Celebrate the holiday of love by fighting for those who have neither freedom nor love. Join the movement to help abolish slavery. Both of these organizations below work with people at all levels of society around the world to prosecute human traffickers and rescue the victims. Take this opportunity to take the next step.
Since Valentine’s Day is next Tuesday (guys, don’t forget!), we’ll be celebrating it J1 Café-style this week. Valentine’s Day is a holiday to celebrate those you love, but there are many for whom “B Mine” isn’t sweet. It’s slavery. There are 30 million slaves in the world today, many of whom are trafficked for sex. Therefore, we’ll celebrate this Valentine’s Day holiday not only by talking about love in relationships but also in discussing how love moves us to help those in need. For more information about this issue, visit NotForSaleCampaign.org We hope you’ll join us this Thursday.
Thursday, 7 – 9 p.m.
Gregory Gym
Room 2.104
(look for the Bridges International sign)
Join us for Valentine’s Day activities, discussion, and food! You’ll learn about this holiday, talk about love, and discuss how you can help fight for true love!
Join us this week as we kick off the 2012 Spring semester with a new day and location for Lunch on Campus and a new location for the J1 Café. These are great opportunities for you to get connected (or re-connected) to other students from around the world.
Wednesday, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
3rd Floor Atrium, next to O’s Café, McCombs School of Business
Take a break together! Join us for a community lunch together. Bring your food, buy it there, or just show up!
Thursday, 7 – 9 p.m.
SAC (Student Activity Center) Room 1.106
Join us for an evening of meeting friends, learning about each others’ cultures, and growing together at the J1 Café! There will be games, snacks, drinks, and many opportunities to connect with each other. Throughout the semester we’ll host different activities, discussions, and cultural spotlights in which you can share with us about your home country!
Happy New Year everyone! We hope you all had a great holiday and are ready for the Spring semester to begin. Everyone had a great time at the Vision conference in Washington, DC over New Year’s, and we’re sure you’ll hear all about it from those that went. For those that were at the conference and those that want to see what happened, pictures and several of the lectures from the conference will be available on bivisionconf.com in the coming week.
We are excited for the coming semester are ready to get started next week with J1 Café and several other activities that we’ve got planned. Stay tuned to our website or facebook page for more information, or, as always, just look out for the weekly emails to stay informed about what’s going on.
We host a weekly gathering for all international students to promote friendships, leadership, and authenticity. American students and community members are invited to build relationships, help new international students adjust to life in the U.S., and learn about other cultures.
We meet every Thursday from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. This semester we have to move the location around a bit. Check the blog, the facebook page, or follow us on twitter for updated information.
Vision 2011 will be a world-class event in a world class city—Washington, D.C.! Students from approximately 60 nations will gather in America’s national capital for friendship, learning and fun. The Vision conference only comes to Washington every three years, so don’t miss Vision 2011! You can see the promo video, find out more info, and register at bivisionconf.com.
Due to a large number of early registrations, the $50 scholarship will end before December 14. There are a limited number of $50 scholarships, and we estimate that we will run out before the final online registration deadline. So, if you’re still thinking of registering or have a friend who is, please do so soon before the $50 scholarship runs out!
Also, check out a welcome message from Fareed Tulbah, the speaker at the Vision 2011 conference!
