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Media Coverage All-Nighter for the Poor
Oct. 21: The Miami Herald (AP) “College students stay up all night to raise funds for Haiti” - Liana Kozlowski
Oct. 19: The Valley Vanguard (Student newspaper at Saginaw Valley State University) “Roberts Fellows host fundraiser for the poor” - Korey Force
Oct. 17: Angel Aloma was interviewed on MSNBC about All-Nighter and Food For The Poor’s efforts in Guatemala.
Oct. 16: At approximately 7:26 a.m., Local 10 Miami ABC’s anchor Calvin Hughes, mentioned schools nationwide were participating in Food For The Poor’s All-Nighter for the Poor.
Oct. 15: The Sun-Sentinel “Lynn, Barry universities take part in all nighter for poverty” - Scott Travis
Oct. 14: The Miami Hurricane (UM’s Student newspaper) “Pulling an all-nighter” - Austen Gregerson
Oct. 13: Caribbean Today “Group Aims to Raise Thousands During All-Nighter for Haiti”
Oct. 12: Periódico Diario Las América “Alumnos del MDC participaran en evento contra la pobreza”
Oct. 9: Catholic Online “Food For The Poor’s Walk Bring Awareness to World Food Day”
Oct. 8: South Florida Caribbean News “Miami Dade College Students to Join Others in Fight Against Poverty”
Oct. 1: Luther College CHIPS “Raising Awareness, Saving Lives – Luther joins the nationwide event, ‘All-Nighter for the Poor,’ to raise hunger awareness” - Anne Litsey, Staff Writer
Sept. 27: NEWD MAGAZINE – Spirituality, Art, Progressive Culture “Pullin’ An All-Nighter for the Poor” - Tiffani Knowles
Fall 2009: Update – The ACCU Newsletter (Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities) “Consider Sponsoring an ‘All-Nighter for the Poor’ You can view the article on page 16, at www.accunet.org/files/public/Fall_09_newsletter.pdf.
Sept. 2009: Crossroads (A Publication of the Catholic Campus Ministry Association) “Catholic Colleges and Universities Pull an ‘All-Nighter for the Poor’” You can view the article on page 13. |
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All-Nighter for the Poor Posters — Fundraising Event Posters and Flyers for Your All-Nighter
Download the PDF Agenda for the Webathon Event on October 16, 2009 for the All-Nighter for the Poor.
Download the PDF Leader’s Guide with the information you’ll need to bring All-Nighter for the Poor to your campus.
Download the PDF Just the FAQs… Frequently Asked Questions for basic information.
Download a brief PDF Checklist of things your group should do this semester to prepare for the event.
Suggested Reading
Travel/Guidebooks
- Doggett, Scott & Connolly, Joyce. (2005). Dominican Republic and Haiti. Melbourne: Lonely Planet Publications.
Fiction
- Danticat, Edwidge. (2007, September). Brother, I’m Dying. Knopf Publishing Group.
The story of the author’s Haitian family in Port-au-Prince and New York.
- Danticat, Edwidge. (1998). The Farming of Bones: A Historical Narrative. London: Penguin Books.
Plight of the cane workers on the Dominican-Haiti border.
- Green, Graham. (1991, November (first published 1966)). The Comedians. London: Penguin Books Ltd.
Portrayal of life under Papa Doc Duvalier.
- Wolkstein, Diane & Illustrated by Elsa Henriquez. (1987, 1997). The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales. New York: Random House-Schocken.
A classic collection of twenty-seven easy to read and tell Haitian stories with illustrations, music, and introductory notes.
Non-Fiction
- Bell, Beverly. (2001) Walking on Fire: Haitian Women’s Stories of Survival and Resistance. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Collection of first-person narratives from Haitian women.
- Farmer, Paul. (1994, 2003, 2005) The Uses of Haiti. Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press.
Haiti during the period of U.S. intervention.
Suggested Viewing
Haiti
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