Events

 

"Mix It Up At Lunch Challenge"

In October of each year, the office will co-sponsor the annual "Mix It Up at Lunch Challenge!" This event was initiated in November 2002, by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) through its activism center (Tolerance.org.). It is dedicated to help obliterate bigotry, by promoting the valuing of diversity, understanding and acceptance.

OXFAM Hunger Banquet USA

Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that helps create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger and injustice around the world.  The organization in the US was established in 1970. The Oxfam Hunger Banquet brings people together to help defeat poverty.  This event allows organizers and participants alike to experience firsthand how our decisions affect others in the world.  The Oxfam Hunger Banquet, which is sponsored by the office, started in 2011 at the University of West Georgia.