Support UAAO at UMich!

Hey y'all,

Thought it'd be important to pass this along:

"Hey all,

Sorry to spam your facebook inboxes but this is really important.

First off, I'm so glad to have met you all at NAASCon, and heard all of your suggestions regarding getting our student orgs more support from the community. With that in mind, at the University of Michigan, the Housing Administration has been enforcing a policy on room reservations and how many times student groups can reserve rooms. Such that we haven't been able to use the Yuri Kochiyama Lounge every week, or have had our time cut short. (the Yuri Kochiyama Lounge is a lounge in a residence hall that is dedicated to the Civil Rights activist Yuri Kochiyama. It was dedicated in 1999 and since then has been the main meeting space of United Asian American Organizations which serves as the umbrella group for the A/PIA student orgs on our campus)

We believe that this policy disproportionately affects student groups of color, as all of the Multicultural and Minority-Cultural Lounges that are meant to be especially for student groups of color, are located in the Residence Halls.

As one of the only A/PIA spaces located centrally on campus, we feel that to not have unrestricted access marginalizes and limits our space, voice, and community on campus.

We hope that you will stand with us and sign our petition:

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.ipetitions.com%2Fpetition%2Fyklounge%2Findex.html

If you go to the University of Michigan, please attend our general meeting this Wednesday to receive a copy of the resolution we have come up with on this issue, and again the following Wednesday (Nov. 5th) so you and your orgs can vote and be represented on this resolution.


If not, please read/sign/pass on this link and the petition to your A/PIA student orgs on your respective campuses!

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.ipetitions.com%2Fpetition%2Fyklounge%2Findex.html

Thanks again,
Laura Misumi
Co-Chair '08-'09
United Asian American Organizations
University of Michigan"

As a student organization ourselves, I don't want to speak for everyone, buuuut I think we can all agree that having a space for meetings/events is crucial! And that this policy UMich is trying to implement is totally unfair for people of color student orgs.

So please sign the petition and pass it on!

Thanksss.