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Title: Bridging the Gap


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Bridging the Gap
  • BTG Executive Board
  • February 18, 2008

2
How Bridging the Gap got started..
  • Michael Mungai Nyambura
  • In response to the social divisions, apathy on
    diversity and poorinteraction in our school,
    students got together and came up with
    acampaign, Bridging the Gap.
  • Bridging the Gap will promote interaction and
    communication to confront these issues.
  • This group of students, all coming from diverse
    backgrounds, proposed various activities and
    programs that will offer a platform to reach
    these objectives.
  • The campaign has been well received by the
    school, although majorchallenges lie ahead
    because ignorance and apathy call for
    relentlessefforts if they are to be triumphed
    over.

3
Mission Statement
  • Bridging the Gap is a progressive campaign
    against ignorance and avoidance, factors that
    have plagued Saint Josephs University for far
    too long. It has been developed to strengthen
    awareness, community, and camaraderie on the
    campus of Saint Josephs University amongst the
    student body, faculty, and Administration.
    Bridging the Gap will work to spread the message
    of unity and embrace the beauty of diversity on
    the campus of Saint Josephs University with spot
    advertisement throughout campus. With the help
    of fellow students, Bridging the Gap will raise
    awareness of difference issues here at SJU, as
    well as increase consciousness of the need for
    the celebration of all the diversity that makes
    up the population of SJU. As an efficient,
    peaceful campaign, Bridging the Gap will work to
    enhance the culture of Saint Josephs University.

4
SJU Faces
  • Michael, Liz, Megan, Chris, and Dom
  • Poster series that will go around campus
  • Quotes
  • Coming soon!

5
Survey
  • Kataney Couamin
  • Survey development
  • Representative of Student Body
  • IRB
  • Student Voice
  • WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
  • methods to get more students to take survey
  • Any additional advice is welcomed!

6
Mock Funeral
  • Kelly Babis
  • Mock funeral procession burying ignorance
  • Metaphorical way of putting to rest the various
    isms and phobias that plague the university
    community.
  • Moving forward to heal the community and make a
    new life as a university
  • Tentative plans
  • Gather a group of participants as free period is
    starting to carry a coffin across campus in a
    mock funeral procession
  • Supporters wear black and dress as if they were
    coming to a funeral
  • Mock procession would make its way through campus
    and proceed into the Chapel

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Mock Funeral Continued
  • Eulogies will be delivered basically telling
    stories or making statements about how various
    isms have affected their lives
  • To increase participation and relevance of the
    event for the university community wed invite
    those in attendance to come up and say what they
    would like (ala the Speak Out led by S.T.O.P. or
    the Take Back the Night event.)
  • At the end of the event wed have a symbolic
    closing of the coffin. The committee was thinking
    we could put written letters or prayers or
    flowers inside the casket and then at the end
    wed close the lid of the coffin and symbolically
    close the lid on these isms and phobias
  • Potentially have a reception afterwards with some
    refreshments

8
Forums
  • Hollyanne Pronko
  • Open forums for discussion
  • Outlet for frustrations, conversation
  • ALL are welcome
  • Potential Topic Selection OR Completely Free
  • Feedback, please?
  • Dates
  • Thursday, Mar. 20 _at_ 5pm in the North Lounge
  • Thursday, Apr. 17 _at_ 5pm in the Presidents' Lounge

9
Literary Magazine
  • Mike Fath Jen Oyler
  • Our SJU
  • Part of process to increase awareness of
    difference
  • Students, faculty, workers, and Administration
    share experiences
  • Poems, testimonials, lyrics, creative stories,
    art?
  • Costs ? Approx. 1,023
  • Color Cover, 48 pages, black and white text,
    staple binding
  • Need ? literary magazine email acct.  (drop box)

10
Literary Magazine Continued
  • Timeline
  • Brainstorming -- week of 2-24 (next week)
  • Peer review critique hopefully with assistance
    with English majors/Writing Fellows/Professor?
  • Submission to SJU Press/Final drafts due first
    week of March (before Spring Break)
  • Editing March 10-18th
  • We ok SJU Press draft March 18th-20th
  • Tentative publication date April 1 (early April)

11
T-Shirts, Banners
  • Reginald Alberto
  • Create an easily recognizable Bridging the Gap
    design that will be used for the T-shirt Banner
  • Funding to provide free shirts campus wide? (e.g.
    With Faith and Strength to Dare T-shirts)
  • Funding to create high quality banner?
  • Do you know anyone or are you good with Adobe
    Photoshop, drawing, or sketching?
  • reginald.alberto_at_gmail.com

12
Action Committee
  • Charlie Wester
  • Designed to provide a voice for all University
    members who feel targeted, harassed, or
    ostracized by peers, officials, or school policy.
  • There are two aspects of the proposed Action
    Committee
  • A resource panel that serves as an institutional
    outlet for students to express concerns about
    policies or behavior perceived to be
    discriminatory by a member(s) of the University
    and to empower University members with the
    resources needed to alleviate their situation.
  • A research committee that actively engages in
    University policy to identify areas of
    institutional discrimination and take positive
    action to amend these institutional gaps.

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Action Committee Continued
  • In order to achieve this, we need to address the
    following two issues
  • Securing legitimacy, authority, and recognition
    within the University especially among faculty,
    staff, and other school officials so that
    action taken by the committee will be respected
    as a voice of the institution and be seen as a
    serious step toward diversity.
  • Maximizing visibility and accessibility,
    especially (but not only) among the student body,
    so that should an instance of discrimination or
    intolerance arise, aggrieved parties will know
    that such a committee exists and offers the
    resources necessary to address their concerns.

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Feedback!
  • Please let us know if you have any questions,
    comments or concerns about the proposed program
    plans.
  • The Student Senate is representative of the
    entire student body, so give input now!
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