Nye-Time at Old Dominion
Students at Old Dominion University are gearing up for awesome event to raise awareness about global poverty taking place on campus next week! Congressman Glenn Nye will participate in a panel discussion on global poverty and American foreign policy with ODU students, faculty and community members on Tuesday, April 7 at 2 p.m.
The brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha passed out ONE bands and fliers to hundreds of greek men and women at Old Dominion University last night to help spread the word! The fraternity is cosponsoring the event along with the Graduate Society of International Studies, the Graduate Student Organization and ODU Model United Nations. The campus is buzzing and the community is welcome to join – the event is free and open to the public! RSVP here to join us in Norfolk this Tuesday!
-Lauren Conn, VA Field Organizer
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This is great. It’s so very important that we keep our leaders in Congress engaged on these issues, and there’s no better way to do that than through a forum like this. Way to go ONE and Old Dominion! Looking forward to the event covered here.