SASS General Meeting
September 2, 2004
Start : 8:08pm
Facilitator : Jaky
In Attendance : Adil, Bill, Radiance, Taru, Melonie, Maceray, Saeed, Abena, Shea, Brandy, Kareem, Sheveen, Ahmmad, Hanifa, Kennette, Danielle, Ben, Khendi, Erika, Lola, Jordy, Brandon K., Winds, Lorpu, Jaky, Sherelle, Mukethe, Shavaugn, Corey, Eric, Kendra, Carla, Rochelle, Marissa, Janelle, Jihan, Melissa, Revee, Shanna, Jessica, Miriam, Stephanie (42 total)
Note: Please try to read through everything; there’s a lot of good stuff in there! I know it’s long, but you know how we do. ;)
Items :
- Introductions
- Of the BCC and rules
- No sex, drugs, or alcohol
- Be respectful of the space; a lot of folks fought hard for it
- Of SASS Exec
- Winds Jordan ’07, Alumni/Admissions Chairperson
- Lorpu Jones ’06, Vice President/Judiciary Committee Chairwoman
- Sherelle Harmon ’07, Treasurer
- Jaky Joseph ’06, President
- Resources & “Survival” Tools
- BCC Resource Library (old computer room): under construction
- BCC Career Empowerment Center (old Resource Room, across from the classroom)
- Materials about building your resume, searching for internships, applying to grad school, test prep for GMAT/LSAT/MCAT, etc.
- Sherelle (sharmon1) is the Career Planning Associate (or CPA) with office hours from 6 to 8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Empowerment Center
- “The Black Pages ” coming to the House soon
- Copies will not be available for personal use; only one BCC copy
- List restaurants, hair salons, barber shops, major entertainment venues, etc.
- Who’s Who Among Black (Swat) Students
- will list contact information of all interested Black students as well as their campus involvements
- still a work-in-progress
- SAMs (Student Academic Mentors)
- For the BCC : Mushin Abdur-Rahman ’05 (mabdurr1) and Melanie Johncilla ’05 (mjohnci1) à office hours in the BCC TBA
- Patrice Berry ’06 (pberry1) and Frank Kyei-Manu ’06 (fkyeima1) are also SAMs
- WAs (Writing Associates)
- Brandy Monk-Payton ’07 and Danielle Toaltoan ’07 are Was
- Office hours in the BCC TBA
- Upcoming Special Elections for SASS Exec
- Exec positions available:
- Co-secretaries (2)
- Social Coordinator (s)
- Outreach Coordinator(s)
- Webmaster
- Public Safety Liaison
- If you running with someone for Social or Outreach Coordinator, you MUST submit one platform jointly.
- Platforms are 150+ words including candidate's name, position the candidate is running for, any pertinent experience, reason for running, and the class to which the candidate belongs.
- Platforms are due this MONDAY, 9/6 by noon to jjoseph1 .
- Elections will take place Thurday, Sept. 9 th at 8pm in the BCC
- BBQ & Day at the BCC
- Noon to 3pm Friday!
- Organization informationals at 4pm
- Please encourage freshmen and other upperclassmen to attend
- If you want to help out, please meet us at Sharples at 9am or BCC at 10am
- Help clean if you have the chance
- Meetings
- SASS General meetings will be from 8-9pm every other Thursday beginning September 16 th
- SASS Exec meetings occur every Sunday from 7:15-8:30pm ; they are OPEN
- tree or bench for André
- Please contact Sheveen (sgreene1) if you would like to help draft a letter
- Trico meeting
- The heads of the black organizations at Haverford and Bryn Mawr would like to meet with SASS Exec
- Meeting will be held at Haverford Sunday, Sept. 5 th in the evening
- The purpose is to establish better tri-college communications
- Call (x6353) or email (jjoseph1) if you are interested in attending; space is limited
- Announcements
- Want a job in the BCC Library? Contact Hanifa, habduls1 as soon as possible
- Student Council Committee Elections/Appointments — email StuCo Pres, Jyothi at jgupta1
- Educational Policy Representative (Erika Dupree ’07, edupree1, is on the Curriculum Committee, contact her with any questions)
- Student Budget Committee (Contact Lorpu, ljones1 or Saeed, sola1 with questions)
- These postions are NOT paid
- GALA , the Group for African-American Literary Analysis has its first meeting this Sunday at 2pm in the BCC . Contact Khendi White ’07 (kwhite2)
- Please return any books/textbooks to the BCC that you may have taken from the Resource Center . Missing right now is a Spanish textbook.
- NSBE , the Swat chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers is doing big things this year
- Open primarily to Black students interested in pursuing studies in the natural sciences
- First meeting in Hicks 211 (Engin building behind Trotter) next Friday, 9/10 at 5pm
- Contact Bill Wanjohi (wwanjoh1) or Aloysius (aobodoa1)
- Rhythm N Motion (RnM) auditions this weekend!
- Dance organization performing to music from the African Diaspora (African, Jazz, Hiphop, Dancehall, etc.)
- All student choreographed
- Yo, they’re HOT ! aiight? So get on that!
- Contact Corey Baker ’07 (cbaker1) or Patrice Berry (pberry1)
- Essence of Soul , a campus acapella group arranging songs from the African Diaspora is holding auditions!
- Auditions are on Saturday, from 7-10pm in the Lang Practice Rooms (upstairs)
- Contact Lola Irele ’05 (oirele1)
- The Multicultural Recruitment Intern position is available
- Work with Admissions to help recruit more students of color
- Application are due September 6 th
- Contact Suzi Nam in Admissions for more info (snam1)
- CLP , Community Leadership Program at Chester High School
- help Chester High students build their student leadership organizations
- contact Jessica Pope ’05 (jpope1)
- And lastly, Dare 2 Soar, a mentoring program for elementary-age kids in Chester
- Get paid to work with kids! (if you’re on work-study)
- Contact Jordy Owen ’06 (jowen2)
- Parting Words
- Encourage ’08 to utilize the BCC and SASS!
- Revitalize the “black table” in Sharples
- Say hello when we see each other
- RUN FOR SASS EXEC!!!!!
End : 9:00pm
Adjourned by : LP