3rd Annual El Salvador Solidarity Supper and Silent Auction Sponsored by University Ministry’s Romero Immersion Program When: Wednesday, December 4, 7 – 8:30 pm Where: UC Forum C Cost: $5 (Campus Cash Accepted) Menu: This is a simple supper in solidarity with Salvadorans. Therefore, we will be sharing tortillas, rice, and beans. There will be plenty of food, and no one will leave hungry. W e invite you to enter into this experience to be in community with us and with those we will meet in El Salvador. Event: In addition to the supper, there will be a presentation from past student participants about the El Salvador Romero Immersion Program, as well as a silent auction, art show, and a raffle.
100% of the proceeds from this event will support the El Salvador Romero Immersion The El Salvador Solidarity Supper and Silent Auction has three aims. First, it is a fundraiser for the 9 participants of the El Salvador Romero Immersion Program, a 12-‐day immersion for both graduates and undergraduates over January Intersession. Students will explore issues of faith, justice, and solidarity, while living among and learning from the people of El Salvador. The cost per student is $1800 – however, University Ministry does not want this cost to be prohibitive. This event allows students to fundraise and make the trip possible. Second, University Ministry, through the student-‐led El Salvador Supper, seeks to educate the campus community about the political, cultural, economic, and religious realities of Salvadorans today. This will happen through the stories and shared experiences of students, as well as through the embodied act of eating in solidarity with the poor of El Salvador. We seek to create an empowered and educated community wider than only the 2014 participants. We invite former participants, interested students, faculty, and staff to become part of the dialogue. Finally, this event is designed with Salvadorans at its heart. Because the Romero Immersion Program is not a service trip in a traditional sense, it challenges participants to carry the lives of Salvadorans with them, sharing the faces and voices of those who have been historically marginalized and oppressed. This year, we will include Salvadoran stories through original art by Elaine Denny. How you can help: • Attend this event and bring friends, family, and colleagues with you. • Donate items to the silent auction. No donation is too small -‐ every donation is appreciated. • Bid on silent auction items and buy raffle tickets at the event. • Make a tax-‐deductible donation of any amount. Use the electronic donation link on the UM homepage. Your generosity is appreciated – this immersion would not happen without you!
Fundraising Goal: Because the total cost of this trip is almost $20,000 (around $1800 per person), our fundraising goal for this event is $4000. If our goal is met, each student would receive more than $400 to help support their fundraising efforts for this immersion.