meeting 3: 2/18/10

This meetings topics:

• We started the meeting by talking about Amnesity International's website on building wells in other countries who need access to clean usable water.
• We talked more about budget cuts, which brought us to the topic of the March 4th national protest. We will be boycotting school/wearing t-shirts(more plans to come) on March 4th in honor of the protest.
• We discussed how the nation is starting to change the requirements for entry into 4 year colleges to keep the lower class in 2 year/community colleges. Louisana is the flagship school for this.
• " The Dream is Alive, but Where is the Hope?" What was to be a debate between Rebecca Hensley and Reginald Span, Reginald Span can not make it. Ms. Hensley will still bring her side to present. It is February 24th in the Student Union room 223 the Southeastern Room, at noon. SSA is sponsoring this event.
  
• SSA is also sponsoring David Embrick's speech "Dog Days, Cat Days, and Wearing Flip-Flops to Work: Just What Does Diversity Mean in an Era of 'Color Blindness'?" he will be coming to campus March 2. His speech is about how corporations and universitys using "diverse"as a way not to benefit who it was originally designed for.
• We talked about the movie "Faubourg Treme, the untold story of black New Orleans", here is a link to learn more about the movie:http://www.tremedoc.com/
• We discussed the idea of having a white history month. Showing movies about the history of the "white" and their "dominations" over other races. Nothing is planned too delicately, more plans to come!
• Last, we talked about digital media/enviroments that cause trauma.