CULTURAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES October 30th, 2017
Chair: St. Amand
Committee Members Present: Cohen, Creese, Kohl, McWeeney, Ndayishmiye, Vu
Committee Members Absent: N/A
Non-Committee Members: Nicole, URI student “liaison” for Disability Challenge
Meeting Start Time: 5:07PM
-contact director of department you were assigned to be a liaison for (i.e. MSSC, disability services, etc.)
àschedule a meeting for November
accessibility challenge
àgo about schedule like you normally would but write notes about accessibility challenges
-disability services said it might be inappropriate for participants to use wheelchair, crutches, etc.
-Nicole, student at URI in a wheelchair spoke about how she thinks it is appropriate/a good idea to have wheelchairs, crutches because it gives a better experience than just walking around and simulating
-writing letter to Kathy Collins, President Dooley, etc., about how the challenge went
-Nicolette sent out email to other faculty that might be interested
-go ahead with simulation: next week when faculty/staff is here we will assign what everyone will be doing
-date? Possibly the week of Nov 12th
ànext committee meeting: get everything all set and then decide which day of the week to do it
November cultural event: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
àprobably on Nov 27th at 5pm instead of committee
àKohl brought up Christian Gonzalez, history professor who does a lot of Native American “simulations” in class, might be able to help with programming for the event
we have 3 kids for Spirit of Giving
àmost likely get wish list this week, can start collecting donations
Ace of Cakes
àtentative date: Tuesday, March 6
àset up = 3, goes until 7 or 8
-tomorrow on quad: Slow Foods doing “Fall Fest part 2”, having pumpkins on the quad, donations, etc.
Meeting Adjourned: 5:27PM