Inner PACE

Campus Awareness: SWE Mr. Engineer, December 2009
The Society of Women Engineers at the University of Michigan have organized a Mr. Engineer pageant on December 8, 2009. The proceeds from the event will go to support PACE programs. Thank you, SWE! Check out this sizzling event!
Video Volunteers, September - December 2009
innerPACE members are creating a video for Pudiyador. Also, they are working on developing an online volunteer - Pudiyador interaction network.
Ann Arbor Art Fair, July 15 -18 , 2009
2009 was our 2nd Art Fair appearance. We love the Art Fair because it brings hundreds of people to our PACE henna booth. We spent our summer weekends collecting gorgeous designs and honing our artistic skills. So, Art Fair was a great time to reach out to arty PACE enthusiasts. All the money that was paid for the henna tattoos has been allocated to art projects for the Pudiyador kids in India.
Photo exhibit at Sava's State Street Cafe, March 2009
Inner PACE members arranged an exhibit of the photos taken by the kids at Sava's Cafe in Ann Arbor.
Campus Awareness: Maize Mirchi Concert, April 2009
Maize Mirchi, UM's premier South Asian A Cappella group, supported PACE in its debut concert. Inner PACE members set up an information booth and presented a video during the concert.

Photo exhibit at the University of Michigan North Campus, March 2008
PACE members taught underprivileged children from PACE supported communities to photograph their world. These photographs were displayed in the Duderstadt Connector at the University of Michigan by Inner PACEto spread awareness among the university community.
Wallenberg Summer Fellowship, April 2008
Divya Srinivasan won the 2008 Wallenberg Summer Fellowship to work on an after-school program in a semi-rural slum in Urappakkam on the outskirts of Chennai, India.
Bollywood Dancing Workshop, October 2008
Inner PACE invited Divya Rolla, an accomplished contemporary dancer from India, to conduct a Bollywood dance workshop in Ann Arbor as a fund raiser for PACE. The workshop offered a sneak peek into the 'pop opera' of Indian cinema and was well-received. Funds totaling $150 were raised and donated to PACE.
India Reading Group, October 2008 - ongoing
We have started a reading group to bring together students interested in issues pertaining to India. This is an informal gathering where we discuss scholarly papers and reports to get a better grasp of the issues and the policies affecting them.

Fund-raiser: Indian Classical Music concert, Veynil Gaanam, May 2007
Inner PACE members invited professional Indian musicians to perform at the University of Michigan to help raise awareness about the state of the uneducated poor in India. This concert also helped raise funds for the operations of PACE.
Wallenberg Summer Fellowship, April 2007
Members of PACE and Inner PACE collaborated on a project that supports education of underprivileged children in an urban slum in Adyar, Chennai, India. One of the members, Swapnaa Jayaraman, won the 2007 Wallenberg Summer Fellowship which enabled PACE to carry out the project goals.
Fund-raiser: Indian classical music concert, Vatsa Vaani, November 2007
Students from the University of Michigan performed on campus. A short movie about PACE and Inner PACE was screened during intermission. Posters about children supported by PACE were exhibited in the concert hallway.
Photo exhibit at the University of Michigan North Campus, December 2007
PACE members taught children from underprivileged communities to photograph their world. Inner PACE organized a photography exhibit in the Duderstadt Gallery at the University of Michigan to spread awareness among the university community.

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