We arrived at Waterloo, in the morning, and were hopeful of the same successes we achieved in Guelph. We arrived at the University of Waterloo to once again create awareness about the Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
We were received by the Tamil Students Association from the university. During our time at the campus, we were able to meet representatives from the student bodied newspaper, Imprint. Imprint has assured us that next week, they will defiantly publish an article about the Genocide Tour. We were also able to meet and talk to the student federation at the university.
At noon, our teach-in attracted tens of participants. They appreciated our efforts and for coming down to the university. We were also able to get a lot of enthusiastic youths to lead more awareness campaigns within the campus and outside. Through our teach-in, we made a lot of relationships. Many students promised to work with Canadian HART in the future to address the problems and sufferings facing the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
The university students and our activists were able to lead a leafleting campaign throughout the day. We were able to educate many of non-Tamils during the time on campus. At 2:30 pm, we visited the local office of Kitchener-Waterloo member of parliament, Peter Braid. Although he was in Ottawa, a representative took our complaints into notice and promised a meeting next week.
Overall, it has been a success. The day is not done at Waterloo, we are planning to do a second teach-in/info session, to accommodate others who were interested in attending the info session at noon but there were conflicts in their schedule which prevented them.
It appears that a lot of people are interested in getting the word out about the Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka. With this much support, we can definitely put an end to the Genocide of Tamils.
I hope to be in touch with everyone soon.
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