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For example, have any offices put on programs/events or engaged in practices that did this well?

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Please consider practices that could be enacted this upcoming quarter, as well as next academic year!

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lack of support/structure

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why is the AS not giving resources and support to students trying to make changes? 

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why is the AS not giving resources and support to students trying to make changes? 

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There's a lot of paperwork that can be really confusing to someone who doesn't have any experience with it. I think we should work to make things like Expenditure Requests more accessible. Maybe we could create video tutorials that walk people through how to fill out some basic AS forms.

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Bureaucracy. Slow moving and little gets done at times.

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There is not a lot of documentation of the history of the AS. Having this understanding is important for moving forward in the AS.

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There is not a lot of documentation of the history of the AS. Having this understanding is important for moving forward in the AS.

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When students give feedback on how to create change, staff members/advisors will immediately combat those ideas. This is really discouraging and creates burnouts.

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It is a big entity that really only caters to white male students

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A document or flow chart detailing all pro staff positions within AS and what falls under their purview i.e who makes decisions on what and who can students seek out to move the ball on projects 

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A document or flow chart detailing all pro staff positions within AS and what falls under their purview i.e who makes decisions on what and who can students seek out to move the ball on projects 

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The current efforts being spearheaded by our ESP Director Ebon to implement Black Earth Day as a means of highlighting Black excellence and also disparity when it comes to the climate and environmental crises.

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Elitist and not well connected to the student body.

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I'm looking forward to the new ASP Talks position that we're starting next year. This new coordinator will be bringing guest speakers and creating spaces for discussion about contemporary issues. I think it will be a good opportunity for ASP to highlight political and social issues and to bring a diverse range of speakers to campus.

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The need for more prostaff. Students only are here for a short time so the change initiatives can loose momentum. 

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The need for more prostaff. Students only are here for a short time so the change initiatives can loose momentum. 

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Drafting legacy documents at the end of each quarter so it is not left to the end of the year. 

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Drafting legacy documents at the end of each quarter so it is not left to the end of the year. 

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Continuing to showcase black activists during non-heritage months

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Continuing to showcase black activists during non-heritage months

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Hire more student staff of color. There are many qualified students of color already doing the work and not being paid.

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Hire more student staff of color. There are many qualified students of color already doing the work and not being paid.

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Cost of events or services for students that are already paying fees for!   

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Cost of events or services for students that are already paying fees for!   

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There is very little accountability for what goes on within AS Training and some sort of concrete feedback that can be addressed and followed up on is something I really haven't seen but is absolutely necessary.

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The AS promoting the events that are happening in specific colleges but that are welcome to the entire university. For example the events that were hosted by the CFPA during Black History month this year. Speakers who come to campus should be known to as many students as possible.

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The AS promoting the events that are happening in specific colleges but that are welcome to the entire university. For example the events that were hosted by the CFPA during Black History month this year. Speakers who come to campus should be known to as many students as possible.

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recognize and appreciate the work individuals are doing. "shout out to....for..."

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Using our time and energy to support non-traditional BIPOC students

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Using our time and energy to support non-traditional BIPOC students

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Student parents, students facing food insecurity, first-generation students and more are more likely to not be supported in college/be more alone in it, and we should continue to better our programs for these students to be able to gain the education they've worked so hard to get.

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The flexibility of a virtual environment should continue. 

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The flexibility of a virtual environment should continue. 

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Virtual meetings on zoom and teams have been very helpful. The expectation to be in person over summer is limiting. Continue the flexibility of a virtual environment.

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it feels like even though there are full time faculty within the different departments of AS, the work, communication, and representation is 99% of the time put on the backs of students, and the AS feels like a scapegoat for responsibilities that actually belong to full time faculty in order to get students off their back and pit them against eachother

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in meetings/ legacy docs you can def write down problems that occur, have suggestions to, not worked on etc; also bring in more alumni who can talk about continuing this work after graduation because we all know this work doesnt stop; also seeing these problems as connected

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Hiring new staff every year is not helpful for consistency or developing an organization. It also doesn't provide the length of opportunity for student staff to fulfill and carry out the changes they strive to create.

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Where do we have the opportunity to share out what offices are doing to actively meet the barriers to the AS

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Where do we have the opportunity to share out what offices are doing to actively meet the barriers to the AS

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stop putting the responsibility to create change 100% on students when our job is to advocate for students (on top of being students) and the faculty is the one who actually has most of the power to change and they usually tell us no when we try to do something. it's very power-hoarding and defensive :)

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committees and task forces NEED to have people there specifically to center DEI and Accessibility. Committees/task forces often choose only one student (the people most likely to center these things) to rep student input on the task force, but then will choose specific students who don't know enough to pitch in or students who don't center DEI and Accessibility, and then won't allow more students

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Helping student employees on how to navigate the confusing system.

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With COVID and how we go about our daily lives, support for students and folks with disabilities has been something I have reflected on. It makes me ask, why were these systems of support not always there, and how can we center accessibility after COVID?

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Using more surveys to get feedback from students about AS events and programming. We should try to send out a survey after every major event to give students a chance to tell us what we can do better. Also, being thoughtful about how we distribute surveys and which students are able to access them. Making sure that all of our feedback doesn't come from

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So many folks are very comfortable with where things are at right now due to privilege and benefit, both because of identities and the privilege of having a job like this, that a lot of folks recognize the need for change, but don't want to lose their benefits within the current system. We have all of these disconnects that make student body accessibility to the AS as an institution way below where it should be because those changes haven't happened.

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The AS loves stats, dislikes providing support

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The AS loves stats, dislikes providing support

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In our group we mentioned that the AS is very proud of the statistics of how many BIPOC, LGBT+, etc people there are with each new year but according to my colleagues, they aren't as committed to providing the appropriate support and resources for BIPOC, especially in the face of the dismissal of ideas by faculty, advisors and admin of BIPOC AS worker's ideas for change or input

Is this likely due to the fact that the institution doesn't give enough funding for student support or AS workers?

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More intentional planning for these session and, like Karen touched on, keeping the conversations centered on that intention topic and conversation.