AICUF St. Joseph's College (Bangalore) : AICUF State Meet 2014

12^th to 14^th January 2014

First day: The AICUF Karnataka State Meet 2014 began with registration in St. Joseph’s College of Commerce, Brigade Road, Bangalore. The registration got more than 250 participants from different units of Karnataka. The first activity of the State Meet commenced with the inaugural Holy Mass presided over by Fr. Brian Pereira SJ, AICUF Karnataka State Advisor. The AICUF choir of our college led the singing for the Mass. The theme of the State Meet 2014 was “Active Citizenship for an Inclusive Society.” To enlighten about theme, we had a great orators like Mr. G. John, AICUF National Animator, Akkai Padmasharee, representing the LGBT society of Bangalore. In the evening, there was a competition of cultural programme based on social issues.

Second day: The AICUFers were sent into groups to different parts of the city. Under the title of NAMMA NEERU, the AICUFers had a signature campaign against the privatization of water and spread pamphlets about it. After this, the AICUFers stood at the traffic signals with placards to create ecology awareness; the AICUFers also shouted slogans and urged passersby to follow traffic rules and use eco-friendly things. This activity was followed by cleanliness drive from the respective place of the groups to Cubbon Park. In the park, the AICUFers had some planning for the next day programme. Later, the AICUFers went to the campus of AICUF Karnataka Secretariat and planted a mango tree sampling. In the evening, there was basketball tournament among the various groups.

Third day: The 16 various groups of the State Meet presented the burning issues of the society in the form of acting, miming, face-painting, power-point presentations. The AICUFers also had group sharing and discussion in smaller group of 20 members.