Who we are, what we do, and why….

Who We Are: Staff Members

• Trevor Peterson, Americorps*VISTA staff for Food Security

• Tyler Schroeder, Americorps*VISTA staff for Bridging the Technology Divide

• Mary McManus, Assistant Director, MSC

•You?

• We hire student staff members every semester….

Staff Members• Ashley Noel, Caleb Ahles

– Stoutreach Events Coordinators

• Samantha Lewis, Molly Harvey, Fitzie Heimdahl– Ally Specialists

• Tessa Hamborg, Jenny Xiong– Stoutreach Specialists

• Camille Thorson– Sustainability Specialist

• Ashley Spatola– Graphic Designer

WE NEED A NEW GROUP PHOTO!

Ally Initiatives Resource Area

WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

What we do and why we do it…

We host and coordinate events, programs and projects that address topics of civil rights and civic responsibility.

We do it because we have a concern and passion for social justice. We believe that the University setting is the ideal forum for exploration and action. We use social constructs to guide these efforts.

Social Constructs……are used to describe how human beings relate to one another and our environs:

Overlapping Themes

Civic Rights & Actions What you do impacts the campus & community, and in turn, the world.

self

Campus, Community(no effort is too small or too great)

State, Region, Nation, World

How?

Programs & Events offered to you:

• Fall & Spring Yard Clean-Up for local citizens in need

• Sustainability Film Series (Food for Thought)• Intersections Film Series and Dialogue• Holiday Giving Tree• “Empty Bowls” poverty project collaboration• Alternative Break activities, edu-travel

Programs & Events

• Diversity & Dialogue, workshops, retreats• Days of…. Honor & Respect for differences,

support for the struggle, respect for those who have served (i.e., Day of Silence, 9/11, Veteran’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration)

• Training modules for use in organizations, workplace, classroom

• Issues of Humanity speakers

Nearly Everything We Do is a Collaboration Toward Inclusivity

• Co-sponsorship with community agencies & businesses (VISTA, United Way, BookEnds, Raw Deal, Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts)

• Co-sponsorship with student organizations (BSU, HSSO, GreenSense, Social Sciences Society, Latinos Unidos, SSA)

• Co-sponsorship with campus departments & committees (Women & Gender Studies, University Housing, Multicultural Student Services).

Programs & Events

New ideas are welcomed!

Do You See the Overlapping Civil and Civic Responsibility?

• Who have you become as an adult?• What is it that you are passionate about?• How do you view the civil and civic challenges

we face as a nation? State? Community? Campus?

• Whose responsibility is it?

It’s yours.

“Be the change you want to see in this world” (Gandhi)

Join us.• Orgsync• Facebook• HERE at the newly renovated MSC !!!!!!!!!!• At events…

There is always room

for you to make a difference.