Sunday, February 27, 2011

Week of Feb. 28 Events

All events at 3PM in AC:

Mon Feb 28 - Conversation Hour: Focus Group on Democracy Literature
Tues Mar 1 - Conversation Hour: American Women's History Month Quiz Contest
Wed Mar 2 - Conversation Hour: TBD
Thurs Mar 3 - Conversation Hour: TBD
Fri Mar 4 - Film: "Real Bad Arabs" (about Arab stereotypes in Hollywood films)

Friday, February 25, 2011

AC Stand-Up Comedy Show!!!!!

This event got postponed due to the revolution. So now we are rescheduling it. The AC Comedy Club Show consists of AC members performing stand-up comedy acts for a maximum of 15 minutes for an audience of their peers and AC members.

If you would like to participate, you can come to the AC to sign up or just e-mail me your name, e-mail, and phone number (at rkaneriya@amideast.org). Please only sign up if you will definitely participate. There will be awards and prizes at the event!

The show will take place on Sunday March 13 from 1PM-3PM. You can come to participate or just to watch.

Social Entrepreneurship and NGO Start-Up Contest

The American Corner will be hosting a contest to encourage the development of civil society organizations in Tunisia. We will host a Social Entrepreneurship and NGO Start-Up Contest.

For this, students will work in teams to work on and pitch ideas for new NGOs, associations, or for-profit business that serve a socially-oriented purpose or help advance social goals.

The teams will then present their ideas to an expert in the field of NGO management or social entrepreneurship, and the winning team will receive a grant of 400TD as prize money that can be used towards their idea. This contest will take place on Sunday March 13 at 3PM in the American Corner.

Spectators may attend this event to watch the teams' presentations and offer opinions on which team has the best ideas.

This will be similar to our business competition in November but for ideas that have social goals and the ideas don't have to necessarily be for-profit businesses although they can be.

Also, on Wednesday, March 9 at 3PM at the American Corner, Wiem Melki, an alumnus of a social entrepreneurship exchange program to the USA, will present a workshop on social entrepreneurship to help lead teams through the process of starting up an NGO or other social enterprise. Anyone interested in presenting their ideas at the final contest on March 13 should plan on attending this workshop with Wiem.

If you want to participate, please send me your name, e-mail, and phone number as well as those of your teammates. My e-mail is rkaneriya@amideast.org.

Ravi Kaneriya
American Corner Coordinator

AMIDEAST-Tunisia
Bridging Cultures, Building Understanding

Thursday, February 24, 2011

AC Comedy Club Show!!!!!

When: Sunday, March 13 from 1PM-3PM

Where: American Corner

What:

This event got postponed due to the revolution. So now we are rescheduling it. The AC Comedy Club Show consists of AC members performing stand-up comedy acts for a maximum of 15 minutes for an audience of their peers and AC members.

If you would like to participate, you can come to the AC to sign up or just e-mail me your name, e-mail, and phone number. Please only sign up if you will definitely participate. There will be awards and prizes at the event!

Friday, February 18, 2011

Week of 2/21 Schedule

All the events below start at 3PM:

Mon. 2/12 - Conversation Hour: Civil Rights in America

Tues. 2/13 - Guest Speaker: John Berry on His Experiences as Part of the Civil Rights Movement

Wed. 2/14 - Guest Speaker: Mary Burns on the Impact of the Arab Diaspora on American Literature

Thurs. 2/15 - Guest Speakers: Neila and Intissar on "The Case for Creationism"

Fri. 2/16 - Film + Discussion: "Intelligent Design on Trial" (making the case for Darwin and evolution)

Monday, February 14, 2011

AC Membership Fees Change

Hello all. Please be aware that starting March 1st, the AC will be increasing its membership fees to 20TD/year in order to support the many new activities, programs, and services that we now offer.

Week 2/14 Schedule

Mon. 2/14 @ 4PM - Conversation Hours: Tunisian-American Relations

Tues. 2/15 - AC Closed for Moulid

Wed. 2/16 @ 3PM - Conversation Hour: Valentine's Day

Thurs. 2/17 @ 3PM - Guest Speaker: Radwan Masmoudi from the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy

Fri. 2/18 @ 3PM - Film: "The Golden Compass"