Keynote Project Report

Alison Bode recently completed her Adjunct Certification Level III project and submitted her report. Some of the highlights from her report:

On the blog, I found a request for help in planning a social justice event for the La Plata campus. Since social justice is a cause I support, and the help needed seemed to be mostly organizational, which is something I can do, I agreed to serve on the La Plata Social Justice Committee and submitted a proposal for Social Justice Day as my keynote project.

I began by meeting with the committee, composed of Beth Settle of the Teacher Education Department, Ed Schauf of the Criminal Justice Department and me, on Thursday, March 12. At that meeting, we discussed the format we envisioned for the event, when and where the event would take place, and what aspect of planning each committee member would undertake. My primary area of responsibility was publicity, and I was charged with contacting the Marketing Department, creating and distributing fliers, and seeing that the event was mentioned through on-campus outlets, such as The Friday Report and the “What’s Happening at CSM” online calendar. Other members were charged with enlisting a speaker, arranging a meeting space, and ordering refreshments.

In addition to my publicity duties, I volunteered to procure awards for the social justice projects to be displayed at the event. I purchased certificate paper and ribbons and prepared 24 awards for the projects. On the day of the event, I served as a judge to score the projects, and every student who submitted a project received an award.

On the day of the event, I helped to set up projects, and brought one of my English 1010 classes to the event. Our social justice day included short presentations by Patrick Allen and Linda Morales, projects on gender, race, class, sexual orientation, and other issues, activities for students to participate in to enhance their awareness of social justice, and refreshments. About 40 people attended the event, which was held in BI 113 from 1 – 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2009.