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The Student Hurricane Network (SHN) is a national association dedicated to providing long-term assistance to communities affected by Hurricane Katrina. SHN works with law students and administrators from all over the United States to create and coordinate volunteer opportunities for law students in the Gulf Coast.
Spring Break Trip
March 14 - March 22, 2009
This coming March, we will take about 16 students to New Orleans to volunteer on projects related to hurricane recovery and social justice.
To secure your spot on the trip, you will need to submit a nonrefundable $25 deposit to Gwynne Kizer. Spots are available on a first come, first serve basis. The $25 deposit will be used to pay for transportation expenses.
Once you have submitted your deposit, you also need to:
(1) complete the following form regarding the logistics of our trip:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pcnBneoJWcteYuJ58nOzQYg
AND
(2) go to this website - https://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?key=pcnBneoJWctfF6AUI8qnnLA to register with and indicate your preferences to SHN. (Be sure you indicate that you’re only willing to do work in New Orleans because we can’t provide transportation or housing in MS/TX for this trip.)
If you have any questions, please feel free to email one of the SHN board members.
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Leadership opportunity
We need a couple people to serve as Chicago-Kent representatives on the Student Hurricane Network’s Membership Calls.
These calls are a great way to learn more about public interest and recovery work in the Gulf Coast. They are also an opportunity to make connections with students from across the country who are doing public interest work. In the past, some people who participated in these calls have found new ways to get involved with SHN. For example, some learned about internship and job opportunities in the Gulf Coast. Others have helped create or lead new projects in the Gulf Coast. Still others have gone on to join the Student Hurricane Network's National Advisory Board. Contact Gwynne at gkizer@kentlaw.edu if you'd like more information.
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Winter Break Trip Updates
Thanks to the 21 students and 1 alum who dedicated a week to volunteering in New Orleans this past January. For more information and pictures from our trip, check out the Chicago-Kent SHN Home Page.
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Contact Information for Chicago-Kent SHN 2008-2009
President.......................... Gwynne Kizer (gkizer)
Treasurer......................... Jonathan Rhodes (jrhoades)
Secretary......................... Mariana Karampelas (mkarampelas)
SHN Liaisons..................... Tim Steinhelfer (tsteinhelfer) and Katie Lemanski (klemanski)
Outreach Coordinators....... Cati Heindel (cheindel) and Ruth Lopez (rlopez)
For more information about the National Student Hurricane Network, check out www.studentjustice.org You can also join the group on Facebook.
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