CalSERVE’s Guide to ASUC Elections 2010!
Welcome to the 2010 CalSERVE Guide to ASUC Elections! Here you will find everything you need to know about CalSERVE, our candidates, our vision for a Better Berkeley, the elections process, and how YOU can get involved!
What is CalSERVE?
Who are the candidates and what are their platforms?
What is CalSERVE’s vision for this year?
How can I get involved and help the campaign?
How does voting work and when does voting begin and end?
What about the B.E.A.R.S. Initiative?
What is CalSERVE?
Founded in 1984 around the successful movement to divest UC funds from the South African apartheid, Cal Students for Equal Rights and a Valid Education is a coalition of progressive students and student organizations that continues to make change on campus and in the world. In addition to pressuring the UC administration to divest from apartheid in South Africa, CalSERVE was successful in electing Pedro Noguera, now a distinguished professor of education at NYU, as the first black President of the ASUC from 1984-1986.
From the beginning, CalSERVE has fought for positive change both on and off campus. We fight for access, representation, and social, environmental, and racial justice and we utilize the resources of the ASUC and progressive values of the student body to make these things possible.
Click Here to Read More About CalSERVE’s Legacy
Who are the candidates and what are their platforms?
Click on each candidate for their platforms!
Eunice Kwon- President
- Year: 3rd
- Platform: Promoting the Student Voice, Creating an Efficient and Student-Centered Budget, Pursuing Social & Environmental Responsibility
- Experience: ASUC Senate, hardboiled magazine, Intervarsity Cal Christian Fellowship, Coalition Against the 2012 Admissions Policy, API Education and Languages Now!, Cal Q&A, and Asian, Dean of Students Advisory Council, Regents and Chancellor Scholar
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Lean Deleon- Executive VP
- Year: 3rd
- Platform: Space for All, Ensuring Campus Jobs Pay Earlier Than the 8th, Enhancing ASUC Resources.
- Experience: ASUC Senator, bridges Multicultural, Lower Sproul Student Council, Biology Scholars Program, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Pilipino American Alliance, Pilipino Academic Student Services, Kapwa Christian Fellowship, Office of the President: Diversity Affairs
Viola Tang- Academic Affairs VP
- Year: 2nd
- Platform: Engaging in Our Education, From College to Career, Strengthening Undergraduate and Graduate Relations
- Experience: ASUC Senate, International Student Association at Berkeley, Asian American Association, Berkeley Chinese Students and Scholars Association, Hong Kong Student Association, UC Berkeley Model United Nations, Berkeley Investment Group, Undergraduate Economics Association
Ricardo Gomez- External Affairs VP
- Year: 3rd
- Platform: Mobilize Non-violently Against the Cuts, Strengthen and Expand Advocacy Efforts, Repeal Flawed Admissions Policy
- Experience: Berkeley Students Against the Cuts, Cal Vote Coalition, Berkeley Zero Waste Environmental Commission, Cal in Sacramento, Chican@/Latin@ Student Development, Save Rochdale Co-Op Campaign, UC Students Assoc. SLC Tutor, Gates Millennium Scholar
Senate Candidates:
What is CalSERVE’s vision for this year?
“A Better Berkeley” is CalSERVE’s vision for a more public, affordable, student-centered, and socially and environmentally just Berkeley. Underneath these four issue areas are concrete actions that we wish to work on in order to make our vision a reality. To see our vision, click the thumbnail below:
Also, check out our 2010 CalSERVE video!
How can I get involved and help the campaign?
So, you are excited about making a better Berkeley a reality! Here’s how you can help:
Volunteer: We need as many volunteers to outreach to the community starting the week we come back from Spring Break and we have a wide range of ways you can get involved. Sign up to volunteer HERE.
Rep CalSERVE: Put the “A Better Berkeley” poster or other CalSERVE campaign materials on your window or door. Posters are available at our base on Sproul from 7am-4pm. If you see one of our candidates, on Sproul or in public, you can also say “HI (THEIR NAME)!” really loud so that everyone around hears. Also, talking to your friends and making sure they know what CalSERVE is and who to vote for is essential, so chat it up with them about us and a Better Berkeley.
Facebook tactics: Use your facebook account to inform your friends about the Campaign.
1. Join our facebook Campaign Group and invite all of your friends HERE. If you dont’ know how to add your friends, WATCH this 30 second video.
2. Change your facebook picture to one of our campaign pictures. All of our beautiful campaign pitures are available HERE.
3. Change your middle name to “Vote Calserve.” Go to account settings and change your name. If you dont’ know how to change your name, WATCH this video.
4. REPOST EVERYTHING. Repost our videos, repost our notes, repost this guide, donate your status to CalSERVE, anything that CalSERVE produces that touches your heart, repost!
5. If you’re really geeky you can even make sure that CalSERVE candidates always show up in your friends box. WATCH this video to learn how.
How does voting work and when does voting begin and end?
ASUC elections are Single Transferable Vote, meaning that you you rank the candidates you want, with 1 being the highest vote possible, with 2 going to your second choice, and so on. For the Executive office positions, you may vote for up to the number of candidates running for that office. For the Senate, you may vote for up to 20 candidates only. You do NOT have to vote for, or rank, every candidate, nor are you required to vote for each office/proposition. We ask CalSERVE supporters to give their #1 vote to CalSERVE candidates.
Voting begins April 6th at 9:00 AM and ends April 8th at 11:59 PM. You can vote online at election.asuc.org
What about the B.E.A.R.S. Initiative?
The CalSERVE coalition is not endorsing a particular vote for the B.E.A.R.S. initiative, an initiative that will increase the student activity fee in order to pay for Lower Sproul Redevelopment. CalSERVE feels that it is important for voters to inform themselves and form their own opinions on the initiative. You can get more information at lowersproul.berkeley.edu.