LVOAC Attends Gnarls Barkley Concert to Spread the WORD

The Las Vegas Oxfam Action Corps has done it once again! On Saturday June 21, the team set up a table in front of the Mandalay bay beach entrance, along side the World Food Program. The team talked to people waiting in line about adaptation and climate change. They managed to get a few signatures before Gnarls Barkley fans slipped in through the doors. Unfortunately the LVOAC was not allowed to set up inside the concert, but they made the most of it!

Coldplay!!!!

Hello everyone! Just wanted to give you all a heads up on the Coldplay concert coming up on the 19th of next month. If you want to help spread the word about Oxfam's fight against poverty and see an awesome concert too - and we welcome everyone! Just take a second and go to : http://www.oxfamamerica.org/whatyoucando/act_now/concerts_2008/?searchterm=concert%20application
to apply, we will be choosing our volunteers from that list. Tell your friends!

OUTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL TONIGHT!

GNARLS BARKLEY
WITH THIEVERY CORP.
MANDALAY BAY BEACH
SAT JUN 21 2008 7:45 PM
Gates open at 7:30PM.

Stop by our Oxfam Action Corps
table at the concert to learn
about climate change and how
you can take action to help those
most affected
by it.

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"House Party" @ UNLV

Our first official house party was yesterday!!!!! Who said it had to be in an actual house, anyway? Thank you so much to Michele, Jacob, Ruth, Gracie, Mike, Cindy, Ken, Kara, and Marie for coming out and supporting Angelica, Barb and Lauren. Your support means a lot to us! We introduced Oxfam, Oxfam America, Adaptation, and each other! Then, in true action corps manner, took some action and wrote letters to our legislators: Harry Reid, Jon Porter and Shelley Berkely. We also watched a DVD on poverty and ate some chocolate cupcakes with Oxfam green frosting and decided on the time and date of our next meeting; June 25th at 6:30. We hope you all can make it!

Taking Action at the Breeders Concert

The LV Action team joined the Breeders at the House of Blues on Friday May 2nd to talk to fans about climate change and how it is affecting the people in the developing world. Although the team was placed in the smoking section of the HOB, they were able to spark up interesting conversations about the climate change issue. Las Vegans who attended the concert were very concerned about what the U.S. is doing to help humans adapt to natural disasters.