Hey all,<\/p>\n
Happy Saturday and congratulations for making it through the first week back! It was great to see so many people at the SPB publicity launch on Tuesday; I hope you all enjoyed the comedy preview!<\/p>\n
In short, here are the most important links:<\/p>\n
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**Room change: St Andrew\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Building Room 433A\/B** <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Our chosen campaign for this month is Guantanamo Bay. Despite Obama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s promise to have it closed, Saturday 11th<\/sup> marked the 12th<\/sup> anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay and for a number of inmates, including British resident Shaker Aamer, this will also be their 12th<\/sup> year as prisoners. Many of these individuals have in fact been cleared for release but remain detained at the facility despite international pressure to have them released. Find out more on the AIUK website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Guest speaker: <\/b>we are hoping to have Dr Iain Banks from the University to deliver a presentation on the history of Guantanamo Bay.<\/p>\n Demonstration on campus: <\/b>we are still waiting for the orange jumpsuits so the demo will take place later next week. Fill in the Doodle<\/a> if you want to take part.<\/p>\n Back-up plan \u00e2\u20ac\u201c conflict minerals continued: Our chosen campaign for the year<\/b><\/p>\n Communication has been difficult with Dr Banks so this is the alternative arrangement if he is unavailable. We plan on making full use of the fact we have a better room for showing documentaries and will be screening \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBlood in the Mobile\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 a documentary film that looks more into the use of conflict minerals in our everyday consumer electronics. http:\/\/bloodinthemobile.org\/the-film\/<\/a><\/p>\n GU Amnesty are a member of the GU Coalition for Syrian Refugees<\/a>, a group formed last year to hold events to raise money for charities who are providing aid to those affected by the conflict in Syria.<\/p>\n Chairperson: Assaad Al Achi from the Syrian Non-Violence Movement, a group that AIUK is working with and supporting.<\/p>\n Other speakers include: Unicef on Campus and Friends of MSF Glasgow<\/p>\n Event page: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/573301232761988\/<\/a><\/p>\n The Challenge<\/a> is for team of up to 4 people who are enjoy a little competition \u00e2\u20ac\u201c all in the name of raising money for various funds for Syrian refugees. Registration is open from 12noon and teams will be given a list of challenges to complete in about 2 hours. The challenges are to be filmed on a smart phone and the winners will be announced at the ceilidh.<\/p>\n The ceilidh<\/a> is happening in QUDOS at 7pm. Of course there is a raffle with some fantastic prizes, and this event will round up all our efforts and hopefully see a considerable sum raised for our cause.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our multi-award winning night of comedy is back! Once again we are bringing you the biggest student charity fundraiser on campus, hosted by Billy Kirkwood.<\/p>\n Our afterparty is being kindly hosted by Philanthrobeats who have recently gained official charity status and have raised money for many excellent causes since their first club night in 2012. Check out their website<\/a> to see their events and how to get involved!<\/p>\n This year looks to be even bigger and better \u00e2\u20ac\u201c remember to get your tickets in advance!<\/a> Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the event page<\/a> for those on Facebook and website page<\/a> for those who aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A message from Students for\u00c2\u00a0Co-operation:<\/p>\n Hi, we’d appreciate it if you could see if any of your members are interested in or are in student cooperatives as we are having our founding conference of Students for Cooperation in Birmingham in February! We have some funding too to get students down from Scotland. It is a new national organisation (and cooperative!) for student cooperatives to get together and to help new cooperatives form, thanks!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Here is the event page: We are invited to the North-East regional conference organised by students at Newcastle University. The agenda will be emailed to us at the end of the month but they have requested that we let them know if any of us are interested in attending. Arrangements for food and accommodation will also be detailed later on.<\/p>\n If you are interested then let me know \u00e2\u20ac\u201c president@guamnesty.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n As you can probably tell, we have a very busy semester ahead of us! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to be fantastically hectic for the committee but huge amounts of fun for all.<\/p>\n Ruth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey all, Happy Saturday and congratulations for making it through the first week back! It was great to see so many people at the SPB publicity launch on Tuesday; I hope you all enjoyed the comedy preview! In short, here are the most important links: Guantanamo Bay demonstration Doodle: http:\/\/www.doodle.com\/fr7gq32u4xr2rkq6 Coalition for Syrian Refugees events Coalition for Syrian Refugees (CSR) Events<\/span><\/h2>\n
Wednesday 29th<\/sup> January: Panel Discussion \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Syria: I can still see hope<\/h3>\n
Saturday 1st<\/sup> February: The Challenge and Ceilidh<\/h3>\n
Saturday 22nd<\/sup> February: GU Amnesty\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 6th<\/sup> Annual Secret Policeman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ball + Afterparty!<\/h2>\n
Other events:<\/h2>\n
14th<\/sup> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 16th<\/sup> February: Students for Co-operation: Founding Conference<\/h3>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1424534744446779\/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n22nd<\/sup> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 23rd<\/sup> March: Newcastle University hosts the NE Regional Student Conference<\/h3>\n
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