{"id":8488,"date":"2018-01-24T08:51:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T13:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/studentsenate\/?p=8488"},"modified":"2018-01-24T08:51:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T13:51:21","slug":"8488-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/studentsenate\/8488-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural 11-6-17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>Date:<\/u> 11.6.17<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Chair:<\/u> St. Amand<\/p>\n<p><u>Vice Chair:<\/u> Creese<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Committee Members Present:<\/u> Cohen, Kohl, McWeeney, Vu<\/p>\n<p><u>Committee Members Absent:<\/u> Ndayishmiye<\/p>\n<p><u>Non-Committee Members:<\/u> Sardinha, Watka, Nicole (URI student \u201cliaison\u201d for Disability Challenge), George Gallien from MSSC, Pamela Rowland from disability services<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Meeting Start Time: 5:08PM<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Accessibility Challenge:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-Nicolette distributed the following handout:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accessibility Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2017 Cultural Affairs Committee<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Goal:<\/u><\/strong> Find which places on campus are not accessible to students, faculty, and staff \u00a0with disabilities. By doing so, we can bring up these problems to higher faculty members and better the life of everyone at URI.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Facilitation Steps: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Assign each student willing to participate with a specified disability<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Establish a day to hold the Accessibility Challenge, Monday-Friday\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">On this day each student will go about their normally daily schedule and take notes on each building and classroom they go into<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Discuss certain aspects of the building and campus to look out for<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Come back together and discuss our findings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Key Aspects to look for:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Person who uses a wheelchair:\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Where are the entrances in buildings that are handicap accessible<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Where are the entrances in classrooms that are handicap accessible\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">If you would have to be separated from the class during lecture because of where the entrance is, how would you feel?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">People who are blind:\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Is there braille outside and inside every elevator<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Is there braille outside every classroom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Where all this information will go:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Meet as a group to discuss findings and formally write a letter to URI Disability Services, President Commission on People with Disabilities, and Kathy Collins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*looked at out of date campus accessibility map and key, what the key meant<\/p>\n<p>*Pamela surprised that this map is even still on the website\u2014very out of date<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*not sure where the wheelchairs are coming from \u2013 health services receptionist said probably but director has not responded as of yet<\/p>\n<p>* Pamela not sure about liability, wheelchairs are not let out of health services building?<\/p>\n<p>* have to be fitted, trained to use it, etc.<\/p>\n<p>* will follow up with Ellen, director of health services<\/p>\n<p>* maybe rent wheelchair from third party<\/p>\n<p>* Pamela: you can still gather a lot of information without actually using a wheelchair<\/p>\n<p>**Nicole still thinks students will not be able to understand what it\u2019s like without actually using a physical wheelchair<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*have the whole month to complete<\/p>\n<p>*last Monday of Nov (back from Thanksgiving break)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-Nicole wondering how to spread the word\u2014has friends that want to participate but could not attend meeting<\/p>\n<p>* Nicolette says to email her to get more info for them<\/p>\n<p>* pretty open, no definitive dates<\/p>\n<p>* up to the participant, make sure it is done by Nov 27<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-Nicolette to assign roles once she gets a finite number of how many people are completing challenge and if getting wheelchairs from health services is possible<\/p>\n<p>*will email everyone by the end of the week!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>**Pamela knows staff in charge of updating database of accessibility\u2014they are very open to new information!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-Nicole discusses how lots of buildings on the map say \u201climited accessibility\u201d or \u201caccessible\u201d but she knows from personal experiences that that\u2019s not necessarily true<\/p>\n<p>-i.e. Chemistry building and Chaffee are connected but that is not recorded anywhere<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-want to add notes to database of buildings so tricks and shortcuts can be added<\/p>\n<p>* committee adding notes to buildings on google maps *feature<\/p>\n<p>* Pamela emailing Ed (in charge of map) to see what is going on and how the improvements can be made<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-matched with a family for spirit of giving!<\/p>\n<p>-2 kids: 3 and 11 years old, both girls<\/p>\n<p>-drop off date for gifts: Dec 10<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>*will distribute donation envelope at this week\u2019s general meeting and keep donations coming in until the week of Dec 10<sup>th<\/sup> where we purchase the gifts<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-Christian Gonzales<\/p>\n<p>* abroad for month of Nov; not available but Nicolette inquired about ideas from him<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-this month\u2019s diversity event = Nov 20<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-booked ballroom for Ace of Cakes for March 6<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>* Zac Yip said it didn\u2019t work\u2014elections are during that week, there is a finite amount of volunteer hours that senators can provide, last year elections put a large strain on elections committee itself<\/p>\n<p>* Nicolette personally doesn\u2019t think date needs to be changed<\/p>\n<p>* Sam King said it didn\u2019t seem to cause too much of an uproar<\/p>\n<p>* Nicolette will talk about it during exec tomorrow<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Meeting Adjourned: 5:46PM<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 11.6.17 &nbsp; Chair: St. Amand Vice Chair: Creese &nbsp; Committee Members Present: Cohen, Kohl, McWeeney, Vu Committee Members Absent: Ndayishmiye Non-Committee Members: Sardinha, Watka, Nicole (URI student \u201cliaison\u201d for Disability Challenge), George Gallien from MSSC, Pamela Rowland from disability services &nbsp; 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