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What sets Oxfam apart?We create partnerships.Rather than provide short-term aid, we work with local communities
to create lasting solutions to poverty by helping people address the root causes themselves.
We rely on the knowledge and insight of those affected, and we provide support to partner
organizations in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Caribbean.
Were independent. Among leading humanitarian organizations, we stand alone in our refusal
of US government funds. We accept no money from sources that could compromise our ability
to make decisions independently or to speak freely about injustice.
We work locally and globally.Oxfam is deeply committed to our community-based work, but
we also recognize that there are larger barriers that can keep people in poverty. To tackle these
obstacles, we do national and international policy and advocacy work.
We believe that human rights are fundamental and nonnegotiable.Oxfam adheres to theUN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which entitles all people to safety, a voice in the de-
cisions that affect them, equality, basic social services, and a secure means of earning a living.
Its a big job. But were not alone. Oxfam relies on like-minded people to help us give poor
people the support they need to change their lives. Here in the US, college students have
historically been some of our most active, committed, and creative supporters.
Though there are lots of ways for students to get involved with Oxfam, many choose to join
or start Oxfam Clubs on campus. These independent organizations support Oxfams work
through actions and events; in turn, we supply them with materials, research, training, and
ideas. Oxfam Clubs are currently active on about 100 college and university campuses
around the country.
For members, Oxfam Clubs can be a fun, dynamic, and collaborative way to join up withfellow activists while learning more about poverty and social justicenot to mention a chance
to make a real difference on the issues.
Sound like you? Then join the movement. This guide provides all the basic tools you need to
start and run your own Oxfam Club on campus. But were also here if you have questions
email us at [email protected]. And at the end of each section, youll find a list of
recommended reading; these links will take you right to our web site, where you can find
more resources.
Oxfam America website
www.oxfamamerica.org
Learn more about where
we work, our history, and
our values.
Meet Oxam America. Were an international nongovernmental organizationcommitted to creating lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice.And were seeking caring, like-minded others to help change the world.
Forty percent o the people on the planetmore than 2.5 billionnow live in poverty,struggling to survive on less than $2 a day. As an international relie and developmentorganization, were working to change that. Together with individuals and local groupsin more than 100 countries, Oxam saves lives, helps people overcome poverty, andfghts or social justice.
Recommended reading
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Do your homework.Before you begin educating others, educate yourself by making sure you
have the proper resources and understanding. Go to our website (www.oxfamamerica.org) to
learn about the issues and read stories from affected people and communities. Youll also find
our fact sheets, toolkits, posters, and other free materials you can download and order.
Get connected.Register your club with Oxfam so we can stay in touch, keep you informed
of the latest news and volunteer opportunities, and provide you with tools and materials.
You can also hear about whats new at Oxfam byjoining our community on Facebook
(www.facebook.com/pages/Oxfam-America/150416930),reading our blog
(http://blogs.oxfamamerica.org), andfollowing us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/oxfamamerica).Recruit. Youve got the information. Now you just need people. Here are some ideas for
recruiting others to the cause:
Advertise: Write a press release for your student newspaper, create Facebook events and
groups, put up posters and fliers in the student union and dorms, or make announcements
in your classes or in lectures.
Table: Set up a table with information in high-traffic areas on campus (student union, out-
side a cafeteria, in major dorms, etc.) and at student activity fairs.
Meet: Hold an informational meeting to generate interest.
Follow up: Gather email addresses of interested students, and send out emails to keep
them updated and involved.
Wear it out: Once you are established, make T-shirts and designate days for club members
to wear them.
Meet up.Once youve got your group together, you can start holding regular club meetings.
You can make the most of your meetings if you:
Designate a set day, time, and location for your meetings, whether weekly, biweekly, or
monthly; this way, everyone knows how to find you and get involved.
Create an agenda ahead of time and stick to it.
Consider having a meeting with club leaders prior to general meetings to organize ideas
and to create an agenda.
Take minutes at every meeting to help make sure you carry out next steps; share them with
anyone in the club who couldnt attend.
Try to keep meetings under an hour. Consider providing some light snacks or beverages,
especially during informational meetings.
Keep everyone involved in each meetingallow time for discussion of ideas and opinions.
Alternate the types of meetings you hold: some informational, some planning, some group
building, and some celebratory.
Want to join an Oxam Club but dont yet have one at your school? No problem.Follow these easy steps to get your own club up and running:
Startyourclub
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Find an adviser.Some schools require groups to have a faculty adviser in order to be offi-
cially recognized on campus. Whether required or not, an adviser can help you follow proce-
dures and reserve rooms, and can serve as a resource for your club for years to comesince
professors and staff stay on campus much longer than students.
Get recognized. Once youve generated interest from students (and possibly faculty), work
toward gaining official club recognition from your school; check your schools activities website
for further information. Recognition can give your club access to funding and greater visibility
on campus.
Know your mission.Work with members to create a club mission statement or vision plan.
Some schools require a written constitution for recognition as well; you can create your own
or use ours.
Elect leaders. Most clubs operate with a president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary.
As the club grows, many elect leaders for specific campaigns. You may also want to consider
appointing a communications or publicity person, who takes charge of email lists, Facebook,
media contacts, and other forms of promotion.
Oxfam Clubs web page
www.oxfamamerica.org/clubs
Read our FAQs, register your
club, and check out our
sample constitution.
Recommended reading
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Climate change
People like to talk about global warming like its a problem to deal with in the future. But
the reality is that poor people are already struggling with it right now. You dont have to go
to drought-riddled Ethiopia or flood-threatened Cambodia or malaria-prone South Africa towitness it. Just take a trip to the hurricane-battered US Gulf Coast or look at the damage done
by the wildfires in California. Climate change kills off crops, destroys homes, and creates mas-
sive refugee problems. Theres no time to waste. We must help poor communities deal with
the effects right now.
As an international relief and development organization dedicated to finding lasting solutions
to poverty and injustice, Oxfam America is bringing the human dimension to the climate
change debate. We believe that in order for communities to adapt to climate change
indeed, in order for them to begin overcoming povertythey must take early action to
reduce their vulnerability and build their resilience to new and heightened risks. We are
asking that the US go beyond cutting greenhouse gas emissions by providing financial assis-
tance so that the most vulnerable communities here and abroad can adapt.
If we act quickly, we can reduce the damaging impact that climate change has on poor peoples
lives and livelihoods. But if we fail to help in time, they will suffer far greater damage, and at
a much higher human and financial cost. Thats why we need US leaders to act on this issue
nowand your club can help us get the message across.
Oxfam Climate Change
campaign web page
www.oxfamamerica.org/climate
Download materials and read
the stories behind the campaign.
Recommended reading
Two years after Hurricane Rita destroyed her Chauvin, LA, home, Miss Betty Adams moved into the Lift House, a storm-resistant
home designed by MIT students and Oxfam partner the Terrebonne Readiness and Assistance Coalition. In a region facing more
intense storms and coastline flooding, the Lift House offers a safeand affordablealternative. Valerie Downs / Oxfam America
Now that your club is up and running, its time to pick an Oxam advocacy campaignwhere you can ocus your eorts. All clubs agree to organize around at least oneOxam campaign, although you can choose more than one i your club has theinterest and resources.
Heres a quick breakdown o Oxams current campaigns, along with some storiesrom clubs that are making a dierence:
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Ideas for action:University of Kansas Oxfam Club
Chooseacampaign
April8,2009
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Right to know, right to decide
Right to Know, Right to DecideOxfams new campaign on oil, gas, and miningcalls on
companies to disclose all the facts about how their projects affect communities, and to obtain
the free, prior, and informed consent of these communities before drilling.
For example, if you learned that a major oil, gas, or mining company planned to build a newproject in your neighborhood, you would have some important questions. Will people be
forced to relocate? Will there be decent jobs for locals? Will the environment be harmed?
Where will the funding come from for site cleanup? Who will benefit from the project, and
how much money will they receive?
In countries like Guatemala, Ghana, Cambodia, and El Salvador, people are asking these
same questionsand in many cases, theyre not getting straight answers. Thats why Oxfam
is calling on major oil, gas, and mining companies to respect peoples right to know
all the facts about how these projects affect their communities. Once communities
have the information they need, they must have the right to decide whether or not to
consent to a project that affects their land, water, health, and means of earning a living.
Throughout our campaign, well be calling on you to take action and make sure companies
respect the rights of communities around the world.
Chooseacampaign
Oxfam Right to Know, Right
to Decide campaign web pagewww.oxfamamerica.org/
rights-resources
Download materials and read
the stories behind the campaign.
Recommended reading
Niama Makalu, , and her nephew, Amidou Dembelle, work in a field of groundnuts against the backdrop of the waste dump area for
the Sadiola Hill Gold Mine, located in the West African country of Mali. Their families were among the many people displaced when
mining began in the area in the mid-1990s. Like many others in her community, Makalu is now forced to cultivate food for her family
on land in close proximity to mine waste. Brett Eloff / Oxfam America
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Ideas for action: Oxfam Club at University of Texas, Austin
The Daily Texan Online, Monday, Feb. 12, 2007
Class ring co. voices support for cleaner gold mining tactics
By Claire Reynolds
Efforts of UT student activists have led the
company that produces UTs class rings to
support a campaign calling for mining companies
to embrace more environmentally and socially
responsible techniques in their operations.
According to the Web site for the international
campaign No Dirty Gold [Oxfams previous
campaign around oil, gas, and mining], goldmining has been linked to environmental and
human rights violations. UTs class rings are
produced by Balfour, one of three name brands
under the Austin-based Commemorative Brands
Inc., which is the frst class ring company to
endorse the golden rules, said [Oxfams]
Paul Bugala.
None of this would have happened without the
efforts of the Oxfam No Dirty Gold chapter at UT
Austin, Bugala said. They took the ideas that
we put forth and really gave them life.
UT students began their efforts in the campaign
more than a year ago by tabling on campus and
creating a petition in support of the No
Dirty Gold campaign. They also published
opinion pieces in campus publications, said
Ana Wolfowicz, history senior and vice
president of Oxfam at UT.
After Balfour representatives saw the articles,
they decided they wanted to hear more about
what we had to say and they started talking toOxfam America, Wolfowicz said. Our part was
basically educating the campus and the Austin
community, she said.
Oxfam UT activists are currently tabling
outside of the Texas Union. They are hoping
to also gain the support of Jostens, another
class ring company, by sending No Dirty Gold-
themed valentines.
This taught us that nothing happens overnight,
Wolfowicz said. Were not done, we realize that
we have the power to inuence change, so we
want to keep using that, she said.
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Hunger and poverty
In 00 rising food prices forced 40 million more people worldwide into hunger, bringing
the total number of men, women, and children who no longer have a secure source of food
to almost one billion. That means about one-sixth of the worlds population now faces
chronic hunger.
At Oxfam, we are working to change this. Many people believe that hunger is about too many
people and too little food. This is not the case. Our planet produces enough food to feed every
woman, man, and child on earth. Hunger is about power. Its roots lie in inequalities in access
to education and resources.
Hungers not the only thing that affects poor people disproportionately. Inevitably, natural and
man-made disasters strike the poorest people hardest. Poor people are often pushed onto
depleted lands where they must survive using scarce local resources. Houses perched near
ravines, villages without the means to reach help in times of trouble, lack of emergency medi-
cal assistanceall of these turn natural events, like floods and storms, into human tragedies.
Think back to when Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans: the hardest hit neighborhoods, like
the Ninth Ward, were also the citys poorest. To make matters worse, poor people often have
the fewest resources for recovery.
For over 35 years, Oxfam America has worked to strengthen the movement to alleviate
poverty and all that comes with itincluding hunger and vulnerability to humanitarian
emergencies. Since 194, ourFast for a World Harvestcampaign has called on Americans to
raise awareness about hunger throughOxfam America Hunger Banquetevents and otherFast
events. When disaster strikes, Oxfam moves quickly to meet peoples critical needs. Every
bit as important, we stay to work with devastated communities as they rebuild. We recognize
that humanitarian emergencies give people the opportunity to build back stronger, so we try
to spread the word about the importance of helping communities even after the disaster fades
from the headlines. Your club can help us educate others about how poverty increases the risk
of disaster, and you can support our work by speaking out about humanitarian issues worldwide.
Chooseacampaign
Oxfam Fast for a World
Harvestcampaign pagewww.oxfamamerica.org/fast
Order materials to host an
Oxfam America Hunger Banquet
or otherFastevent.
Oxfam emergency action
web page
www.oxfamamerica.org/
whatyoucando/take-action/
emergency-action
Find tools and resources to
help you organize events and
educate others.
Recommended reading
Rort Kea transplants rice seedlings using the System of Rice Intensification, an innovative agriculture technique that is
dramatically improving the lives of more than 0,000 Cambodian farmers. Using this systemtaught by Oxfam and our local
partner, the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculturefarmers can produce 50 to 150 percent more rice
while using less water and fewer seeds. Isabelle Lesser / Oxfam America
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Ideas for action:Oxfam Club at New York University
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AnnaGennaro,
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Follow these steps to host a fun and successful event:
Plan it out.As your club gets off the ground, take some time to plan your activities for the
year ahead. You can achieve the greatest impact if you put some thought into the process.
Keep an eye on your university calendar of holidays, breaks, major athletic events, andexams. Avoid scheduling events that conflict with other big moments.
Leave time at the beginning of the year for recruiting, strategizing, and planning.
Consider the size of your group and amount of resources when planning the number of
eventslarge groups may be able to accomplish several events per semester, while smaller
groups should focus on one. Make sure you involve your entire club, since everyone has a
talent to contribute.
Create a club calendar with meetings, deadlines, and event dates.
Set a goal.When planning an event, clearly identify a goal youd like to accomplish. Do you
want to generate signatures for a petition? Recruit new Oxfam supporters? Call on legislators
or a company to do the right thing? Raise money for your club? Your event can have more thanone goal, but whatever your aim, make sure you set specific, and realistic, targets for success
(for example, 500 signatures gathered). Afterward, you can measure your event against this
goal, discuss what did and didnt work, and use what you learned to inform your next steps.
Choose an event. The possibilities are nearly endlessand so are your opportunities to be
creative. Oxfam Clubs around the country have hosted everything from roundtable discus-
sions to letter-writing parties, speaker series to film screenings, art exhibits to fashion shows.
When choosing an event, consider your club members interests and skills. (For example,
if you have musicians in the group, think about holding a benefit concert.) Or plan around
holidays. (Hold a climate change film screening on Earth Day or an Oxfam America Hunger
Banquetevent before Thanksgiving break.) To get you started, weve put together a list of
ideas online and in Oxfams organizing guide, but dont be afraid to come up with your own.
The more unique your event, the more fun and effective it will be for you and your participants.
Spread the word. Whatever event you choose, make sure you get the word out in the days
and weeks ahead to ensure a good turnout.
Network: Nothing brings people to an event like the chance to hang out with friends while
making a difference. Use your personal network to get the word out; post a notice on your
Facebook page, and talk to people in your house, dorm, classes, or other activities.
Collaborate: Look for like-minded campus groups, and find out if they want to co-sponsor
your event or promote it to their members. (For example, partner with a womens rights
When you host an on-campus event to support our campaigns, youre makinga signifcant contribution to Oxams eorts. Youre helping us get the word out;educating others about the issues; and showing riends and ellow students thatthey, too, have the power to make a dierence. Spreading knowledge spreadsawareness; awareness leads to action, and action leads to change. This is howgrassroots movements are builtone person at a time.
Oxfam Clubs web page
www.oxfamamerica.org/clubs
Read our suggestions for event
ideas and resources.
Oxfam organizing guide
www.oxfamamerica.org/
publications/oxfam-america-
organizing-guide
Check out our tips for taking
action in your community.
Recommended reading
Choose a campaign
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group on an event around women and climate change.) Besides bringing in more people
and resources, these groups can add different perspectives to the issues.
Advertise: Put up posters, chalk sidewalks, and hang banners to get peoples attention.
Table: Host an informational table in the dining halls and other common areas.
Use the media: Reach out to your campus paper and radio station, and ask them to cover
your event. Off campus, your local newspaperwhether its large or smallcan be a great
forum for publicizing your cause. See the publicity and media checklist below for tips on
how to reach the media.
Publicity and media checklist
Immediately
Select a group member to head the publicity for your group, and make lists for the two types of press tocontact. Advance press includes calendar editors, community bulletin boards at TV and cable stations,
and public service directors; these outlets typically have deadlines three to six weeks prior to an event.
News press includes news editors, assignment editors, and reporters; they typically have deadlines of
two weeks to a few days before an event.
Two months before your event
Send out press releases to your advance list (see our organizing guide for tips on writing a press release),
and consider taking photos to send to print publications. When pitching your event to the media, think about
a hookwhat makes it different and newsworthy? Why should others in your community be interested?
One month before
Follow up with members of the advance press to make sure they received your press release.
Two weeks before
Send press releases to your news list.
One week before
Follow up with those on the news list. Remind them about the event, and let them know why it deserves to
be covered.
One day before
Follow up again with those on the news list. Ask if your event will be covered, and find out if they need
any special arrangements to do so.
The day of the event
Arrange for someone in the group to take photos to send with captions to interested media outlets.
After the event
Evaluate the media coverage of the event. Analyze what worked and make improvements for next time.
Tell us about it. After your event, email us at [email protected] and let us know how it went. We love
to hear about your successes, and we can also help evaluate how it went or brainstorm ideas for next time.
And dont forgetyou can also email us anytime with questions.
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The CHANGE Initiative. US college students entering their sophomore or junior year can
take advantage of Oxfam Americas leadership training and become skilled and knowledge-
able agents of change.Get more information and apply: www.oxfamamerica.org/change.
Music outreach.Help Oxfam recruit new supporters while joining your favorite bands
and musicians against poverty. Were looking for volunteers to table at concerts by
Coldplay, Wilco, Angelique Kidjo, and Arcade Fire, among others. Sign up at
www.oxfamamerica.org/music to learn about opportunities in your area.
Oxfams eCommunity. As a member of our eCommunity, you will receive our monthly email
newsletter and occasional alerts about urgent advocacy campaigns and humanitarian crises.
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