Events
Current & Upcoming Events
Past Events
Current & Upcoming Events:
Past Events:
May 26, 2010
Speaker: International Justice Mission is a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression.June 11, 2010 B block
Speaker: BIO Ventures for Global Health. BIO Ventures for Global Health is a non-profit organization that combines biological and medical research with business to bring much needed biopharmaceuticals and medical care to developing nations.April 7, 2010 A & B block
Speaker: Dean Russell Jamison will tell us about VCU’s Da Vinci Center, where engineering, business, and art students work together in creative design. He will show us one of the products of the collaboration, an inexpensive portable surgical table (the Operation Simple table).April 28, 2010 A & B block
Speaker: Anne Holton. From her former position as a Juvenile and Domestic Court Judge, Ms. Holton has become active in improving circumstances for Virginia’s foster children. Ms. Holton is also the former First Lady of Virginia.March 3, 2010 A & B block
Speaker: Emily Soroko, author of Rising Above Adversity, will speak to TJ students about work in her native country, Kenya, through Jamii International Outreach Ministries, an organization that assists orphans, vulnerable children, widows and widowers. WebsiteMarch 17, 2010 A & B block
Speaker: Kirsten Lodal, founder of LIFT, will speak about this volunteer-based organization to help lift people out of poverty. Kirsten Lodal founded this program while a sophomore at Yale. It has since became a nationally recognized organization bringing volunteers together to combat poverty and expand opportunities for those in need. Kirsten grew up in our area, and in the daughter of TJ's former principal, Elizabeth Lodal.March 26, 2010 A & B block (service week)
Speaker: TJ alumnus James Wu speaks about work with Acumen Fund. "Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty." Come hear TJ alum James Wu explain Acumen Fund's approach to poverty issues in Africa and India.January 11, 2010
Poster Campaign to encourage TJ students to Reduce, Reuse, RecycleJanuary 13, 2010
Guest: Keith Thirion from Chesapeake Climate Action Network speaks about energy issues in Virginia. Interested students are encouraged to contact their congressman.January 22, 2010
Event: Third Cup of Tea. Students sip tea, eat snacks, and discuss simple ways that to live greener and help our planet. This will kick off a campaign to urge TJ students to make green changes in their lifestyles.January 25, 2010 A & B Blocks
Speaker: Bill Portlock, Senior Educator from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, speaks about pressing problems that affect the ecosystems right in our backyards.January 27, 2010 A Block
Event: Live Green Party. A celebration to share how students have greened their lifestyle and reduced their carbon footprint.December 18, 2009 B Block
Guest: Speaker from the Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless (AACH).December 14, 2009 B Block
Event: TJ's Mock Climate Change Conference (in conjunction with the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen)December 11, 2009 B Block
Event: Holiday Shoe Box Project. For the Holiday Shoe Box project, students will fill a shoe box with gifts for a child in a shelter run by the Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless (AACH).December 9, 2009 B Block
Event: Second Cup of Tea. Participants sip tea and discuss global poverty and ways to fight it.December 3, 2009
Guest: Winston Duncan, founder of Wheels to AfricaNovember 30, 2009
Guest: Patrick O'Donnell, from Teach For AmericaNovember 20, 2009
Event: Recording of Children's Books for Donation to English Learners (to be continued)November 9 & 11, 2009
Event: Discussion of Freedom WritersOctober 23, 2009
Guest: Josh Tetrick, lawyer, social entrepreneur, writer, and speaker, has led a life of social responsibility: conducting a UN social and environmental program in Kenya, teaching street children in South Africa, and working with the Office of President Clinton in Harlem, NY, among other activities.See his recommended links here.