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For President and Vice President of the ISU Black Student Alliance
Background Information
Who We Are
Korin Reid is a second year student at Iowa State University. She is majoring
in Chemical Engineering. She currently serves as the Secretary of the National
Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemist and Chemical
Engineers (NOBCChE) and the Programs Chair for the National Society of Black
Engineers (NSBE). She is also a member of Circle of Trust and participated in the
President’s Leadership class as a freshman and also served as the LEAD peer
mentor.
Our attendance among Iowa State University students of color has been low
this past year. While BSA officially has 675 members at ISU, our meetings have not
reflected this. In addition, BSA has put on relatively few events for its members. The
benefits of membership in BSA have not been made apparent, and therefore have
contributed to our attendance problem.
BSA has suffered from inconsistency in its meeting times and locations. Our
meetings generally take place in the Memorial Union, but the actual room varies
from meeting to meeting. The meetings often start behind schedule, which deters
students with busy schedules from attending. For students not on the email list,
finding out when and where a BSA meeting is to occur can be difficult and
frustrating.
Our organization has not sufficiently dealt with several cultural opportunities
such as discussions of relevant topics and Black History Month. Students of color
often seek an outlet to discuss and hear about issues that our culture faces. Black
Student Alliance has often failed to serve as that outlet.
We will work with the Freshman Outreach Chair to recruit new members via
events and incentives such as Soul Food Sundays at the Black Cultural Center,
meeting new freshmen at Destination Iowa State and APEX, and working with the
Multicultural Student Affairs department to extend the Community of Color
Orientation (CoCO).
Our meetings will be open to constructive criticism and discussion from all
members. We will sponsor discussions of current events and issues that face our
community. We will support events of cultural relevance and impact, such as Got
Ignorance? and Black History Month.
We will reserve a consistent location for our meetings throughout the year.
We will also ensure that our meetings start when we say they will. While so-called
“CP time” is a common excuse, we realize that people have busy schedules and we
will respect your time by being punctual. In addition, as members of the black
student alliance, we will not feed in to stereotypes.
We will make sure that any travel and the necessary logistics are handled in
advance so as to avoid last minute errors and miscalculations. Any plans will be
made available to the members at meetings and electronically. Our web site and
Facebook™ group will be kept updated with relevant information so that BSA
members will always have an available source of information.
These dreams are attainable, but it will require effort on the part of every
member of our organization. We firmly believe that we are capable of making the
necessary changes to revitalize and reenergize our group. We only ask that you help
us to achieve success in this endeavor. We ask that you elect us, Korin Reid and
Joshua Mensah, to the offices of BSA President and Vice President.