
Experience
Facilitator, Education 190 (Spring 09)
Vice President, UC Berkeley Black PreLaw Society 08-09
Tutor, M3 Sports Academy at Willard Middle School 08-09
Fellow, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship 08-09
Resident Assistant, Unit 2, Office of Student Development 08-09
Summer Volunteer, African Immigrant’s Social and Cultural Services (AISCS) Summer 2007 to Present
Platform
Developing a Culturally Unified Student Body
I will ensure that the ASUC is doing everything in their political and financial power to advocate for the growth and development of the multi-cultural student body at Cal. In order to do this, I will support educational and program-based measures such as the College Affordability Act, which will help all students in California by freezing the price of tuition for 5 years.
Sustain the Education Department
The education department has suffered from cuts in funding and support from the greater campus with the cut of 8% to every department on campus. In collaboration with “the Education for Change leadership team”, a group working to sustain and expand Education 190 to meet undergraduate demands, I will actively fight for and support the efforts to make the Education minor a permanent and accessible fixture on our campus.
Community Outreach
As students of a public university it is our responsibility to maintain and improve our relationship with the greater Berkeley area, a responsibility that is not been carried out to the best of our extent, despite phenomenal work on the part(s) of the Black Recruitment and Retention Center and other multi-cultural organizations. In order to combat this problem I will pursue opportunities which allow for synergy in design and execution between student organizations and local non-profit.
Media
Endorsements
Roxanne Winston,
President, Associated Students of the University of California, (08-09)*
Obiamaka Ude,
Senator, Associated Students of the University of California, (08-09)*
Ilana Nankin,
Facilitator, Education 190,Senator, Associated Students of the University of California, (05-06)*
Lajuanda Asemota,
Executive Director, Black Recruitment and Retention Center (BRRC)*
Mario Carroll,
President, National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)*
Paula Argentieri,
Chair, “Education for Change” Leadership Team*
Jamal Boykin,
Forward, Cal Men’s Basketball Team*
* Titles for Identification Purposes Only