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Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice.

Oxfam Club UMBC

Our Vision: A world in which all people have the freedom to achieve their full potential and to live secure from the dangers of hunger, poverty, and oppression.

Our Mission: To develop lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice by supporting Oxfam initiatives, raising awareness, and helping local communities in need.

Oxfam FIGHT WeekMonday 12/5/11 - Thursday 12/8/11Laogai Speaker--Harry WuWednesday 11/16/11 Commons 321ATTN: MembersSubmit your HR Forms to lexxmills_gmail.com by Wed, October 5th!!Date Posted: 10/1/11 Photo Campaign starts this Wednesday, October 5th!!Date Posted: 10/1/11
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Meetings are every Wednesday from 12-1pm in Math/Pysch 010 ~ ALL are welcome!

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FIGHT Week

Monday (12/5/11): Bake Sale and Tabling--Commons Mainstreet (11-2 pm)

Tuesday (12/6/11): Theatre of the Oppressed--Patapsco Basement (7-9pm)

Wednesday (12/7/11): Oxfam Info Session--Commons Mainstreet (11-2pm)

Thursday (12/8/11): Oxfam Hunger Banquet--Potomac Basement (6:30 - 8:30 pm)

FIGHT Week

F reedom from Hunger and Poverty

I magine a Better, More Just world

G ive a damn

H ave a heart and a purpose

T ry to Make an impact

Officers

Mahelet Gennene
Alexandra Mills
Shin-Yee Yu
Nino Nadareishvili
Ihuoma Njoku
Niesha Watts

Co-PresidentMahelet Gennenegen2_umbc.eduCo-PresidentAlexandra Millslexxmills_gmail.comVice PresidentShin-Yee Yushinyee_umbc.eduSecretaryNino Nadareishvilinino1_umbc.eduTreasurerSarah Kronheimsk9_umbc.eduPublic Relations ChairIhuoma Njokuihuoma1_umbc.eduFundraising ChairEvent CoordinatorNieshia Wattsnieshiw1_umbc.edu
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Right to Know, Right to DecideOil, Gas, & Mining Why care about oil, gas, and mining?More than 60 percent of the worlds poorest people live in countries rich in natural resourcesbut they rarely share in the wealth. Too often, poor communities have no say in the extraction of resources from their land and receive little information about these projects. But oil, gas, and mining projects dont have to add to poverty and powerlessness; in fact, they can help communities overcome these challenges.What we're doingOxfams Right to Know Right to Decide campaign challenges international oil, gas, and mining companies to respect a communitys right to decide if or how they want oil, gas, and mining development to take place in their community, and their right to know about the impacts and benefits of these projects.Join Oxfam. As a consumer, your voice matters to companies. As a global citizen, you can speak out in solidarity with people whose lives are affected.A community's right to know: Companies must provide complete and timely information about how their work affects communitiesenvironmentally, socially, and economically. They must also disclose how much they are paying governments for natural resources so that poor communities get a fair share of the profits.A community's right to decide: Companies must obtain the free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) of communities affected by oil, gas, and mining operations. For indigenous people in particular, respect for FPIC is a critical means of protecting sacred lands and cultural identity.Oxfam and our supporters can make a difference:By supporting activists in developing countries trying to get more information about how their governments are using natural resource revenues.By challenging leading oil, gas, and mining companies to respect communities right to know and right to decide.GROW Campaign Food JusticeWhy care about food justice?One in seven people goes to bed hungry every night. Not because there isn't enough food, but because of deep imbalances in access to resources like fertile land and water. The power to control these resources sits neither with the billion-plus farmers who produce food, nor with the billions of consumers who eat it.Instead, companies and governments control the global food systemand they often determine who eats and who doesn't.What we're doingOxfam has launched the GROW campaign to build a better food system: one that sustainably feeds a growing population (estimated to reach nine billion by 2050) and empowers poor people to earn a living, feed their families, and thrive.Join Oxfam and help make sure everyone has a seat at the table.Here's what we need to do, starting now, to grow food and justice without wrecking the planet:Increase the productivity, self-reliance, and economic opportunity of small-scale farmers, especially women, who depend on agriculture for income and food.Increase farmers access to resources like water and land, and make sure they dont have to unfairly compete with big companies for ownership of these resources.Increase farmers preparedness in the face of more-frequent and more-extreme droughts, floods, and storms.Modernize our food aid programs so they are more effective, efficient, and fiscally responsible, improving the global response to natural disasters and food crises.Hold governments and businesses accountable for the impacts of their policies and practices on global food security.All of us, in this generation and the next, deserve enough to eat. To meet the needs of humankind and take pressure off the planet, we need to grow more fairly and sustainably and choose cooperation over division. Together, we can fight hunger by urging governments and companies to make smarter investments in agriculture and climate preparednessinvestments that protect farmers living in poor and marginalized communities worldwide.

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