Dollar Project

Background: The Dollar Project’s main mission: 1) get people who are not interested in global issues more involved, in whatever small way and 2) do this by raising awareness of how much impact small actions (donating a dollar) can have. We are exploring a new way to try to achieve this…by a new kind of conference. Basically it is this: 1. Get students together for a conference they can enter for $1 2. Get 20 to 25 UBC community members to speak about a charitable cause they believe in for 5 minutes 3. Students vote which cause will get all of the $1 4. Donate all the money to the cause Why do this? – getting uninvolved people involved. – create partnerships and involve many UBC students and organizations interested in global issues – raise awareness about different issues in an easy to understand way Why do this together as the Global Lounge? – creates a platform where we can do more outreach and not always talk to the same kind of people – our interest in global issues binds us together and I feel this conference can physicalize that relationship – it would be a fun activity to collaborate together on! Interested? Are you in? Shoot me an email at tiffany.ty.tong@gmail.com asap and please come to our meetings!