GIN Film Festival

Create a film to submit at the 2012 Global Issues Network Conference in Singapore. You do not have to go to the conference to submit a 3 minute film in the GIN Film Festival.

Go HERE for all the information on how to participate.

CAS Opportunity in Seoul

Are you going to be in Korea June 23-25?

Are you interested in learning more about human trafficking and modern-day slavery and what you can DO about it?

Go HERE: http://www.nfsacademy.org/backyard-academy/

WHY?

• This is an exciting and unique CAS opportunity. 
• You can meet other students who are interested in global issues like human rights.
• Human trafficking is a horrible problem in southeast Asia! (You should know something about it.)
• You might learn about a project you could bring to Baguio to do as your CAS project later on.
• It's not free but it's not that expensive considering the opportunity and where the money is going.

The website says that the Korea "Backyard Abolitionist Academy" is an introductory course so it is good for students without very much experience or knowledge about these issues. You will receive a certificate of completion.

Email me if you have more questions. Or go ahead and register on the website above and write a PROPOSAL.

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Information from the Website:

BACKYARD ABOLITIONIST ACADEMY

2011 Academies

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA:  JUNE 23-25

• Cost: $139 for students; $189 for all others (includes lunches)
• Location: Kintex Center; Daehwa-dong Ilsan-seogu; Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea; Tel:  82-31-810-8114; Fax:  82-31-810-8083; kintex.com
• Lodging: Discounted rates available at Book City Jijihyang Residence Hotel (jijihyang.org). To reserve a room, please email admin@onnurienglish.org or call 82-2-3215-3685. Free roundtrip shuttle service to and from the convention center will be provided.
• Course Tracks: (See Below; All offered except Effective Healthcare)
• Three-Day Agenda: (See Below)
• Registration: Click Here
• To register via South Korean wire transfer, email: admin@onnurienglish.org
• Directions: Click Here

CAS Service Project - Women in Congo, Africa

Here is a great service opportunity that deals with raising awareness around a serious global issue.
 
My aunt is a college professor in Vermont, USA. One of her college students started a project to raise awareness of the horrible situation that women face in conflict areas of the East Congo in Africa. The project involves reaching out to students across the US and around the world to start "Dear Hillary" chapters at their schools and educate their community about this issue and hopefully do something about it!

 What do you do?

1. Visit the Dear Hillary Campaign for the Congo website and educate yourself about what the project is all about.
2. Write a CAS Proposal for this activity.
3. Click on the "Register a Chapter" tab and fill in the information required.
4. Organize a viewing on October 26th of the film The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo at BISB or in Baguio City.