Office of the Organizing Director: Information and Opportunities Ways to get involved, on-campus, statewide, and on a national level.

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What is the Office of the Organizing Director?

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The office of the Organizing Director is an office that is housed under the Student Union Assembly (SUA) , alongside the other five members of the officer team. Some of the major duties of the office include keeping up a consistent organizational structure and making sure that at the end of the day, we institutionalize memory and progress student power. What that translates to is a makeup of a “Student Power” Committee formed from the SUA body, and a number of on-campus,

History, Structure and Incorporation of the Office

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state, and national coalitions.

On campus, the office has worked with multiple organizations, such as the five ethnic organizations sitting on board, and the Student Worker Coalition for Justice, to strive for campaigns that affect students, student life, and student worker solidarity. The Student Labor Action Project, an organization that has roots in the United States Student Association, also has worked closely to fight student loan

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debt, and worker injustice.

On a statewide level, the office has consistently worked with the University of California Student Association (UCSA), traditionally having a seat on board along with the External Vice Chair. The Organizing Director (OD) is in charge of maintaining communication and student perspective in contact with the statewide association to develop representative decision –making and coordinate action campaigns

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on campus.

Similarly the office works with the United States Student Association (USSA) to conduct the same organized implementation of their annual campaigns.

The OD office has also historically worked with the

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American Federation for State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) on making sure workers on campus are receiving the benefits they deserve. AFSCME and the OD office have stood in solidarity to make sure students and

Organized voice, Organized Power…

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“How can I get Involved?”

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There are multiple ways to get involved in the Office of the Organizing Director. We offer five internship opportunities, five of which are work-study, and we are in the process of working out a Student Union

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Assembly Fellowship, which will target those folks that are interested in knowing what the Organizing Director does, gain experience organizing across campuses and build long term connections and networks.

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Below are the internships that are housed under the office, alongside duties and responsibilities, to get a better idea of what the 2013-2014 OD office will look like.

Assistant Director of Organizing

This position requires a person who is highly skilled and knowledgeable of the Student Union Assembly or is involved with campus organizations that have worked with the office of the Organizing Director. This person will act as a chief of staff and coordinate meetings in the case that the Organizing Director is unavailable. This person will also be in charge of any additional interns and the development of the interns.

• Assist in the Organizing Director's programming, and chair the intern meetings as seen fit. • Intern/Officer Liaison • Making sure that student input is properly distributed to the appropriate offices. • Following up on resolutions, campaigns, budget allocations passed in the Student Union Assembly • Able to create a development track system to make sure interns and volunteers are steered into a progressive

path towards leadership • Reviewing and Coordinating communications with the Organizing Director • Creating a positive environment for student organizing and event planning. • Coordinate campaigns with other interns, officers, and volunteers to set a priority-task list • Meet with Organizing Director to plan intern meetings

Historian

This position is appointed by Organizing Director and will collaborate with all SUA officers in fulfilling accurate documentation of the undergraduate student government. The work will revolve around documenting actions, conferences, attending meetings, capturing student experiences in the SUA and presenting their work to the Student Union Assembly and UCSC.

• Works with officers to contacting all media outlets when needed during campaigns. • Documents the years work for institutional memory. Work may include contacting and interviewing past and current

officers and campus organizers for research. • Coordinates with the Student Union Assembly Officers about publicity and maintenance of items coming from the

undergraduate students. • Works with Student Media about finding new ways for getting out the student voice and opinions. • Attend and document all programs, conferences, actions and meetings held by the SUA and other campus entities to

evaluate outreach, turnout, and overall success of the event. • Helps maintain the SUA publicity materials, including the website, news publications and campus outreach. • Create the campus history archives by connecting with every campus college and/or group and their history. • Attend weekly meetings with other Organizing Director Interns.

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Director of Engagement and Relations

This position is under the Organizing Director and will collaborate with the University of California Student Association, the United States Student Association, and the Student Union Assembly to inform other organizing bodies on campus about some of the campaigns that are going to be organized during the year. The work will revolve around strategizing communication and outreach for the Student Union Assembly and involvement on state and national campaigns.

• Works with Organizing Director to plan out weekly meetings with organizations and college senates. • Documents minutes alongside the Historian to find out what organizations and senates would like to continue communication

and possible collaboration. • Plans meetings in hopes of coalition building and making sure that they answer any questions, pertaining to campaigns under

the three associations. • Assists the Organizing Director during report backs to talk about ways to in which the Student Union can outreach. • Works with the Organizing Director and the Historian to make sure that reports are properly advertised. • Holds an office of volunteers and organizations that will continue to outreach and develop efforts to include more publicity

on campus and off campus. • Work with media for outreach. • Attends weekly meeting with the Organizing Director staff.

Director of Campaign and Planning

This position will report to the Organizing Director and will be responsible for undergraduate campaigns. The work will revolve around organizing actions, attending meetings, recruiting volunteers, conducting organizing based workshops, and educating the Student Union Assembly body about student issues and campaigns on campus. The position will also include working with the Organizing Director on ways to make innovative and efficient decisions as to what would outreach to more of the student population on campus.

• Responsible for understanding and working with the Student Union Assembly campaign(s), undergraduate UCSA Campaign, and USSA Campaigns.

• Conducting outreach efforts to students to the campaigns, rallies, and seek active volunteers. • Travel to and participate in conferences, events and meetings related to the campaigns. • Attend weekly meetings with other Organizing Director Interns. • Prepare biweekly reports about under graduate campaigns and joint work effort. • Coordinate Get Out The Vote Efforts for the Fall Election and Voter Registration. • Help Coordinate events the Organizing Office is putting on. • Help collaborate with the other SUA officers on their campaigns. • Conduct skill based Workshops to the wider UCSC Student Body.

Director of Community and Labor

This position will report to the Organizing Director and will be responsible for student and worker collaborative campaigns. The work will revolve around organizing actions, attending meetings, learning from workers, capturing their experiences in the workplace and educating the Student Union Assembly body about labor issues on campus.

• Responsible for researching campus labor issues and communication with AFSCME. • Responsible for understanding and working with the Student Union Assembly campaign(s), undergraduate UCSA

Campaign, and USSA Campaigns. • Conducting outreach efforts to students to the campaigns, rallies, and seek active volunteers. • Travel to and participate in conferences, events and meetings related to the campaigns. • Actively collaborate with on-campus organizations and worker unions. • Contribute working and organizing around collective bargaining efforts with UCSA. • Attend weekly meetings with other Organizing Director Interns. • Prepare biweekly reports about under graduate campaigns and joint work effort.

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UCSA

This year, the UC Student Association will be taking on three campaigns that the students at the 2013 UCSA Congress selected. The campaigns selected were “Invest in Graduation Not Incarceration, Transform Education” (IGNITE), Fossil Free UC, and CMED, The California Modernization and Economic Development Act. These campaigns tackle retention of students of color, fossil fuel tax, and natural oil tax to invest into education. For more comprehensive information, visit: ucsa.org or contact the Organizing Director and/or External Vice Chair.

Continued 2013-2014 Campaigns

USSA

The United States Student Association is taking on two Action Agenda campaigns this year. These are a continual fight against student debt, and a development of shared governance in statewide student association. For more comprehensive information, visit: usstudents.org or contact the Organizing

Director and/or External Vice Chair.

UCSC

The campus can put on any campaigns that students want. That’s right, you have the opportunity to get involved and potentially make something be organized around the Student Union Assembly and its resources.

Organizing Director My name is Ivan Medina, I am a fifth year, Art and Literature double major student from Los Angeles who first got politicized when immigration became a large part of my life. Growing up poor, my goals became those that aimed to create accessibility for marginalized populations and overall achieve a pathway for those after me to continue the movement. I was originally involved in MEChA, serving as its co-chair last year, and this year as the Organizing Director I want to rattle students into organized power. Why you should join me? Because you want to leave this University better than when you came into it . Let’s Talk :

Medina, Ivan (213) 422-7812 | suaod@ucsc.edu| Organizing Director | 2013-2014 | Student Union Assembly, University of California, Santa Cruz National People of Color Student Coalition Chair |2013-2014| United States Student Association Campus Organizing Director| University of California Student Association

About The Logo:

Kevin Huang, Organizing Director 2012-2013, created this logo, which resembles the AFSCME logo and in a way resembles the relationship he had with labor unions and student autonomy. His work translates this year into the office, offering the same resources he offered and the same level of critical engagement that the office is used to seeing. Thank You Kevin.