Sociology Club News Update - 10/9/05
My apologies, events unrelated to Sociology Club have conspired to prevent me from updating this blog for the past few weeks. In the interim, we have had the club fair – which I did try to post on, but the post was lost due to connection problems – and two meetings.
Club Fair Pohots Included:
The club fair went off well enough, we collected $103.13 for hurricane relief, and a fun time was had by all of us who manned the table in the quad. In other business, we have a number of different events and possible volunteer opportunities coming up this semester.
Unfortunately, my alternate P.R. chair, Sue Joy, has had to withdraw from her position on the board due to health reasons. She will be missed, hope you feel better soon Sue.
The following are Old and New business notes from Club Meeting Wed. Oct. 3rd:
I. Old Business
Katrina fundraiser to Red Cross gained a total of $103.13
Alice motioned to give funds to Red Cross
Jennifer seconded the motion.
b) PSA meetings will be held on Fridays at 3pm weekly (at least until we get proposal completed). Meetings will be held in conference room upstairs in Classroom building. (Unsure about Classroom number—215?)
II. New business
Sociology Faculty meet and Greet
Planned for Wednesday October 26th from 3-4:30 (Changed to a week later than previous date due to unavailability of conference room). Pizza and Drinks will be served. Original purpose is to make sociology faculty more visible and also to get more prospective club members. Cathy suggested a brochure of fun facts from each professor. The following club members were assigned to get fun-facts from the following faculty members (Astericks indicate who completed the fun fact from the professor they were assigned):
Cathy Sneiznick, and Muedeking (please forgive my spelling)
Alice Agnes Riedmann
Gaby Walter Doraz
Lisa Rhoda McDonald
*Jennifer Bowers
*Ernie & Brian James Payne
We also discussed the format of brochures and adding photos of each Sociology faculty member in addition to their fun fact. Also, we need to make a sign for the door of the event to get walk-ins, we need to make reminder notes for each faculty member via email and note in box, and we need to announce the meet ‘n’ greet in our Sociology classes.
Committees:
Fundraising Sue (Stepped down), Eric
Community Service Alice, Amy, Gaby, Jenn, Laura
Social Brian, Charles
Seriously need to recruit more people to help out with committees. There really isn’t much work involved in these committees but we need people with new ideas and suggestions who will help organize events in their committee area. This is in bold so you tell a friend.
Fundraising opportunity: Vintage Faire is having a “friends and family discount shopping day” December 4th. The mall will be closed to public with special sales open to ticket holders. We will be selling tickets at $10 each with all proceeds going to the Sociology Club. Fliers are available for this event. Eric is in charge of getting tickets to disperse to club members and to make copies of fliers.
Tenderloin Walk: All in attendance at this meeting said they were interested. If we include other members who we absent as well, the total of interested members who wish to participate would be between 12-15 total. Cathy will call with available dates and times. Maybe Sociology club will be able to buy BART tickets. After the walk we will be doing our first social event of hanging out in San Francisco.
Mentors?: Project Grow at Osbourne and Wakefield Elementary Schools. Need mentors! Latch key program for young (kindergarten age)kids. Program runs on M-F 12-3. (Amy volunteered for T/Th’s)
Mentor High School Kids/Troubled teens from continuation school or who were kicked out or about to be kicked out of high-school. Volunteers arrange times with student needs. (Some Criminal Justice members are participating). Contact is Pittman High school.
Will need fingerprinting for volunteering at both schools (likely) and TB test definitely.
Gaby will get more info on days and times and other info.
III. Questions, comments, announcements:
a) First Coalition Meeting today (Oct-5th) at 5pm in Stanislaus room. Gary Robins announcement of Special Election information.
b) Special Election Ballot Propositions: Wed. Oct. 19th 7-08pm MSR 130. Public Administration giving info.
AB841: Wants to put up air monitors to monitor airborne particulate matter. Currently we have none from Tracy to Taft.
For more information on this bills and other bills see information at end of minutes:
c) Escuelas Si, Puntas No (Schools yes, Jail no): Conference at UOP Oct. 22-23. Group Espino is to mobilize movement for youth through workshops. Conference includes workshops that are “free” but a $10 donation is requested for registration by Oct. 10th. Contact Gaby for more info.
d) Special Night Benefiting Children of the Congo: Friday Nov. 4th at 5:30 in the United Methodist Church Social Hall. (For tickets call 620-2844 or see Dr. Mantz in C215). $20/person. Dinner live entertainment, and silent auction. (Non-profit Congolese group to help abandoned children of war with assistance for tuitions for school—no, not all countries have free education.
e) Next meeting: Wednesday October 19th, 2005 at 3pm in Warrior Room above Kiva bookstore (Next week because of Meet ‘n’ Greet on the 26th).
Here are some political announcements included with meeting minutes:
Action Alert
Ask Governor Schwarzenegger to Support Healthy and Safe Communities!
Two important bills, critical to fostering safe and healthy Latino communities in California, have reached the Governor's desk. Your help is needed to urge Governor Schwarzenegger to sign SB 455 (Escutia) and AB 841 (Arambula)!
Please fax or call Governor Schwarzenegger and urge him to sign these bills that are critical to the health and safety of Latino communities throughout California. A sample letter of support can be found below. Your help can make a difference in advancing the quality of life for all residents in California!
SB 455 (Escutia)
Help Improve Pesticide Safety Enforcement in California!
SB 455 will improve pesticide safety enforcement across the state. Weak and uneven enforcement poses grave health and environmental hazards to Latino communities and puts businesses that comply with pesticide safety laws at an unfair disadvantage. When pesticide applications are conducted without proper precautions workers and residents are poisoned and neighboring crops, can and do suffer damage.
SB 455 will require mandatory and timely enforcement actions for pesticide use violations, including pesticide drift and/or failure to provide training, protective equipment and decontamination facilities. Click here to download a sample letter of support for SB 455.Click here to find out more about SB 455.
AB 841 (Arambula)
Help Improve the San Joaquin Valley's Air Quality!
SB 841 would require the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (District) to install one or more monitors for measuring airborne particulate matter in primarily low-income Latino and underserved areas in the western region of Fresno County.
Currently, there are no air pollution monitors in the 230 mile long corridor between Tracy to Taft despite the fact that these communities are exposed to air hazards throughout the year. Traffic generated pollution along the I-5 corridor, diesel pollution from truck congestion on rural farm roads that peak during harvest season, and dust and pesticide drift that comes directly from agricultural production significantly contribute to the poor air quality in this unmonitored region.
Click here to download a sample letter of support for AB 841.Click here to find out more about AB 841.
Contact Governor Schwarzenegger!
Encourage Him to Sign SB 455 and AB 841
Your help is needed to ensure that these important bills are signed into law! Please contact the Governor and urge him to support healthy and safe communities for all California residents.
Governor Arnold SchwarzeneggerState Capitol BuildingSacramento, CA 95814Phone: 916-445-2841Fax: 916-445-4633
To send an Electronic Mail please visit:http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=66hhbpbab.0.edy4cpbab.vhcy8zn6.1680&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.govmail.ca.gov
Contact Latino Issues Forum:
For more information on SB 455 and AB 841.
Contact:Oscar CisnerosSustainable Development Policy AnalystLatino Issues Forum207 N. Euclid Avenue Suite AOntario, CA 91761909.984.5414 phone909.984.5461 faxhttp://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=66hhbpbab.0.wwvvw8n6.vhcy8zn6.1680&p=http%3Awww.lif.orgocisneros@lif.org
[DATE], 2005
The Honorable Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
Re: SUPPORT - AB 841 (Arambula), Air Quality: Particulate Monitoring
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger:
[YOUR ORGANIZATION] supports AB 841 (Arambula), which would require that air quality monitors be sited in western Fresno County as necessary to understand conditions and provide information for the development of air pollution control strategies. The local San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District will fund the monitoring with existing funds in their budget.
Particulate matter has been linked to a wide range of health problems ranging from asthma to premature deaths. In the San Joaquin Valley the asthma rates are three times the national average. Today, one in six of the region’s children and one in eight of the region’s adults suffer from asthma. Each year, there are more than 1,200 premature deaths in the Valley due to particulate matter emissions (Environmental Work Group).
As you may be aware, this pollution induced public health problem costs the region and California millions of dollars each year and results in substantial and largely avoidable costs to the State’s Medi-Cal and Healthy Families programs. In Fresno, Modesto, Bakersfield, Salinas, and Stockton alone, the financial cost of asthma is more than $85 million per year (Asthma and Allergy Foundation).
A key element of curbing the air quality crisis plaguing the San Joaquin Valley and the associated health and economic costs is to maintain an effective pollution-monitoring program. Monitoring facilitates enforcement of existing air quality laws and development of effective policy solutions. Monitors are also critical for forecasting the Air Quality Index used to alert residents to the status of the air quality for sensitive populations so that they can take the appropriate steps to protect their health.
To date, the western San Joaquin Valley has been left out of state and federal monitoring programs that focus on areas of high population density. As a result the hardworking rural farm worker communities on the west side of the region lack vital information to protect their health and regulators lack strong tools to meet their mandate to protect and clean up the region’s air basin.
By mandating the installation of a new air pollution monitor in the western side of Fresno County AB 841 will begin to address the existing monitoring gap in San Joaquin Valley. We urge you to sign AB 841 into law for healthy communities and better air quality for the San Joaquin Valley.
Sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]
[TITLE]
[ORGANIZATION]
Cc: Assembly Member Juan Arambula
Club Fair Pohots Included:
The club fair went off well enough, we collected $103.13 for hurricane relief, and a fun time was had by all of us who manned the table in the quad. In other business, we have a number of different events and possible volunteer opportunities coming up this semester.
Unfortunately, my alternate P.R. chair, Sue Joy, has had to withdraw from her position on the board due to health reasons. She will be missed, hope you feel better soon Sue.
The following are Old and New business notes from Club Meeting Wed. Oct. 3rd:
I. Old Business
Katrina fundraiser to Red Cross gained a total of $103.13
Alice motioned to give funds to Red Cross
Jennifer seconded the motion.
b) PSA meetings will be held on Fridays at 3pm weekly (at least until we get proposal completed). Meetings will be held in conference room upstairs in Classroom building. (Unsure about Classroom number—215?)
II. New business
Sociology Faculty meet and Greet
Planned for Wednesday October 26th from 3-4:30 (Changed to a week later than previous date due to unavailability of conference room). Pizza and Drinks will be served. Original purpose is to make sociology faculty more visible and also to get more prospective club members. Cathy suggested a brochure of fun facts from each professor. The following club members were assigned to get fun-facts from the following faculty members (Astericks indicate who completed the fun fact from the professor they were assigned):
Cathy Sneiznick, and Muedeking (please forgive my spelling)
Alice Agnes Riedmann
Gaby Walter Doraz
Lisa Rhoda McDonald
*Jennifer Bowers
*Ernie & Brian James Payne
We also discussed the format of brochures and adding photos of each Sociology faculty member in addition to their fun fact. Also, we need to make a sign for the door of the event to get walk-ins, we need to make reminder notes for each faculty member via email and note in box, and we need to announce the meet ‘n’ greet in our Sociology classes.
Committees:
Fundraising Sue (Stepped down), Eric
Community Service Alice, Amy, Gaby, Jenn, Laura
Social Brian, Charles
Seriously need to recruit more people to help out with committees. There really isn’t much work involved in these committees but we need people with new ideas and suggestions who will help organize events in their committee area. This is in bold so you tell a friend.
Fundraising opportunity: Vintage Faire is having a “friends and family discount shopping day” December 4th. The mall will be closed to public with special sales open to ticket holders. We will be selling tickets at $10 each with all proceeds going to the Sociology Club. Fliers are available for this event. Eric is in charge of getting tickets to disperse to club members and to make copies of fliers.
Tenderloin Walk: All in attendance at this meeting said they were interested. If we include other members who we absent as well, the total of interested members who wish to participate would be between 12-15 total. Cathy will call with available dates and times. Maybe Sociology club will be able to buy BART tickets. After the walk we will be doing our first social event of hanging out in San Francisco.
Mentors?: Project Grow at Osbourne and Wakefield Elementary Schools. Need mentors! Latch key program for young (kindergarten age)kids. Program runs on M-F 12-3. (Amy volunteered for T/Th’s)
Mentor High School Kids/Troubled teens from continuation school or who were kicked out or about to be kicked out of high-school. Volunteers arrange times with student needs. (Some Criminal Justice members are participating). Contact is Pittman High school.
Will need fingerprinting for volunteering at both schools (likely) and TB test definitely.
Gaby will get more info on days and times and other info.
III. Questions, comments, announcements:
a) First Coalition Meeting today (Oct-5th) at 5pm in Stanislaus room. Gary Robins announcement of Special Election information.
b) Special Election Ballot Propositions: Wed. Oct. 19th 7-08pm MSR 130. Public Administration giving info.
AB841: Wants to put up air monitors to monitor airborne particulate matter. Currently we have none from Tracy to Taft.
For more information on this bills and other bills see information at end of minutes:
c) Escuelas Si, Puntas No (Schools yes, Jail no): Conference at UOP Oct. 22-23. Group Espino is to mobilize movement for youth through workshops. Conference includes workshops that are “free” but a $10 donation is requested for registration by Oct. 10th. Contact Gaby for more info.
d) Special Night Benefiting Children of the Congo: Friday Nov. 4th at 5:30 in the United Methodist Church Social Hall. (For tickets call 620-2844 or see Dr. Mantz in C215). $20/person. Dinner live entertainment, and silent auction. (Non-profit Congolese group to help abandoned children of war with assistance for tuitions for school—no, not all countries have free education.
e) Next meeting: Wednesday October 19th, 2005 at 3pm in Warrior Room above Kiva bookstore (Next week because of Meet ‘n’ Greet on the 26th).
Here are some political announcements included with meeting minutes:
Action Alert
Ask Governor Schwarzenegger to Support Healthy and Safe Communities!
Two important bills, critical to fostering safe and healthy Latino communities in California, have reached the Governor's desk. Your help is needed to urge Governor Schwarzenegger to sign SB 455 (Escutia) and AB 841 (Arambula)!
Please fax or call Governor Schwarzenegger and urge him to sign these bills that are critical to the health and safety of Latino communities throughout California. A sample letter of support can be found below. Your help can make a difference in advancing the quality of life for all residents in California!
SB 455 (Escutia)
Help Improve Pesticide Safety Enforcement in California!
SB 455 will improve pesticide safety enforcement across the state. Weak and uneven enforcement poses grave health and environmental hazards to Latino communities and puts businesses that comply with pesticide safety laws at an unfair disadvantage. When pesticide applications are conducted without proper precautions workers and residents are poisoned and neighboring crops, can and do suffer damage.
SB 455 will require mandatory and timely enforcement actions for pesticide use violations, including pesticide drift and/or failure to provide training, protective equipment and decontamination facilities. Click here to download a sample letter of support for SB 455.Click here to find out more about SB 455.
AB 841 (Arambula)
Help Improve the San Joaquin Valley's Air Quality!
SB 841 would require the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (District) to install one or more monitors for measuring airborne particulate matter in primarily low-income Latino and underserved areas in the western region of Fresno County.
Currently, there are no air pollution monitors in the 230 mile long corridor between Tracy to Taft despite the fact that these communities are exposed to air hazards throughout the year. Traffic generated pollution along the I-5 corridor, diesel pollution from truck congestion on rural farm roads that peak during harvest season, and dust and pesticide drift that comes directly from agricultural production significantly contribute to the poor air quality in this unmonitored region.
Click here to download a sample letter of support for AB 841.Click here to find out more about AB 841.
Contact Governor Schwarzenegger!
Encourage Him to Sign SB 455 and AB 841
Your help is needed to ensure that these important bills are signed into law! Please contact the Governor and urge him to support healthy and safe communities for all California residents.
Governor Arnold SchwarzeneggerState Capitol BuildingSacramento, CA 95814Phone: 916-445-2841Fax: 916-445-4633
To send an Electronic Mail please visit:http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=66hhbpbab.0.edy4cpbab.vhcy8zn6.1680&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.govmail.ca.gov
Contact Latino Issues Forum:
For more information on SB 455 and AB 841.
Contact:Oscar CisnerosSustainable Development Policy AnalystLatino Issues Forum207 N. Euclid Avenue Suite AOntario, CA 91761909.984.5414 phone909.984.5461 faxhttp://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=66hhbpbab.0.wwvvw8n6.vhcy8zn6.1680&p=http%3Awww.lif.orgocisneros@lif.org
[DATE], 2005
The Honorable Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
Re: SUPPORT - AB 841 (Arambula), Air Quality: Particulate Monitoring
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger:
[YOUR ORGANIZATION] supports AB 841 (Arambula), which would require that air quality monitors be sited in western Fresno County as necessary to understand conditions and provide information for the development of air pollution control strategies. The local San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District will fund the monitoring with existing funds in their budget.
Particulate matter has been linked to a wide range of health problems ranging from asthma to premature deaths. In the San Joaquin Valley the asthma rates are three times the national average. Today, one in six of the region’s children and one in eight of the region’s adults suffer from asthma. Each year, there are more than 1,200 premature deaths in the Valley due to particulate matter emissions (Environmental Work Group).
As you may be aware, this pollution induced public health problem costs the region and California millions of dollars each year and results in substantial and largely avoidable costs to the State’s Medi-Cal and Healthy Families programs. In Fresno, Modesto, Bakersfield, Salinas, and Stockton alone, the financial cost of asthma is more than $85 million per year (Asthma and Allergy Foundation).
A key element of curbing the air quality crisis plaguing the San Joaquin Valley and the associated health and economic costs is to maintain an effective pollution-monitoring program. Monitoring facilitates enforcement of existing air quality laws and development of effective policy solutions. Monitors are also critical for forecasting the Air Quality Index used to alert residents to the status of the air quality for sensitive populations so that they can take the appropriate steps to protect their health.
To date, the western San Joaquin Valley has been left out of state and federal monitoring programs that focus on areas of high population density. As a result the hardworking rural farm worker communities on the west side of the region lack vital information to protect their health and regulators lack strong tools to meet their mandate to protect and clean up the region’s air basin.
By mandating the installation of a new air pollution monitor in the western side of Fresno County AB 841 will begin to address the existing monitoring gap in San Joaquin Valley. We urge you to sign AB 841 into law for healthy communities and better air quality for the San Joaquin Valley.
Sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]
[TITLE]
[ORGANIZATION]
Cc: Assembly Member Juan Arambula
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