MINUTES::: Campus Progressive Meeting - Notes 10/1/03, Connie CAMPUS PROGRESSIVES 10/1 MEETING NOTES
ROLL CALL:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1-Elisa says the HSA (history students assoc) have funds available if we need them to help us out with any events. She is STEP and fiscally-certified. (yay!) 2-Neil passed around a bunch of flyers he collected from the ANSWER rally on Sun.... lots of ISO (socialist) stuff...and forums going on RE: governor race 3- Axis of Justice is an organization that brings together activist musicians and students together in a wide variety of grassroots campaign. They have a monthly radio show on KPFK 90.7fm. Find out more at www.axisofjustice.org 4) bell hooks. claremont college (pomona campus). bridger auditorium. keynote speaker for 20th anniversary of sojourner truth series. "teachign community">Thurs 10/23 at 7:30pm. free event. for info, call 909-621-8032. 5) "a lady" with the Prop. 54 campaign was supposed to show up with info, but she never did, and it's probably too late to table...*as a side note, i'm thinking La Raza might be mobilizing against it, so help them table if you see them on campus on mon/tues. (I ran into a ASU member today and they aren't tabling either) 6) COME OUT AND VOTE OCT.7! NO ON 54!!!! FYI: arianna huffington has dropped out of the race. Connie's little rant in an earnest attempt to represent the current general attitude of the Campus Progressives: this was a kinda depressing meeting, brimful of disaffected youth...where is everyone? please don't sign up for committees if you can't commit... or at least try to get in touch with people who are present at the meetings...we're off to a late start this semester, but it's no one's fault...we're just late, that's all... IT USED TO BE that the group would formulate ideas for events and then randomly, lop-sidedly, individual members would pitch in for the planning, promotion, etc. of the event. BUT NOW a bunch of us are tired and jaded and soaking in the reality of 5.7 billion other commitments and personal projects (midterms nonwithstanding). SO our committees will function as arms and legs that will efficiently carry out tasks. But as a body of students, we need messages from the brain aka Event-Planning Committee to actually get something done... It seems as if we want to see things get DONE but no one really wants to DO anything. which is fine with me, i think. here's my mental health quote of the day: think big, but let the little things make you happy. peace,
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