was founded by Cornell sophomore Fred Scarf. In the last three years, No Worries Now has organized numerous proms throughout California. For more information, please visit their website (http://shiri.org/401.html).

Every year, HALO holds a charity auction for donated artwork from students and local artists. One hundred percent of the proceeds from this auction go to our sponsored charities. I was wondering if you were willing or interested in donating any artwork to our cause. The auction will be held on April 10th from 8-10:30pm in the Duffield Hall Atrium on Cornell University's campus.

If you have any questions or are interested in donating, feel free to email me (ac769@cornell.edu). We will be picking up artwork throughout February and March. To learn more about us, please visit our website at http://sao.cornell.edu/SO/org/09-10/191.

Thank you so much for your time. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best,

Alice

MOST IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE YEAR!

Interested in tabling/chalking/ushering/setting up for/all around helping out with this year's BRR concert? If so, you DO NOT want to miss our Marc h 29^th meeting in Goldwin Smith 142 at 7pm. This year we want to EVERYWHERE on campus, so we are going to need as much man power as we can get! If you want to be part of this epicness, please join the facebook group and RSVP to the event titled MOST IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE YEAR. Here's the link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=185702965807. We need to know how many people to expect in case we need to switch rooms. APRIL 11^TH IS FAST APPROACHING. GET READY!

email bigredrelief@gmail.com for questions/comments

A TALK ABOUT AN URBAN PARK IN HAITI!!! LET'S REBUILD HAITI TOGETHER

Event: The Martissant Park Project: Community Reconstruction in Post-Earthquake Haiti
When: Monday, March 15, 2010 12:20p
Place: Guerlac Room, A.D. White House
Description: Speakers:

Mme. Michèle Pierre-Louis, Prime Minister of Haiti, September 2008 - November 2009

Mme. Lorraine Mangones, Program Director, FOKAL



Mmes. Pierre-Louis and Lorraine Mangonès will discuss the Martissant Park Project%u2014the first urban park ever to be created in Haiti. The project is financed by the Open Society Institute and the European Union. The speakers will discuss plans for reconstruction of the Martissant neighborhood including the Habitacion LeClerc Park as an earthquake memorial. FOKAL, the NGO directed by Mme. Pierre-Louis, is one of Cornell's partners in the new Haiti Initiative.



Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis became Prime Minister of Haiti in September 2008, only the second woman to hold this position. While Prime Minister, Pierre-Louis also served as Minister of Justice and Public Security. She has also served in the private sector as Director of Credit at the Bank of Nova Scotia, Officer of Administration and Human Resources to the Haitian Development Finance Corporation, and Deputy Director of the National Airport Authority. Since 1995 she has created and directed the Fondation Connaissance et Liberté %u2013 FOKAL. The Foundation focuses on the areas of education, culture, community development, environment, gender equity, civil society, and training of young entrepreneurs. Pierre-Louis has received several awards and distinctions in her career. She holds a 'Doctorate Honoris Causa' in Humanities from Saint Michael's College in Vermont.



Co-sponsored by the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development; the Latin American Studies Program; the Office of the Vice Provost for International Relations; and the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies

More this week...

CHI Cocktail Event
Thursday, March 18th 6:30-9:30
Willard Straight Hall

Ken Hover, the engineer who visited GHESKIO to see how much damage was done, will be speaking! CHI, Haiti Students Association, and Big Red Relief are all interested in helping out GHESKIO (founded by a Cornell Professor-- Woohoo!!), which is the first AIDS/HIV clinic of its kind located in Haiti.


TICKETS SALES FOR HSA/CCSA BANQUET
When: Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:00p

Place: Robert Purcell Community Center
Description: Tickets for ''From Dusk Till Dawn'' which is on March 12th from 8pm-1am in Duffield Atrium, will be on sale in RPCC!

Admission is $3 and we also have a $100 dollar Visa gift card raffle! Raffle tickets individually are $2 each!

If you buy your admission ticket with a raffle ticket ($5) we will give you a FREE RAFFLE TICKET!

This is an event that you don't want to miss! We have authentic Caribbean catered food, a comedian, a professional Dance troupe from Haiti, photography, poetry, talented student group performances and much more!

All proceeds raised will go to the Cornell University affiliated GHESKIO clinic towards Haiti Relief! Come out for a wonderful evening and support the cause!