WKU (AID) Let's kick it!

Thanks to many of you, as of 12/1/2009 Congressman Brett Guthrie (R) from Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District is a cosponsor of HR 2139 The Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform Act of 2009. Celebrate your voices being heard, and that a member of Congress acted because you, his constituents, spoke out!

The Story

It was time for classes to start back on the Hill at Western Kentucky University in late August when we met with Representative Brett Guthrie, and introduced him… Continue

Meeting begins with Matt Vaughan addressing what our intention for the evening will be:
-To select Two Major Focus Issues
-To discuss 'Project/One-Time Events' (for which Chairs or Pointpeople will be selected)

Before moving on to tackle the largest goal of the night, announcements are made:

+ Want to learn more about agricultural sustainability? Join the Horticultural 475 class meeting Wesnesdays 1:00-3:00 pm. Or just come out to the farm and help. Also, volunteers needed for WKU's own Farmer… Continue

Dave Cooper, who recently came to WKU's campus as a part of his national speaking tour on "The Mountaintop Removal Roadshow" sent out an email bringing attention to an environmental disaster that occured on Monday December 22nd. The message follows:

There was a huge and terrible environmental disaster in Tennessee yesterday.

… Continue

Here are the Presidential Candidates Stances on Global Poverty and meeting the Millennium Development Goals

http://www.onevote08.org/ontherecord/compare.html?c=8&&c=13

They went On The Record, so you could make an informed vote on ALL of the issues.

As posted by Bono at Financial Times blog on the Millenium Development Goals summit this past week at the UN.

Myself, Bob and the ONE team met with Japanese PM Aso on his ten-hour flying visit to NYC to discuss manga comics. Well yes and no. We did discuss manga as the PM is an enthusiast. Bob modestly explained that we were like manga superheroes, and then there was a fight about who was Batman and who was Robin. Or more like Mutt and Jeff. Though New York is more like Gotham City than… Continue