The Student Government Association (SGA) has created two new committees: the Government and Community Relations Committee and the Diversity and Inclusion Ad-hoc Committee.
The Stute reached out to committee founder and Sophomore Senator Nasir Montalvo for comment on the creation of the committee: “At first, I was not pursuing the diversity committee. I was not pursuing any diversity initiative. I was just doing what I thought was right as a student on this campus, and that was fighting to feel like I had a rightful place here. My struggle is similar to most of the other marginalized people here, and I do not want to sit back anymore and watch us feel sorry for ourselves. We should be proud of ourselves. We should be proud that because of our diversity and our subsequent adversity, we have made it to a school like Stevens. I want to celebrate that. Going forward, I hope this committee can create the resources on this campus to make minorities feel celebrated. As its head, I’ll do my best to keep the fire behind this committee alive so that we can see our goals come true.”
The Government and Community Relations Committee, formed on November 4, is a nonpartisan advocacy group that represents the interests of the Student Body in local, state, and federal affairs. “Think of it as a lobbying group for students,” said Matthew Cunningham, founder of the committee, in a statement sent to The Stute. “We already have a few ideas of how we hope to start, specifically by focusing on the University Center and student housing project and on various bills in the state government that would affect the undergraduate student experience at Stevens. We have a lot of ambition, and I’m excited to see how much we can accomplish.”
The Diversity and Inclusion Committee met for the first time on November 15 at 9:30 p.m. The Government and Community Relations committee will meet for the first time on Sunday, November 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the Calder Room on the third floor of Howe.
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