La Voz Retreat Minutes
February 3, 2008
I.
Opening
a. Ice breaker
b. Introductions
c. Snowball
i. Look at Excel Sheet attached
II.
Lunch
III.
Business
a. HHM 2008 Ideas
i. Professional Traditional Dance or Performance of other South American Culture to
bridge the gap
ii. Community Service “A day in the life of a Latino College Student” – having HS student
come and follow or shadow us
iii. CS with Hispanic children
iv. Co-sponsor with CAB to bring someone in
v. A cultural expo with a lot of different clothes, food, information about other countries,
and possibly a performer. At U of R they usually have it and it is very successful
vi. Jeopardy game about the Latino culture
vii. Latinos in Literature – bring in an author
viii. One day that all organizations come together to make banners about the different Latin
American cultures
ix. Bring a Hispanic / Deaf speaker to bridge the gap: Angel Ramos (author – was born
hearing and became deaf). Bob Deville – First Hispanic deaf that got the Ph. D.
x. Having tables in the SAU about different cultures – One day – all day having information
about all cultures and dances (Merengue, Cumbia, Bachata, etc. having all dances)
xi. “Mondays on the clock” – during lunch hour having different dances from different
cultures – have people perform dances at that time.
xii. “Platanos and Collard Greens” – bring them in
xiii. Have the dance troop from Rochester and try to have one of the competitions here at RIT
to attract more of an audience
xiv. Make presentation on 2 -3 Latino countries or people. Bring everyone together to make it
and learn as we go
xv. Latino Professionals in Rochester
xvi. Immigration event: find statistics of how many Latinos are here, how did they migrated
and demographics
xvii. Scavenger Hunt on-campus where people would look for information Latino clues or
history – it could be about a person, country, culture, dance etc.
xviii. Get a display case
xix. Have a cooking day with Henry’s
b. Tentative Dates and Schedule
i. September 15th, 2008 – “Monday on the Clock”
1. A few performers work together to do the different dances
ii. September 19th, 2008 – “Expo on Latin Culture”
1. Professional Dances
iii. September 26th, 2008 or October 3rd, 2008 Community Service
1. Collaboration with North Star, Admissions, or HEOP
2. Bring students to campus and have them do different activities
3. Talk to NOVA, K-12, or Project lead a way
iv. October 11, 2008 co-sponsor with CAB or CCL
1. Bring in a person –comedian
2. Bring an author for another date
v. Having some events with other each organization throughout the month co-sponsor with
La Voz
c. La Voz Status
i. Club or MSO
ii. Carline will speak with our advisor about becoming an MSO. We have been denied twice
for MSO but policies have changed since we have last applied.
iii. ACA wants to operate more like La Voz, where there would be senators and restructure
plan
iv. To RIT administration we do not exist – therefore we need to become a Club or MSO
v. We have moved forward since the beginning but still there isn’t much recognition of the
Latino community
1. Now there is food in cafeteria (SAU and Ritz)
2. Bridged the Hearing and Deaf Latino students
vi. Should try to become an MSO to have an identity / entity
vii. If we operate as a club, financial need would be taken away
viii. Should be apply for MSO, then Club, and then to re-structure under ACA
d. Outline
e. Committee
i. Helping out with paperwork, petition, presentation, and anything else that might be
needed
IV.
3Cs and a gripe
a. SHPE wants more membership to come. There has been a decrease in membership or the
support. Now more international students are involved but the old membership isn’t anymore.
Would like to see more people to come out to meeting. Had an intense project which needed a lot
of time and dedication and there was not a lot of support.
b. Everyone should go to each other’s events. There should be more unity and equality amongst all
Latino groups.
c. Encourage to go to HDC meeting and have interpreters at events and meetings. Make it a routine
at any events that
V.
Closing
a. Announcements
b. SHPE meeting Friday 9-3139 at 3pm
c. OPB Wednesday, February 6th “College years beyond the GPA“ 7-8:30pm U of R Melioera cosponsored with NSBE and SHPE of U of R
d. LPC and LAU Wednesday, February 6th 8pm-10 pm “One Night Stand” SDC 1310
e. SLU April 11th Noche de Fuego Banquet, February 29th Purrrfection Party
f. LASA – March 15th – Latin Flava SAU 10pm – 2:30am, and raffle for arigato still selling
tickets, general meeting this Friday will be in 1-3331 on Women abuse and politics
g. LAU – Lambda Lounge February 14th – will have slow music, fun, and games in SDC 1300
9pm – 2am. Mi Tierra March 28th
h. Dominican Student Conference – 2nd Annual will be at NYU on February 29, 2008. Try to have
La Voz sponsor and give a presentation after.
i. HDC – general meeting this Wednesday – will be making shirts and make cards for sick children
in the hospital in SDC 2102
j. LPC – Pi Chi Week 3/17 – 3/23
k. OPB – Week of Illumination 3/24 – 3/30
l. The Unity Jam should be continued. Discussion about comments of what happened.
NOTES:
LPC (2)
OPB (1)
LAU (2)
SLU (1)
Phiotas (1)
LUL
HDC (1)
LASA (5)
SHPE (2)