Get the Scoop: Media & Health

How is the interface between media and health affecting us?

We invite you to "get the scoop" about interactions between media and health at Students for Equal Health's 4th Annual Summit on Health Inequality this spring at the UW. The 2010 conference theme uses media as a fresh, exciting perspective to inspire innovative conversations about health in our modern world. We are examining the influence of social media, broadcasting, photography, journalism, television, documentaries, and other new media tools on health today.

TOPICS:
Visualizing Health: The Ethics of Images
New Media: Raising Awareness in Today's World
Health in the News: What Makes It and What Doesn't?
Campaigning for Public Health

SCHEDULE:
9:45-10:30: Registration
10:30-11:00: Keynote
11:15-12:15: Breakout Session 1
12:15-1:00: Lunch
1:15-2:15: Breakout Session 2
2:15-3:00: R.E.T.R.O. Performance

Registration is FREE and includes breakfast and lunch!!

Registration:
http://www.stubmatic.com/equalhealth/event/4358

Web Site:
http://www.uwseh.org

See you there!

Emerging Artist Variety Show Auditions

Some RETRO supporters from Seattle University are putting together and Emerging Artist Variety Show in May, and they are hold auditions this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Audition Details:

Dates: Friday (4/9) at 6pm; Saturday (4/10) at 4pm; Sunday (4/11) at 3pm
Location: Kerry Hall, 3rd floor dance studio; Cornish College of the Arts (710 E Roy St. Seattle, WA 98102)

Show Details:
Date: Sunday, May 9th, 2010
Time: 7:30PM
Location: Poncho Hall 710 E Roy St.Seattle, WA 98102

Relay for Life TextBook Fundraiser Results

thanks everybody who donated to the R.E.T.R.O. Revolutionary Poets'
Relay for Life Textbook Buyback Fundraiser!!!! We got second in the amount of money raised (we got second by $.40), but we were awarded the Per Capita Prize of $200. RETRO raised the most considering the size of our team.

Thank you for raising money for Relay for Life and proving that small teams can still make a big difference!

Textbook Buyback for Relay for Life

Relay for Life Fundraiser!

All you have to do is mention Relay For Life, and team RETRO when you sell your books!

Textbook Buy Back Fundraiser
STA Travel - 4311 1/2 University Way
March 15-19

You'll get the highest money back for your text books, but in addition to that, textbooks.com will donate an additional 10% of your total to our Relay team. For example, if you get $100 for your text books, an additional $10 will be donated to RETRO's Relay team.

Not a Student & want to Help?

It's easy, just join or donate to our team!
Go to www.uwrelay.org and search for R.E.T.R.O or our team captain Andrew Fung.

Shyan Selah Live in Concert & Lecture

The lecture/concert will be presented by UW’s Black Student Union and is free and open to all in the University of Washington community and surrounding neighborhoods.

An avid supporter of education, Shyan, whose sophomore album will be released by Bungalo/Universal Music Group this summer, is including this event at University of Washington as part of his “Universe City Tour” taking place at schools and colleges across Washington State.

Known for his unique brand of fusing entertainment projects and events with social commentary and progressive movements, Shyan's recent accomplishments include having his music licensed by major television networks such as MTV and CBS/Paramount, the founding of the Brave Foundation to support arts and education for local youth, and endorsements from Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of Hip Hop legends, Run DMC, and Dr. Maxine Mimms of Evergreen State College (Tacoma) and the Maxine Mimms Academies for Suspended and Expelled Youth.

Shyan’s appearance at the Ethnic Cultural Theater will include musical performances of songs from his upcoming album as well as a lecture on his years in the entertainment industry and its influence on black culture and vice-versa – particularly as it relates to the culture of Hip Hop. Also to be discussed is what it takes to accomplish dreams and goals in a highly competitive workforce while staying both driven
and positive.

RETRO Open Mic March 1st

It's the last Open Mic of the quarter, so come out and relax before finals!

This month we will be taking donations for Students Promoting Health. The group will hosting a health fair for pre-school children & their parents. We ask that you donate CHILDREN'S toothbrushes, toothpaste, or dental floss.
If you bring a donation and you are in the lobby at 7:50PM you receive priority seating.

To sign up in advance, use the following link:
https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/openmic/96756

Relay for Life

On May 22nd the RETRO Revolutionary Poets will be participating in the University of Washington's Relay for Life. Relay for Life is important to us all for many different reasons. Some of us have been personally affected by cancer, and we all would like to see a cure in our lifetime. Please Join or donate to team R.E.T.R.O!
Thanks in advance!