Volunteer with us this Wednesday!

WHAT: Mentor and tutor child refugees and asylum-seekers in the community
WHEN: Wednesday, 30 November, 4:45 pm
WHERE: Katherine Low Settlement, near Clapham Junction
INTERESTED?: Plan on coming? Please post to the blog or e-mail us at Su.Soc.Action-For-Refugees@lse.ac.uk to let us know!

>>See the 19 November posting below for more details.
See you then!

Take our survey . . . and get volunteering while you're at it!

>SURVEY
Always striving to be a more effective group, STAR recently put together a short survey. Please take a couple of minutes to post your responses to the blog (see the 'comments' thread below).

>VOLUNTEERING LEADS
Interested in volunteering for refugees but don't know where to start? We sent a document to our e-mail list from our advocacy partner, the Refugee Council, outlining some refugee-related organisations to contact. We're happy to send you a copy! Post here to let us know, or send us an e-mail Su.Soc.Action-For-Refugees@lse.ac.uk.

Help us mentor refugee kids!

LSE's STAR chapter is teaming up with the King's College STAR chapter on a weekly Wednesday volunteer outing. Join us starting this Wednesday, 23 November -- details below.

WHAT: Mentor and tutor child refugees and asylum-seekers in the community
WHEN: Wednesday, 23 November, 4:45 pm
WHERE: Katherine Low Settlement, near Clapham Junction
INTERESTED?: Plan on coming? Please post to the blog or e-mail us at Su.Soc.Action-For-Refugees@lse.ac.uk to let us know!

We'll be . . .
- meeting in front of the Old Theatre on campus at 4:45pm and catching up with our King's College colleagues at Waterloo station (a 5 minute bus ride from LSE) at 5:15pm. From there we'll take the train to Clapham Junction
- then, it's a 10 minute walk to the Katherine Low Settlement, a community centre where we will be working with children aged 4-13 years. The kids are all refugees or asylum-seekers, mostly from Somalia, Eritrea, Sub-Saharan Africa and Afghanistan
- The volunteering time is from about 5:45 - 7:30 pm

See you at the STAR meeting Wed, 23 Nov

WHAT: STAR meeting
WHEN: Wednesday, 23 November, 2005, 11:00am
WHERE: G100 (across from the Peacock Theatre), LSE campus

Please come and share your ideas about:
>FILM FESTIVAL II: Our first film festival was a huge success -- vote on which movies you would like to see at the next STAR refugee film week
>VOLUNTEERING: Want to get involved? We'll provide information on group and individual volunteer opportunities in London
>PHOTO EXHIBITION: Help us plan an upcoming STAR photo exhibition
>HOLIDAY DINNER: Are you interested in good company, interesting conversation, delicious Afghan or African food and a great time? Help organise a holiday dinner and raise funds for a local refugee charity
>OPEN FORUM: Wanna' pitch an event? Do you have connections with refugee experts? Let's put together a speaker event -- let us know!

Join us for a committee meeting Wed, 16 Nov

We'll be meeting at the Garrick on LSE's campus at 11am on Wednesday 16/11/2005. Committee meetings are open to all LSE STAR members. Stop by to have a coffee, help us plan an upcoming charity event and firm up plans for our weekly volunteer programme. See you then!

Refugee Film Week: 1-4 November

In partnership with LSE's Film Society and UNICEF Society, STAR hosted a 'Refugee Film Week' the first week of November. Dozens of students came to enjoy the free screenings. We are currently planning additional screenings for Lent term -- suggestions welcome (please post to the blog). If you missed the films and would like to learn more about them, see below!

Turtles Can Fly - Tuesday, 1 Nov 2005
>Learn more here.
Hotel Rwanda - Thursday, 3 Nov 2005
>Learn more here.
In This World - Friday, 4 Nov 2005
>Learn more here.

Meet the STAR Committee!

Revived and reinvigorated, as of autumn 2005 LSE's chapter of STAR is happy to welcome nearly 100 new members!

>MEET THE COMMITTEE:
Chair - Katia Mebtouche
Secretary - Emilie Sakai
Treasurer - Melanie Black
Publicity Officer - Preetha Gopalan
Event Officers - Inga Luhr, Shayaan Afsar
Web Officers - Heather Pearson, Eve Lotter (blog mistress)

>CONTACT US:
Get in touch via our LSE e-mail - Su.Soc.Action-For-Refugees@lse.ac.uk

Post anything HERE

Please feel free to post refugee-related events, volunteer opportunities, programme ideas, etc. here. Warm thanks for your participation!