For information contact:
Ketienne Telemaque
Resident Minister for Vincentian Service & Justice
telemaqk@stjohns.edu
Call (718) 990-6426
High-Heel-A-Thon
In an effort to Raise Awareness about Breast Cancer on Campus, and
to raise awareness about the Annual Breast Cancer Walk taking place
on October 16th this year, the department of Campus Ministry in
conjunction with Students for Global Justice will be coordinating a
fundraiser.
The Breast Cancer Awareness High-Heel-A-Thon will take place on
Thursday, October 13th, at 1:50pm on the
Great Lawn. Registration begins at 1:30pm.
Men: You are invited to join us as participants in the
walk-a-thon, with a little twist; all laps must be completed in
High Heels! The man, who walks in heels for the most laps, will win
a prize. The man who raises the most money for the Breast Cancer
Cause will also win a prize!
Women: You are invited to help in the collection of High-Heels
for the big event! There will be collection baskets placed in the
Montgoris Lobby and in the Campus Ministry Main Office, located in
Marrilac Terrace, next door to Dunkin' Donuts. Bins will be
available from October 1st-October 12th! Please drop off those
heels. The donated heels will go to St. John's Bread &
Life.
REGISTRATION:
Registration forms and brochures are now available in the Campus
Ministry Office located in Marrilac Terrace, as well as the offices
located in the St. Thomas More Church.
ONLINE REGISTRATION:
TO REGISTER CLICK
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On-line Registration beings Monday, September 26th! More
information to come! If you have any questions, and/or would like
to get involved, do not hesitate to contact Ketienne Telemaque,
Resident Minister, (718) 990-6426 or at telemaqk@stjohns.edu
A Night in
Solidarity
To connect students to the reality of homelessness, this program
offers the “experience” of being without shelter and the basic
necessities of life. An event sponsored by Students for Life
and Habitat for Humanity, students are invited to gather on the
Great Lawn and spend the night in solidarity with the homeless of
New York City.
Welcoming different special guest speakers, students have an
opportunity to be in solidarity with those living without shelter
as they share in his experience.
Hunger
Banquet
The St. John’s Community assembles to experience a “taste” of
poverty. Lunch is served according to economic class assigned
as students enter. Student reflection on poverty both
domestically and internationally along with other exercises are
presented to immerse students into the challenges of poverty.
During 2009’s Hunger Banquet, guest speaker Janet Kalish, a
“Freegan,” was welcomed and educated on the lives of men and women
who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited
participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption
of resources. Freegans embrace community, generosity, social
concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a
society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition,
conformity, and greed.
A high school teacher, Janet was able to share the stories of her
community, shed light on issues of poverty, and the means by which
community can bring about social justice and equality through the
efforts made by each individual, however small.
Pig Out for
Poverty
The
Pig Out for Poverty drive is a campus-wide campaign to combat
hunger through student, staff, and faculty visibility on the St.
John’s University campus. 200 pig banks are carried
throughout the day to collect money to aid in fighting
poverty. Proceeds go directly to Catholic Relief Services and
are used as micro loans to purchase real pigs for men and women in
a small village in Guatemala.
Special guest Elvis the Pig makes an appearance on the Great Lawn
each year from 11-2pm to help collect donations, free and willing
to take pictures with everyone.
“Believe in the Power of Change.”
Rice for
Life
“Every grain of rice is essential in the fight against
hunger.” The Department of Student Wellness (SWELL) in
collaboration with Campus Ministry invite student to be a part of
the fight against hunger. By visiting www.FreeRice.com,
students have the opportunity to help feed hungry people and
educate themselves at the same time. Run by the United
Nations World Food Program, FreeRice.com will donate 10 grains of
rice to countries that need it most for every trivia question
answered correctly on the website. Though 10 grains may seem like a
small amount, it is important to remember that while you are
playing, thousands of others are playing at the same time.
This joint effort makes a difference! In 2008, 43,942,622,700
grains of rice were donated through FreeRice.com to help end world
hunger.
School of the Americas Peace
March
Marching in solidarity on behalf of countless lives that have been
lost due to violence, St. John’s University students travel for the
third year to Fort Benning, Georgia to march peacefully with
thousands of other men and women. In an effort to bring about
peace and social justice, students will march for those who
continue to suffer from violence.
On Nov. 16, 1989, 14 year old Celina Ramos, her mother Elba Ramos,
and six Jesuit priests were massacred in El Salvador. A US
Congressional Task Force reported that most of the killers were
trained at the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA) at Ft.
Benning, GA. Since then, mounting evidence proves soldiers who
trained at the SOA are and continue to be responsible for the worst
human rights abuses in Latin America.
SOA Watch began in a tiny apartment outside the main gate of Ft.
Benning by Fr. Roy Bourgeois in 1990. The vigils and activities
quickly grew, drawing upon the knowledge and experience of many in
the U.S. who had worked with people in Latin America in the 1970’s
and 80’s. Today, SOA Watch is a large, grassroots movement rooted
in solidarity with the people most affected by the SOA- those poor
and oppressed.
The main goal of the SOA Watch is to close the School of the
Americas and to change the oppressive U.S. foreign policy in Latin
America by educating the public, lobbying Congress, and
participating in creative, nonviolent action. St. John’s
students, as a part of the Vincentian mission to serve the poor and
act on behalf of the oppressed, will march with 20,000 other men
and women whose silenced and peaceful voices are louder than any
means of violence.
War, Peace, and Poverty
Exhibit
Featuring the work of artists like Linda Panetta from Optical
Realities, students gather for the War, Peace, and Poverty
Exhibit. Pictures, posters, interaction presentations, and
art stations highlighted violence around the globe. Students
have the opportunity to paint on crosses to be carried during Peace
March. This remarkably and creative Exhibit gives students an
opportunity to see social justice in action, as well as the
opportunity to see the faces of those who suffer.
Free Hug
Campaign
Giving away hundreds of hugs on the Great Lawn and around the St.
John’s University campus, students carried “Free Hug” signs made at
the War, Peace, and Poverty Exhibit the previous day to offer love
to their own community. The Free Hug Campaign provides the
presence on the STJ campus to convey the message of love and
friendship, wherever it may come from. This empowering
experience allows students to give and to receive the gift of a
free hug.
Peace March
Motivated by the powerfully moving SOA peace march, during a follow
up meeting and discussion with student participants, the Peace
March idea was incepted. Encouraged to bring back the SOA
experience to St. John’s University, students committed to give
back to their community of what they received while on their trip
to Georgia. Students marched for Peace carrying the crosses
made during the War, Peace, and Poverty Exhibit. Welcoming a
speaker from the United Nations as well as performing a short play
of the life and death of Oscar Romero, students walked in
solidarity with those who suffer from war and violence on a daily
basis.