#HHAWtsu - Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week at Tarleton!

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion would like to invite you to our upcoming events – including our feature event this month, the Hunger and Homeless Awareness Night Out! Experience a night out as we raise awareness and aid for those who face hunger and shelter needs. We will camp out the entire night in Intramural Field A this Friday. If you are interested in attending (or if you would like more information), please email diversity@tarleton.edu. This feature event kicks off our Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week and food drive.

We have many events in the upcoming weeks, including our Hunger and Homeless Awareness events and other opportunities to explore diversity on campus. As a student, if you attend several of our events during Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week (see bolded items below), you will win a Hunger & Homeless Awareness t-shirt and be entered to win a $50 iTunes gift card! Just get your HHAW card stamped at each event and get a minimum of FOUR stamps to earn a t-shirt and to be entered into our iTunes drawing! HHAW cards will be available at every event in bold.

Bring your 4 (or more) stamped completed HHAW cards to TSC 21 any time during Hunger and Homeless Awareness week to pick up your free t-shirt and to be entered into our $50 iTunes gift card drawing!

Please note the events that count toward the drawing are marked in bold. This month’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion events include:

•  Spoken Word Poetry Open Mic: Wednesday, November 7 – 12 to 1 PM – amphitheater by Dining Hall. Share your thoughts, listen to others, and experience this dynamic, high energy poetry.
•  Hunger & Homeless Awareness Night Out: Friday, November 9 (7 PM) to Saturday, November 10 (7 AM) – Intramural Field A. Warm clothes, blankets, and a valid Tarleton ID required. *This event will earn you TWO stamps!
•   Week-long food drive for ComeEat (serving the Stephenville and surrounding area): Saturday, November 10 to Friday, November 16. Bring food donations to TSC 21 or at any of our events this week. *Donate food any time this week and earn ONE stamp. Note: you can only earn a donation stamp once this week.
•   Multicultural Ambassadors Food Drive & Awareness Tailgate: Saturday, November 10 – 4 PM to 6 PM – Texan Ally. Bring food donations! *This event will earn you ONE stamp! Stop by our tent to get your card stamped!
•   Food for Thought Reception: Monday, November 12 – 3 to 4 PM – TSC 27. Guest speaker LZ Harris of ComeEat will speak. Bring food donations! *This event will earn you ONE stamp!
•   Hunger & Homeless Awareness Tables: Tuesday, November 13 – 11 AM to 1 PM and from 4 – 6 PM – in front of Library and outside Dining Hall. Bring food donations! Get a ribbon, learn some facts, and earn ONE stamp—you may only get “tables” stamped once this week!
•  Diversity Luncheon Series: “Ouch! That Stereotype Hurts.” Wednesday, November 14 – 12 to 1 PM – TSC 27. Lunch provided. *This event will earn you ONE stamp!
•  Hunger & Homeless Awareness Tables: Thursday, November 15 – 11 AM to 1 PM and from 4 – 6 PM – in front of Library and outside Dining Hall. Bring food donations! Get a ribbon, learn some facts, and earn ONE stamp!
•  Food drive concludes: Friday, November 16. Final day to bring food donations to TSC 21.
•  Spoken Word Poetry Open Mic: Wednesday, November 28 – 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM – amphitheater by Dining Hall

 Also, look for our Digital Diversity Campaigns as we experience Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week with tweets @DiversityTSU #TarletonDiversity and student blogger updates DURING the Night Out experience (http://tarletondiversityinclusion.blogspot.com/). Hunger and Homeless Awareness week is November 10 – 18, 2012. Find out more about our Digital Diversity initiatives at http://www.tarleton.edu/diversity/digital-diversity.html

You can follow along with our experiences with Facebook, too!