[Peace-discuss] Re: United For Uganda

[kakoma]

I am still in Korea for the next 2 days but I WILL DO MY BEST TO ATTEND THE NEXT MEETING. tHANKS FOR INVITING ME....I have invited Mr.Mwesige, a Ugandan Graduate student...too.
please send invitations to the OGWAL family...their e-mails are on the UIUC website. They are from Northern Uganda.
ALL THE BEST TO UFU!
IK
PS: I AM HOPING THAT MY GOOD FRIEND PROF. HAUSER WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND SOME OF THESE SESSIONS. HE IS GREAT!!!

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 21:05:44 -0500 (CDT)
>From: "Shara Esbenshade" <esbenshd at uni.uiuc.edu>  
>Subject: United For Uganda  
>To: codybralts at gmail.com
>Cc: khauser at uiuc.edu, jennygoodwine at gmail.com, students at uni.uiuc.edu, "kakoma" <kakomai at uiuc.edu>, peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net, "Paula Treichler" <ptreich at express.cites.uiuc.edu>, pmustai2 at uiuc.edu
>
>Dear friends,
>
>I am emailing you to invite you to join United For Uganda as we have
>finally been able to open up into the community. United For Uganda (UFU)
>will meet on campus in room 205 Gregory Hall from 4-5.30 pm this Saturday,
>May 12. We would like to talk abotu what UFU has done this year and our
>plans for the future and hear ideas from you for what we could do as we
>pursue a more active role in the community. We will break for the summer
>after this meeting, but plan to have regular biweekly community-wide
>meetings starting next fall.
>
>UFU's website is www.uni.uiuc.edu/~eford1/ufu and hopefully we will be
>able to post information there about meetings, etc. If you are interested
>in hearing about UFU's future events but would not like to be part of the
>group, email me back and let me know. If you would like to be on UFU's
>mailing list which will include planning emails, just reply and let me
>know.
>
>This past school year most of our events have been fundraising and
>awareness raising events at Uni High. We have recently joined the project
>called Schools For Schools directed by the Invisible Children (more info
>at s4s.invisiblechildren.com) and at the end of the year our nearly $4000
>in funds will go to help develop the Layibi Secondary School in Uganda. We
>have also held awareness-raising events in the community- flyer days, film
>screenings, and one very interesting panel. Several members of the club
>are doing independent studies about Uganda and as a group we try to keep
>up with the news and developments in Uganda.
>
>Our goal now, however, is to step up the education aspect of this group.
>We have done a good job raising money and in my opinion that is important,
>but UFU was originally started to educate ourselves, our peers, and our
>community about the situation in northern Uganda. Understanding is crucial
>to making real change. Hopefully as we expand into the U of I community
>and draw in other high school students, we can work on that aspect of this
>- panels and teach-ins and films and research.
>
>Hopefully we will see some of you at our next meeting (Sat. May 12 4-5.30
>pm Rm. 205 Gregory Hall). Please tell friends and bring anyone who is
>interested- you are all invited. Pass the word around. Thank you,
>
>Shara Esbenshade
>United For Uganda
>
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DR.I.KAKOMA DVM PHD
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