As an Oxfam GROW
campaigner, there may be no better place to deepen your knowledge than at the
World Food Prize’s 2012 Borlaug Dialogue, and related events to be held in
Iowa October 17-19. Oxfam’s President Ray Offenheiser, as well as
partners from farming communities in Nigeria and Burkina Faso will speak at the
symposium and at a special side event organized
by Oxfam staff. Also, for the first time ever Oxfam will host and serve a GROW
themed meal at the summit.
That's why we want to bring a team of YOU to this event, to learn intensively, support Oxfam’s activities, and share the learning with everyone in the Oxfam Action Corps via video, blog, etc. We will fund travel, registration and related expenses for 4 Action Corps members. (And of course, anyone who is able to fund their own way is welcome to register and join us there).
That's why we want to bring a team of YOU to this event, to learn intensively, support Oxfam’s activities, and share the learning with everyone in the Oxfam Action Corps via video, blog, etc. We will fund travel, registration and related expenses for 4 Action Corps members. (And of course, anyone who is able to fund their own way is welcome to register and join us there).
Oxfam Action Corps Iowa
is leading volunteer shifts at the Oxfam table and organizing a 200+ person
Hunger Banquet on-site. Additional Oxfam events may include
tabling at the Des Moines Farmers Market and more.
Here’s what Desiree
Thayer, San Francisco Bay Area Oxfam Action Corps organizer, wrote
about the summit last year .
HOW TO APPLY FOR TRAVEL FUNDS (deadline is Monday, August 20):
Send an email to Brian and cc Clara by Monday, August 20. In your email, tell us briefly (no essays required!):
HOW TO APPLY FOR TRAVEL FUNDS (deadline is Monday, August 20):
Send an email to Brian and cc Clara by Monday, August 20. In your email, tell us briefly (no essays required!):
a) Your availability to
attend from Wednesday morning to Saturday
evening, Oct 17-20. Also tell us if you would be able to come a day
earlier to attend an informal get together with Oxfam staff on Tuesday afternoon Oct 16.
b) Why you want to attend
c) What you hope to learn, and how you will share that knowledge with other Oxfam Action Corps members, and
d) Any relevant background on the issues that you wish to share.
Alternatively, you can apply by filling out this GoogleForm.
We will base selection on past and future (potential) leadership with Oxfam Action Corps, a keen desire to learn about these issues, and, finally, ability to attend the entire conference. We will announce our selections on Monday, August 27 and book travel immediately after.
EVEN IF YOU CAN’T COME, TUNE IN! We’ll share highlights from the summit via livestream, webinar, and other means, so we’re eager to enable all of you to connect, whether you are in Iowa or not.
b) Why you want to attend
c) What you hope to learn, and how you will share that knowledge with other Oxfam Action Corps members, and
d) Any relevant background on the issues that you wish to share.
Alternatively, you can apply by filling out this GoogleForm.
We will base selection on past and future (potential) leadership with Oxfam Action Corps, a keen desire to learn about these issues, and, finally, ability to attend the entire conference. We will announce our selections on Monday, August 27 and book travel immediately after.
EVEN IF YOU CAN’T COME, TUNE IN! We’ll share highlights from the summit via livestream, webinar, and other means, so we’re eager to enable all of you to connect, whether you are in Iowa or not.
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