NEIU SLD

SGA treasurer Brecel Limon debating in the Senate

SLD’s own intern debating in the Senate

SGA Vice President Damian Orozco debating in committee about equity.

Excited to be in Springfield with 18 amazing students who will participate in Model IL Government over the next 4 days.

3 students are on MIG Exec board
3 journalists
5 in the legislative simulation
And 7 doing Moot Court

Can’t wait to see them show everyone what NEIU can do.

Day 3 in Guatemala had the group picking and sorting coffee beans

Guatemala trip day 2
The group visited a coffee field, met local coffee growers who are selling fair trade coffee, toured the city of Antigua and even got in some basketball (Dr Scott is a former semi pro)

This week 11 students embarked on the first Alternative Winter Break trip to Guatemala. They will spend the week learning about fair trade coffee, meeting with the US Ambassador and help out in the community. Come back each day for updates.

SGA unofficial results are in
With 276 votes recorded below are the results. Only write-ins that received at least 25 votes are listed below.

Reminder to those who were elected that Passing of the Gavel is April 23rd at 3pm in Alumni Hall. This is when you will be sworn in.

These are unofficial until ratified at the Senate meeting on Tuesday at 3pm.

President

Daniela Navarrete 133
Ken Hester 89
Write In Maryam Shammari 37
I choose not to vote 16

Vice President

Damian Orozco 107
Alex Dolgin 95
Write In Alfredo Aguilar 46
I choose not to vote 25

Treasurer

Brecel Limon 142
Sai Nikhil Reddy Jakka 96
I choose not to vote 35

Secretary

Hien Nguyen 220
I choose not to answer 54

Communication and Public Relations Director

Tymeka Lowe 187
I choose not to vote 87

Student Trustee

Itzel Linares 212
I choose not to vote 59

Senate

Asianna Martin 198
I choose not to vote 77

Council of Clubs

Hesed Gaiya 195
I choose not to vote 80

As our trips travel back to Chicago today here is the final day recap. But they will continue to share what they have learned once back on campus. Keep an eye out for articles in the Independent, interviews on WZRD and presentations.

Friday
NM- Spoke to an attorney that fights towards farm workera rights, visited the El Paso history museum and their art museum and then walked to the El Paso border point of entry.

PR- Continue project with Tenedor Social - mixed concrete on the roof of their home/center while a few dug out garbage from the garden then they went to the beach one last time. Some went straight into the water and others went to buy Pinchos de Pollo, skewered fried plantains and fried chicken.

AL- Met with Ms. Lidia, the youngest foot solider registered to march from Selma to Montgomery both on Bloody Sunday and the march on March 21 1965.

OK- Went to the Keetoowah museum for a tour of the cataloging space, then to assist in the moving of archives and artifacts from a collection that was housed in Bacone University, that has since closed. Visited the last standing home from civil war era of a certain region.
Then Lay-See (grandma) Barbara invited them to a documentary preview about Cherokee language in a local restaurant. On the way home they stopped by Northeastern State University.

As Spring Break comes to a close our ASB trips will be returning home on Saturday so check back tomorrow for a final update.

Thursday's activities

NM - Visited an ICE detention center (no photos allowed) and Border Patrol museum.

PR - Met with Tenedor Social which teaches local communities how to grow sustainable food at home and prepped to repair the roof on their community and agricultural center. Then they toured Old San Juan and tried mofongo.

AL - Visited the Legacy museum in Montgomery where they explored the history of the slave trade in America and how it evolved into our current legal system with its injustices. Then they visited the Equal Justice Initiative memorial site dedicated to those lynched in America.

OK - Continued working on the Habitat house and made bo**er masks and corn husk dolls with the Keetohwah.

Half way through the week and our trips are going strong

NM- Sat in on court cases and met with Customs and Border Patrol (photos not allowed). They spent the evening on the ranch of one of the Center's staff.

PR - got a break from all the hard work and spent the day snorkling and boating.

AL - visited the National Voting Rights Museum and walked the famous Edmund Pettus Bridge

OK - drove to Tulsa and toured Black Wall Street and learned about the race massacre that occured there in 1921.