CULTURAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES October 23rd, 2017
Chair: St. Amand
Committee Members Present: Creese, Kohl, McWeeney
Committee Members Absent: Vu, Ndayishmiye
Non-Committee Members: George Gallien, director of MSSC
Meeting Start Time: 5:06PM
-Nicolette presented on what cultural committee historically does
àpeople tend to think “arts and crafts-y” but trying to get more cultural programming done
àAce of Cakes
àSpirit of Giving
àRhody Paws
àhopefully put on monthly diversity events
-i.e. “what is privilege?” event for October last Monday
- George Gallien
- discussed former programming events MSSC has sponsored
- two events this week: “Jane the Virgin” and “Cultural Mixer”
- interested in co-programming with Providence campus
- hopefully getting speakers for MLK celebration in February
- co-sponsoring Kwanzaa celebration in December
àCounseling Center
àMental Health Awareness
àDomestic and Sexual Violence Awareness
-resources we can use for programming
-future plans
àMental Health Awareness WEEK
-assign liaisons to certain centers on campus i.e. multicultural center, counseling center, etc.
àtry to have monthly meetings
*reaching out to have more new senators on cultural committee (kind of small right now L)
*each committee member present was assigned to a certain center
-explained accessibility challenge
àfeedback on: simulated or walking around with faculty/staff/students (similar to safety and lighting walk) to different points of campus to see, for example, “if I was in a wheelchair could I access this building?”
àGeorge Gallien: talked about inviting disabled people to get first-hand opinions
à*getting more opinions on if we should physically go around campus or just simulate the activity
-next month: Native American History Month
àstart compiling ideas? for different programming
àideally based off of bill for Indigenous Peoples’ Day bill
à*maybe doing program that sheds some light on actually history of Columbus
àways to better advertise future monthly programming to campus
**next week: start to think of different ways we can advertise, types of activities for programming that we can do with Columbus
*reminder: Ace of Cakes = Tuesday, March 6
Meeting Adjourned: 5:43PM