STAND Camp 2011 Program
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3:45 PM Welcome
Ashley Kroetsch, UEG STAND National Coordinator
Daniel Solomon, STAND Student Director
4:00 PM Tom Andrews, President of United to End Genocide
5:00 PM Team Breakouts and Introductions
Katie Chal, STAND Regional Organizer
Carly Prater, STAND Regional Organizer
Ashley Kroetsch
6:30 PM Dinner
7:30 PM Conflict Free Campus Initiative
Daniel Solomon, STAND Student Director
Aaron Alberico, STAND Regional Organizer
8:30 PM Fireside Chat: Smores!
Friday, July 29th
8:00 AM Breakfast
8:45 AM Introduction of the Day
9:00 AM How Do We Make Change
9:30 AM Introduction to Strategy
Ashley Kroetsch, UEG STAND National Coordinator
Martha Bixby, UEG Director of Campaign Advocacy
10:30 AM Power Mapping
Lindsey Woolf, UEG STAND Community Manager
12:00 PM Lunch with Color Teams
1:00 PM Intro to Campaign Development
2:00-4:00 PM Group A: Team Meeting to continue Campaign Development (Erin Mazursky)
Group B: Ropes Course
4:00-6:00 PM Group A: Ropes Course
Group B: Team Meeting to continue Campaign Development (Erin Mazursky)
6:00 PM Dinner
8:00 PM Fireside Chat: News from the Ground - Sudan
Niemat Ahmadi, UEG Diaspora Liason
Hashim Hassan, Nuba Mountains
Khalid Girase, Nubia Project
Tahir Abbo, Darfuri
Suzan Elnur
Shawgi Mukhtar
Nasma Abdalla
Saturday, July 30th
8:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Introduction to the day
9:30 AM Spotlight on: Genocide Prevention Legislation
Joe Maddens, UEG Outreach and Coalition Manager
Allyson Neville-Morgan, UEG Government Relations Associate
10:20 AM National Campaign Opportunity
Daniel Solomon, STAND Director
10:40 AM Presentations from Team Challenges
11:00 AM Spotlight on Sudan
Samantha Wiratunga, Representative of Emmanuel Jal
Mosaab Baba, Sudanese Leader of Girifna
11:40 AM National Campaign Opportunity
Cassie Wiegmann, STAND Programming Coordinator
Maria Thomson, STAND Advocacy Coordinator
12:00 PM Presentations from Team Challenges
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Creative Advocacy
Max Croes, Deputy Press Secretary for Senator Begich
3:00 PM Strategy Chart: Building Relationships with Members of Congress
Maria Thomson, STAND Advocacy Coordinator
Kaelee Krege, STAND Regional Organizer
3:45 PM Public Speaking Training
Joe Maddens, UEG Outreach and Coalition Manager
5:30 PM Comms 101 and 102
Max Croes, Deputy Press Secretary for Senator Begich
6:30 PM Dinner
7:30 PM Fireside Chat: Libya
Nate Wright, Analyst for the Office of Congressional Ethics, US House
Sunday, July 31st
Zachary Ackerman, STAND Regional Organizer
10:00 AM Lobby Training
Maria Thomson, STAND Advocacy Coordinator
11:00 AM Field Plans and How to Recruit, Manage, Mobilize Volunteers
Katie Flamand, Former Field Director for Illinois Senate Democratic
Victory Fund
12:00 PM Chapter Building Best Practices
MJ Engel, STAND Regional Organizer
Alex Johnson, STAND Regional Organizer
1:00 PM Working Lunch (Continued best practices with regions)
1:45 PM Spoken Word
Omekongo Dibinga, Spoken-word artist and Congolese activist
2:30 PM Closing and Graduation
Additional Documents
To hear more about what went down at STAND Camp 2011, check out the blog posts from our very own Managing Committee! You can read a detailed account of each day:
To see more pictures of the fun-filled, action-packed weekend, take a look at the Facebook albums:
| Attachment | Size |
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| STAND_Lobby-Day_Foreign-Aid.pdf | 236.96 KB |
| STAND_Lobby-Day_Sudan.pdf | 745.53 KB |
| STAND_Nuba-Mountains.pdf | 1.09 MB |
| STAND_Recruitment.pdf | 355.89 KB |
| 8.3.12 Sudan backgrounder-2.doc | 1.35 MB |
