Upcoming Events

1.   Upcoming Events:

a.   Saturday, October 11, 2008: National Coming Out Day

                               i.   Hope Note Party October 9, 2008

1.   Nadia emailed Leticia to advertise event 

2.   Student Lounge 12-1:30

3.   Sale of rainbow snacks*

4.   12-1 making of hope notes using craft supplies

5.   1-1:30 Distribution of Hope Notes

b.   Saturday, October 11, 2008: Teach In On Capital Punishment 10-3pm

                                          i.    The Teach In takes place at the Univ. of St. Thomas Sat. 10/11 from 10am-3pm in the Ahern Room in Crooker Hall.  There will be four wonderful speakers:

1.     Linda White-Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation

2.     Clarence Brandley-Exonerated death row prisoner

3.     Jared Tyler-Attorney with Texas Defender Service

4.     Les Breeding- Expert on the Texas Legislature

                                         ii.    You do not need to register for the event.  If you would like a vegetarian meal then call Nancy Bailey at 281-933-4925

c.   Saturday, October 25-26, 2008: National Steering Committee Meeting

                                          i.    Discussed option of someone going to NY and being reimbursed for trip to attend conference but unfortunately no members were able to attend due to busy schedules.

d.   Saturday, October 25: Annual March Against the Death Penalty

                                          i.    The March to Stop Executions has been held each October since 2000. It is sponsored by several Texas anti-death penalty organizations, including the Austin chapter of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty, Texas Moratorium Network, the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement, Texas Death Penalty Education and Resource Center, and Texas Students Against the Death Penalty. At the rally there will be talks by family members of those executed as well as local activists. The march will begin 2 p.m. at the SHAPE center at 3903 Almeda, then progress east on Alabama to the SHAPE Center on Live Oak. For more information, contact Gloria Rubac at 713/503-2633.

e.   Saturday, November 1, 2008: Out of Darkness Walk

Amy is signing up group to participate

NOLA habitat for humanity trip

On May 9, 2008, seven of us headed out on a road trip to New Orleans, Lousiana to help build a house with Habitat for Humanity.

 

When we got to New Orleans, we unpacked and rested for a bit and then headed to Deanie’s Seafood Restaurant for a delicious dinner. We headed back to the hotel right after dinner since we knew we had a long day ahead of us!

We were up bright and early on Saturday morning and arrived at the building site ready to be put to work. Here we are, fresh, energetic, and excited!

We worked very hard for hours in the blazing heat to build walls for the house! It was challenging and satisfying to pound those nails into the planks of wood!

It was also important to take water breaks so that we wouldn’t dehydrate.

Here we are with our team leader, Katie, who taught us how to do everything and one of our finished wall frames!

 

To see a slideshow of all of our photos (taken by Allison and Becky), click here.

I think we all had a lot of fun visiting the great city of New Orleans, doing our part to help in the manual labor that is going into rebuilding the city, learning more about ourselves and getting to know each other better.