Seattle University African American Alumni Chapter

The Seattle University Black Student Union is getting closer to reaching their $200,000 goal for the BSU Scholarship Endowment! Check it out⬇️

"The work the BSU has done to establish a scholarship, exemplifies their leadership and voice and in bringing change and opportunity and the legacy this will leave is an important aspect in the bigger picture."

Seattle University’s Black Student Union Secures Endowed Scholarship - The Seattle Medium In a school where Blacks make up approximately five percent of the student body, Bruce discovered two factors that hindered the work of enticing young Black scholars to attend Seattle University -- one was affordability and other was the lack of faces that look like theirs.

7 more hours of ! The BSU Scholarship Endowment is the first student-led, Black-serving scholarship at SU! Check it out⬇

Today, the Seattle University Black Student Union (BSU) Scholarship Endowment has received over 160 gifts and unlocked an additional $5,000 pledged by generous donors! Thank you to everyone who has supported the BSU Scholarship so far.

The BSU Scholarship Endowment is the first student-led, Black-serving scholarship at Seattle University, intended to empower Black and African-American students to seize the learning experience while facing fewer financial concerns.

More gifts are still needed to help BSU reach their goal of $200,000 by March 1st, which will help more than 20 students receive scholarships in the spring quarter - https://bit.ly/2NDJJUk

Every alumni gift will also support Our Moment for Mission, the university's race to connect 10,000 alumni back to the university.

Hey Alumni! Interested in performing for or attending the Annual Seattle University Black Student Union Showcase? Check out this message from current BSU President, Adilia Watson!:

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Afternoon,

Welcome to the Annual BSU Showcase! Please take the time to read through this ENTIRE email and let me know if you have any questions.

We have secured a date for the event: February 19th, 2021 from 6 pm-9 pm. The zoom link is here: https://seattleu.zoom.us/j/92117383247. There is a suggested donation of $10 to our BSU Scholarship fund for entrance into this event. We want everyone to be welcome and not turn any away, but still STRONGLY suggest donating to get us to our $200,000 goal. Invite your family, friends, connections to attend!

We will be paying all musical/poetry performers a minimum of $150 each. The idea is for you to perform a setlist of your choice. Be aware there is ZERO TOLERANCE for hate speech, sexism, racism, misogyny, etc. We will need a link to listen to your songs prior to performing them. For your performance, make sure your internet connection is stable and you will provide the backing tracks, etc. on your end. So, test the volume in your own zoom call and decide what's a good way to hear yourself and the backing accompaniment.

Visual Artists just selling their art will be the minimum paid $50 for just being there to talk about your art! You can share your best pieces, prints you have for sale, even make a PowerPoint presentation and I can play it during your segment. Be aware there is ZERO TOLERANCE for hate speech, sexism, racism, misogyny, etc.

Each one of you will be given a time slot (assigned after we confirmed you all as in attendance). Each appearance will have 10-11 minutes, so plan your appearance accordingly. Some of you will be performing poetry/music. Some of you will be selling art. No matter what you're doing in your time.

If you have links to your websites, music, etc. I'll send a form where you can put your information and promote your merch such as t-shirts, CDs, singles, social media, live shows, etc.

Let me know if you have any questions! Let's make this Black History Month one for the ages!

Best,
Adilia Watson

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If you’re interested in performing or attending this event, please message Seattle University Alumni Association!

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Have you read the profile story on former BSU President Jason Oliver, '00?

Check out what he has been up to and how he chooses to stay connected to Seattle U

Today is !

Come check out all of our virtual Homecoming activities - https://www.seattleu.edu/homecoming/

Vote for the Black Student Union (BSU) Homecoming Club Commercial entry today!

Voting closes at 5p.m. tomorrow!

Vote now - https://www.seattleu.edu/homecoming/club-competition-/

This year for Virtual Homecoming we asked asked student clubs to showcase themselves and their connection to our SU community by producing video club commercial.

Across these entries you will see different forms of community come to life, key events and initiatives, as well as getting to be a part of key dialogues happening even now!

Watch all the club entries and vote for a winner by visiting - https://www.seattleu.edu/homecoming/club-competition-/

Hi alumni,

Our student leaders with Seattle U's National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) are looking for alumni to be on a panel for their upcoming workshop/networking night on October 27. Are there any mechanical, software, and/or electrical engineers that would be interested in being on the panel?

Here are the workshop details -
Tuesday, October 27 at 6:00-7:30 pm via Zoom
Topic: Navigating Professionalism
Their current agenda starts with a 30-minute panel. Then each alumni panelist will be placed in a breakout room with a small group of students for continued conversations and networking. Students will rotate through the breakout rooms.

If you are interested and available to be on the panel on 10/27, please comment below or email [email protected] - then we'll get you in touch with our NSBE student leaders.

Thank you in advance!

BSU President Shares Her SU Experience

In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests and the recent murder of Black people, members of the Black Student Union (BSU) found it vital to meet, heal and collaborate to make changes on our campus.

They expressed their struggles of being Black at a predominantly white institution and their grief over the violence caused by systemic racism. Read a letter written to alumni from Adilia Watson, ’21, president of the Black Student Union.

Read Adilia's letter to alumni: https://bit.ly/2Z4ekgo

The SU Alumni Sustainability Coalition is hosting a follow-up community meeting to their first event in July on Black Lives Matter & Environmental Justice.

You are invited to a community conversation with Maria Batayola of El Centro de la Raza on Wednesday, August 19 at 12:00 p.m. PST. Event details and registration link are in the post below.

Maria will talk about the intersections of environmental and health injustice and climate change and the adverse health effects of air and noise pollution that residents of Seattle's south end experience.

The Seattle University Alumni Association and the SU Alumni Coalition for Sustainability Justice are pleased to welcome Maria Batayola from El Centro de la Raza to talk about the intersections of environmental and health injustice and climate change and the adverse health effects of air and noise pollution that residents of Seattle's south end experience.

Register now - https://bit.ly/3fNoxTL

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Seattle University Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability-CEJS Seattle University Center for Community Engagement Seattle University Office of Multicultural Affairs