About the Lebanese Club @ MIT
The Lebanese Club
@ MIT (LCM) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan MIT-based
organization established in 1970 to foster a sense
of community among the Lebanese students at MIT and
to promote Lebanese culture and concerns at the
Institute and the Greater Boston area at large.
Events organized by the club range from cultural
outings, get-togethers, and movie series, to mega
theatrical productions, international conferences,
and high-profile speaker series, attracting multiple
500+ person audiences a year in events far exceeding
the scope, quality, and budget of most other
student-run organizations at MIT.
The LCM has been cited by the Mayors of Boston and
Cambridge in their Official Proclamations of Gibran
Day in both cities in honoring the LCM’s production
of ElAchkar’s A Child of Life monodrama, has
received MIT’s Best Program of the Year Award in
2003 for Libanissimo III, has broken multiple MIT
budgetary records by setting new standards for
organized student programming, and has received the
official gratitude and endorsement of the Prime
Minister of Lebanon and Ministers of Finance,
Economy & Trade, Telecom, Administrative Reform, and
Culture for its TECHLEB|06 initiative and
conference. This solution-driven conference provided
tangible outcomes to advance Lebanon’s knowledge
economy and placed the LCM at the forefront of
student activism and public service.
The LCM has co-founded the Harvard-MIT Lebanese
Affairs Think Tank (LATT) in October 2005 with a
group of nonpartisan Boston-based students and
professionals in response to the series of
historical developments sweeping Lebanon at the
time. Transcending the boundaries of MIT and the
student community, the club's current membership
also enjoys active non-students, non-MIT affiliates,
and non-Lebanese nationals/expatriates.
The club and its members have been regularly
featured and interviewed in major media outlets like
CNN, MSNBC, NECN, Kalam el Nas (LBCI), Iktisaduna
Wal Alam (Future TV), iTECH (AlHurra TV), Boston
Globe, Boston Herald, Annahar, Assafir, Daily Star,
L’Orient Le Jour, Lebanon Opportunities, Executive,
Dar AlHayat, Profile News, Eagle Tribute, Tech Talk,
the Eagle Tribute, the Tech, Harvard Crimson,
Brookline TAB, among others.
Most recently, MIT presented the 2007 Agent of
Change award to the LCM. The annual award honors the
MIT student organization that best displays
commitment to and passion for justice and activism
to create positive change in and beyond MIT. The LCM
received the award because of its “dedication,
resourcefulness, and professionalism in spearheading
this Boston-wide campaign [to raise public awareness
and aid funds for Lebanon after the July 2006 War
with Israel]”, according to MIT. The LCM was also
officially credited for making “the highest deposit
ever by a student group after a single event
fundraiser”, in reference to an LCM benefit concert
during the 34-day conflict.
Selections from
recent press coverage of LCM activities:
Please follow the links below for more information
about the club and don't hesitate to
contact its
officers and member with further questions.
Related Links:
Constitution of the LCM
Current and Previous
Members
Upcoming Events
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