Past Events
Better World Books Drive // December 2007
UC Denver and Metro State ’s Golden Key cooperated to donate books for the
Books for Africa campaign. Students donated books between December 3 and
December 14 in the North Classroom in the Tivoli.
CoPIRG: What’s Your Plan? // 11.28.2007
Golden Key helped with CoPIRG’s What’s Your Plan? event held on November
28th outside the Tivoli. At this event, students on the Auraria Campus registered
to vote, posed questions for candidates, and raised awareness for issues
in Colorado
Denver Marathon // 10.14.2007
Golden Key supported running and an active lifestyle by helping with the
2007 Denver Marathon. They volunteered for a weekend of events, helping
with race registration, the kids' one-mile race, and handing out water to
runners on the day of the race.
Spooktacular Halloween Bash // 10.19.2007
The Asian Student Alliance (ASA) welcomed all Auraria
campus students, friends, and community to join ASA's
spooktacular Halloween Bash.
“Voices from Darfur” // 10.17.2007
Survivors of the genocide in Sudan’s western region of Darfur shared their
stories to the Auraria campus as part of the Save Darfur Coalition’s Voices
from Darfur campaign—a national speaking tour featuring Darfuri refugees—sponsored
by the UCD Office of Student Life and Metro State Office of Student Activities.
Launched in the summer of 2007, “Voices from Darfur” highlights speakers such as Hari, who fled his village in 2003 after months of bombings by his own government. Hari risked his life as a translator for The New York Times, BBC, and National Geographic, among others and was arrested in Sudan on false espionage charges while translating for Chicago Tribune reporter Paul Salopek in Darfur in 2006. After 35 days in jail, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson negotiated Hari and Salopek’s release. Soon thereafter, the United States government granted Hari refugee status.
Since February 2003, as many as 400,000 people are estimated to have died in Darfur and 2.5 million have been displaced as a result of what President Bush and Congress have called genocide. Suffering in Darfur continues to intensify as a result of the genocide, which is sponsored by the Sudanese government and perpetrated by the Janjaweed militias. In June 2007, a U.N. spokesperson stated that nearly 140,000 civilians have been displaced since the beginning of the year. Four million people are now affected by the crisis, which has spread from Sudan into neighboring Chad and the Central African Republic.
Why Islam Has Trouble with Modernism? //
10.25.2007
Author of West of Kabul, East of New York, Tamim Ansary, talked about his
exploration and findings of Islamism. His interest in Islam began in 1980
when he traveled through North Africa and Turkey. After his discovery of
Islamism, it took Ansary 14 years working as a textbook editor for Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich to recover from the shock.
Beginning with a look at the historical unfolding of Islam in its first millennium, Ansary moves on to explore the reformist currents of the last two centuries and the challenge Islamic thinkers face in trying to formulate a theology relevant to industrial modernism. A discussion of intellectual currents in the Islamic world is analyzed in the context of the Muslim experience with imperialism and its own growing political impotence.
Make a Difference Day #1 // 10.27.2007
Make a Difference Day is a nation-wide volunteer event that Golden Key participates
in annually. This year, we chose Rake-Up,
Colorado! 2007! We traveled to the homes of elderly folks,
where we raked and bag leaves. Overall, volunteers raked 200 yards for the
elderly. The teams from UCD (12 people) raked 8 yards, which included 70
bags of leaves!
Make A Difference Day #2 // 10.27.2007
The Senior Hub, Aurora is held its fourth annual Make a Difference
Day Project for elderly residents throughout Aurora, CO. They had teams
of four to six people cleaning homes and doing yard work for frail/elderly
and disabled seniors.
Helping the Homeless
// 11.16.2007
Several student groups combined their efforts to donate warm clothes to
the Denver Rescue Mission as a means of helping Denver’s homeless. Students
brought warm clothing, hats, gloves, blankets, and coats.