Losing steam

My sister's cat, a la ONE.
We had a meeting today...here are the minutes:

Minutes

1. Last week: ONE’d Sigrid (not submitted), Tabling (not submitted), Tunnel commercial (submitted), submitted most of backlogged events

2. Thanksgiving: Blog! Take a picture of pets with ONE bands. Recruit. Tabling?

3. Heifer International: Table for Heifer International (ONE Partner). Caitlin’s Hunger Banquet will count as an Oxfam partnership activity.

4. Darfuri Refugees: Mike Snarr’s Honors Global Issues class is bringing 2 refugees to campus Thursday 11/29/07 7:30pm, we will have a table, and we’ll use the opportunity to recruit.

5. SGA: Need to talk to Jenn about the official letter ASAP for submitting to ONE CC and to the Wilmington City Council

6. AIDS: Need publicity (info channel, 60 table tents), Mon 11/26 – Sat 12/1, Activities: speaker, Day of Silence (wear red), vigil w/ candles (sale), ETC performance (maybe), tabling (trying for every day)

7. Flag: Going to put a flag in the TOP.

8. Overhaul: Things we can do…Dan, Basketball Coach, Tara must say she’s an advisor, set dates for tables (will decide next Monday), ONE Dance Marathon team (April, Milyda, Arin, Caitlin, April Mays, Robin Vaughn, Jessica Reed), house party (pizza for poverty), Peace House bookstore stuff, fundraiser, ONE SLEB, ONE livestock, work on customizing web page, work with International Club for movie night, talk to people who have studied abroad, paint the rock, DM ONE logo, off campus tabling, letter to the editor, tailgate, classroom lecture (talk to Tara about emailing all faculty), banner on Greek row, HS outreach, endorse ONE goals with 5 other campus groups, SGA pass ONE Proclamation

9. Power 100 Summit: April should be getting info about it, Caitlin applied to be a second representative.

We're up to 11th.

The Tunnel didn't win the weekly challenge, but 4 runners-up will receive 2500 points. I don't know if we're included in that, but I'll find out soon enough, when they list them in the OCC Blog.

I'm starting to feel really discouraged. I feel like April and I are the only ones doing anything. The ONE Board helps, but we don't have enough of a group to do much. I feel like we're working and working, and we're doing the best we can with only a few people behind the cause. I know we have 133 people signed up, but we only have 10 or so even taking it seriously, I think.

I just don't know what to do. I know that the purpose is to raise awareness, but I don't even feel like people care. We rope them into signing up because we berate them until they do. We have to tell them it doesn't cost anything. Some just walk away, not caring at all. I don't have the strength to personally be the heart and soul of the movement. I feel so powerless and useless trying to do everything by myself (with April and some others) while other schools have some huge student body rising to the occasion. Why doesn't anyone here care?

I just wish it was easier. I wish the people that were judging all the entries realized that most of the stuff from WC is coming from only two people who are running themselves ragged trying to recruit people and publicize the Campaign and do all they can. I'm tired. I'm worn out. And it never stops, because when I go home, I'm taking pictures of my cat with a ONE band, and I'm asking my family to sign up for the Challenge, and I'm blogging for the cause.

I'll try to be more positive tomorrow.

Peace,
Cait