12/4/09
ASU Family,
I wish all of you the best of luck on your finals and safe travels as you return home for the holidays. As many of you already know, the planning for our Freshman Admit Weekend is starting up. Our Admit Weekend yield event is one of the highlights of our community every year. Our population on campus has struggled to maintain numbers since Proposition 209 passed in 1996. Out of over 5,000 students entering into UCLA's freshman class annually, only around 200 of us are Black. This is obviously a problem. It is our job as Black Bruins to ensure that every Afrikan student that is accepted into UCLA is presented with a host of positive experiences during Admit Weekend that will persuade them to choose UCLA. With that being said, ASU staff urges you to apply to become an Admit Weekend committee chair (especially first and second year students). Lets help make our community stronger. Please see the blurb below and spread the word!
In Love and Solidarity,
Tierra Moore
Internal Public Relations Coordinator
Afrikan Student Union 2009-2010
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File Complaint regarding interaction with law enforcement during the Regents Demonstrations
Many of you have expressed concern about your interaction with law enforcement authorities during the demonstrations against the fee increase that took place on November 18 and 19. Please read below about what steps you can take to make an official complaint.
From Tony (CPO Director):
If you would like to file formal complaints about these interactions please contact Nancy Greenstein at UCPD. Nancy, the Director of the UCPD Community Service Bureau, is a long-standing friend of CPO. Nancy is also the best person to speak with about the process for filing official complaints.
She and I have spoken about some of you concerns. If you make the decision to step forward with official complaints, Nancy will do her best to ensure a fair evaluation process.
She can be reached at 310.206.4344, or by email at ngreenstein@ucpd.ucla.edu.
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Admit Weekend Committee Chair Application
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It's that Time Once Again! Admit Weekend 2010 is steady approaching and the planning process has begun! Applications for the Planning Committee are now Available online. A few will also be available in SAC 106, near the shape cubicle. The deadline is Friday, December 11th by 5:30pm! The earlier we form the committee the sooner we can begin the planning process towards the success of the WEEKEND!
Attached is a brief description of the duties for each committee chair, as well as a Microsoft Word version of the application. This may be printed out and turned in at SAC 106 near the shape cubicle.
TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A POSITION, YOU MUST FILL OUT AN APPLICATION! (See application website below)
FILL OUT ONLINE APPLICATION AT:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dG5od1pYbmhfS0tQVDhWS0xGN0loMlE6MA
- Contact UCLAadmitweekend2010@gmail.com for any further questions.
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Scholarship Opportunity for Biracial or Transracially Adopted Students
If you are a student who is biracial or have been transracially adopted, them contact Heather Tarleton apply for a scholarship.The scholarship requires a 3-5 page essay on your multiethnic experience. Please contact her for specifics.
Contact: Heather Tarleton at heathertarleton@gmail.com
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I am an Ethnomusicology PhD student and my vision for ArtsIN 2010 is to provide a supportive space for student artists to brainstorm and workshop their own projects while developing career plans among a group of their peers. Winter 2010 will focus on "Creating the Vision," loosely using Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way as a curriculum for helping us identify our strengths and goals, facilitating personal development as artists. There will also be class time for exploration of careers in the arts and graduate school options.
In the spring, we will focus on the "Make Work" aspect of ArtsIN, in which we will work together as a cohort to produce a project that can ideally be incorporated into your own classwork. This project will reflect the theme of "Transforming the Academy" or "Creating Positive Change at UCLA." Depending upon what the cohort decides collectively, this creative project could consist of a mural, a play, a short film, recording a CD, or even all of the above (if we're adventurous enough)! Attached is a short application which is due on Friday, December 4 at 6 pm (the week after Thanksgiving, last day of "Dead Week"). You can e-mail it back to me or return a hard copy to Campbell 1202.
ArtsIN is designed for students to use UCLA space, time, and resources to get what you need and want out of your undergraduate experience, and my job is to facilitate that process for you.
Please forward this email and the attached flyer to any other student artists who might be interested, and direct questions to me at Lrann@college.ucla.edu or inquire at the AAP GMP office (Campbell 1202).
Lara Diane Rann
AAP Graduate Mentor/ ArtsIN Coordinator
PhD Student, Ethnomusicology
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Black Hypertension Project
Annual W.E.C.A.R.E Health Fair
The Black Hypertension Project will be hosting our annual W.E.C.A.R.E. health fair Spring quarter! If you are interested in helping with the planning of the health fair please email Jasmine Graves: jasminegraves07@gmail.com as soon as possible as we will be begin the planning for the health fair winter break and winter quarter. The W.E.C.A.R.E health fair will take place at a venue in either Inglewood or South Central LA, our goal is to provide as many people in the Black and Latino communities with blood pressure screenings, BMI checks, Cholesterol and glucose screenings, free HIV tests, Dental screenings, and possible workshops on how to achieve and maintain a health lifestyle in the midst of an economic crisis. We will also cover the health care reform and the econditions of the reform. So, please if you have any interest in public health and or medicine contact us!
Also, if you are interested in volunteering at BHPO Saturday sites please email Naomi Shankute: nshankute@ucla.edu.
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Looking for a class to enroll in?
"The Black Student Experience at UCLA"
The Black Student Experience at UCLA" is a Student-Led Seminar Course (1 unit)
Title: Honors 19, Sem 6
Wednesdays from 11-11:50am
Rolfe 3118
Join us for a discussion about the experiences of black students at UCLA.
All majors, races, and years are welcomed. ENROLL TODAY!
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Black Business Student Association
"mind your business"
HIRING:
The Black Business Student Association is looking for qualified individuals to become apart of the staff. Please contact the BBSA if you are interested in submitting an application.
ARTISTS:
The Black Business Student Association is also looking to showcase UCLA artists at an upcoming networking event. If you or someone you know is interested, please get in contact with the BBSA.
MORE INFO:
For more information, please email the BBSA President at
SStJohn88@yahoo.com or visit our website
http://www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/thebusiness/Site/Welcome.html
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Black Campus Ministries
What does it look like to be Black and follow Jesus?
Black Campus Ministries is a Bible study where we're looking into what Jesus has to say to us as Black Christians on campus. BCM is a part of InterVarsity Bruin Christian Fellowship. We'll be doing a weekly Bible study, and would love for you to join us.
When: Tuesdays at 8pm
Where: Birch 310
We also eat dinner on Tuesdays beforehand in De Neve dining hall at 7pm. Even if you're not in the dorms anymore, we'll swipe you in. :)
For more information, contact Evelyn Powery (evpowery@gmail.com) or Grace Chen (g.race.achen@gmail.com).
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USAC Immediate Support and Relief Task Force Application 2009-2010
What is the Immediate Support and Relief Task Force?
This task force is a part of the larger Affordability Committee in the USAC President's office that works to address students' immediate affordability needs on campus. The group is responsible for assessing the immediate needs of students and working with students, UCLA administration officials, and public officials in addressing these needs. Members of the Task Force work with other campus entities like the Community Programs Office, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, Bruin Lobby Corps, and various student groups in helping to create and promote programs like the meal voucher program, temporary housing network for homeless students, subsidized housing, as well as advocating for long term solutions to any basic affordability needs. This group also complements the efforts of students advocating on issues of student affordability needs in the offices of public officials by surveying students to discern their day-to-day needs and the nature of those needs.
Housing Task Force
Director of Subsidized On-Campus Housing (1)
The Director of Subsidized On-Campus Housing is responsible for helping the task force to raise funds in order to provide subsidized ORL housing for students unable to afford housing within two hours driving distance of campus.
General Task Force Member (several open slots)
As the needs of students change over time, Task Force members will be responsible for assisting the efforts of others on the task force and will also help the group respond to new and emerging affordability needs.
LINK TO APPLY:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDNlZUExdDRkekRESHc1ZkxFeWNOUUE6MA
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