ANNUALREPORT Dear Students,This past year, the Associated Students of the University ofWashington (ASUW) has made incredible strides in serving thestudent body. We’ve strived to listen to and advocate on behalfof students, examine and address student issues through anintersectional lens, and take action to create a safe and inclusivecampus environment. We’ve carried this out through record-breaking attendance at hundreds of student-centered events suchas Mental Health Awareness Month, Humble Feast, Desexualizationof API Womxn, and more. We’ve also advocated on behalf ofstudents within dozens of committees and task forces such as theInternational Student Working Group, Provost Advisory Committeefor Students, and the Faculty Council on Student Affairs.However, this year has not been immune to great challenges. Thecurrent political climate has undoubtedly affected our campus. Weare still learning how to navigate through this unique time as wecontinue our work in ASUW while remaining accountable to thestudent body. Our involvement on initiatives and committees suchas Student Safety Awareness Week, the Race & Equity Initiative, andthe Bias Incident Advisory Committee have sought to contribute toa safer and more inclusive campus community. Despite all of the work that we have done, there is still so much more to be achieved. And as my term ends, I am confident that the ASUW will wholeheartedly continue to serve students. From the amazing people and work that I’ve seen this past year, I have no doubt that the ASUW has vast potential to continue making tangible change. It has been the greatest honor to serve you as ASUW President this past year. Thank you, UW students. Always, Daniele Meñez ASUW President, 2016-2017 The ASUW is the democratic voice of students at the University of Washington, engaging the campus community through programming, services, and advocacy. The ASUW strives to enrich student life and develop future leaders.our values THE ASUW Meet the folks thatTEAM make it all happen.Board of Directors Office of Government RelationsPresident Daniele Me ez Director Alexander WirthVice President Michael Aldridge Assistant Director Tyler PichetteUniversity Affairs Legislative Programming Kate GrahamInternal Policy Kaitlyn Zhou CoordinatorCommunity Relations Taylor Beardall Organizing Coordinator Evan UlmanDiversity Efforts Osman Salahuddin Policy Analyst Allegra KhanProgramming Taejonae McKenzieCampus Partnerships Office Staff Nic MangialardiFinance & Budget Director Meili Powell Madison KunzmanPersonnel Director Hakikat Bains AA to theCommunications Director Lizzie Palmer Personnel Director Dan TranSenate Vice Speaker Kay Fuhlman AA to theGPSS Secretary Ana Sabarots President/F&B Nick DeMuro AA to the Board Randy SzebertElections Administration CommitteeChair Jasmair Bains Arts & Entertainment Austin ThomsonVice Chair Tiffanie Matthews Alvin Benavides DirectorOffice of Volunteer Opportunities Outreach Coordinator Ania Kamkar Program Coordinator Natalie Lew Design & MarketingDirector Makayla Kinsella CoordinatorAssistant Director Alison ChoStudent Senate Student Health Consortium Director Nguyen HuynhSpeaker Almodine Thompson Sexual Assault and Relationship ViolenceVice Speaker Nick DeMuroMembership Coordinator Director Kalin GossAdministrative Assistant Sorana Nance Assistant Director Kaitlyn Pahler Brian O'Rourke Pacific Islander Student Commission Rainy Dawg RadioDirector Santino Camacho General Manager William Barcelona Assistant Manager Gabriel JuddAsian Student Commission Sam Le Music Director Jakob Ross Eric Chen Promotions Coordinator Mary HaleDirector Technology ManagerAssistant Director Henry DotsonLA RAZA Student Commission Queer Student Commission Alice Crowe DirectorDirector Cristal Pe a Student Disability CommissionAmerican Indian Student Commission Director Jessie ZhangDirector Damon CunninghamBlack Student Commission Women's Action Commission Erin Nguy DirectorDirector Mariama Suwaneh Middle Eastern Student CommissionOffice of Communications Director Varisha KhanDirector Ana Sabarots Bike Shop Chet MerklinMulti-Media Coordinator Daniel Briggs Samuel CastleVisual Designer Yuki Asakura ManagerVisual Designer Mechanic Adam WitzelWebmaster Pari Gabriel Mechanic Jesse CastleberryWebmaster Mahir Kothary Mechanic Jesus Garcia-PerazaSystems Administrator Mechanic Christian Matthews Chris Oh Mechanic Justin InouyeStudent Food CooperativeCo-Manager Zoe Frumin Student Activities OfficeCo-Manager Joseph Gunnar ColleenUW Leaders Oscar Arreguin Advisor Rene Singleton Olivia Derin Advisor Phil HuntDirector AdvisorAssistant Director Advisor Trevor Whiton Advisor Christina Coop Advisor Jennifer Pope Advisor Patrick Stiver Emily Kalstad EXPENSES Where does our budget of 1.5 million dollars go? 28% 22%AdministrAtive Programs & Services 19% 15%ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Diversity Commissions 7% 6%The Bike Shop Special Appropriations 3%ASUW SENATE Mahir Kothary “ASUW to me is about passion and freedom” VISION Examining and addressing student issues through an intersectional lens The Association’s entities, including diversity commissions and Board of Directors members, hosted over 250 programs and events that furthered the ASUW’s focus on intersectionality. In order to better examine and address student issues, the ASUW also underwent serious structural changes to ensure each position within the Association is truly satisfying a student need. These changes strengthened the Vice President’s role within the Association, better distinguishing its role from the President, and also brought about the creation of several Entity Review Task Forces to critically analyze the structure of some of the ASUW’s major entities. In the years to come, the recommendations that stem from these Entity Review Task Forces will build-up the Association’s ability to continue examining and addressing student issues through an intersectional lens. Creating a safe and inclusive campus environment During Fall Quarter, the Association held a Student Safety Awareness week in which students and faculty engaged in dialogue focused on creating awareness around and enhancing mental and physical health. In addition to the week-long program, the ASUW hosted a Student Safety Advisory Board, made up of members of the ASUW Board of Directors, ASUW Employees, students, and representatives from UW Police Department. These efforts were championed by Haki Bains, the ASUW Director of Campus Partnerships, who dedicated a large portion of her term to increasing student safety. Listening to and advocating on behalf of student experiences This year the Association launched Husky Stories, an initiative focused on collecting student stories from across different campus communities. The stories guided how the association advocated for student needs within administration, faculty and staff. The Office of Government Relations also used the stories collected to lobby for legislation addressing student need during the annual Huskies on the Hill lobbying day. MEILI POWELLDirector of Programming “I love the ASUW because I’ve had the opportunity to connect with incredible students across UW” attendeesAs one of the core pillars of the ASUW mission,programming is one of the main ways we connectwith, educate, and inspire students. Throughour various entities, our Association programs avast number of events each year ranging fromeducational programming to entertainment. events for students PROGRAMMING The ASUW Student Health Consortium hosted the 9th annual Everybody Every Body Fashion Show, an event centered on providing a space for the UW community to celebrate body positivity and self-love. As the final event in a series of programs dedicated to National Disorder Awareness Month, the event highlighted diversity and intersectionality to show how people with different backgrounds and identities have unique experiences with body image. Over 200 models walked the runway, while over 40 volunteers helped with the production of the event. The Everybody Every Body Fashion show continues to provide a unique opportunity for the University of Washington community to come together and we look forward to celebrating our 10th annual show next year. PROGRAMMINGAn entirely student written and organized production,The ____ Monologues featured ten UW students sharingpersonal stories of survival, identity, and resistancethrough a range of performances. As a challenge to thewidely-known Vagina Monologues, The ____ Monologuesasserts that people can tell their own stories in their ownvoices. Planned by the Women’s Action Commission, thisevent drew over 400 students and community membersto share in a powerful evening of truth-telling. Through advocacy, ASUWhas affected change from themost intimate details of thestudent experience to someof the largest trends in higher students in Olympiaeducation. ASUW advocatesfor enhanced accessibility, for Huskies on the Hillaffordability, and quality forUW students through a variety of entities - while the Officeof Government Relations works with legislators outside theuniversity, the Board of Directors and diversity commissionsengage with administration decision-makers and studentorganizations. This has allowed the ASUW to make differenceson a wide range of issues. For example, while the Queer StudentCommission successfully lobbied for the implementation of a preferred-name system, the Women’s Action Commission worked to install more menstrual hygiene product dispensers on campus. Off-campus, the ASUW works to influence highervoters registered ed policy through the OGR; this year, the OGR successfully lobbied for increases in State Need Grant fundingby up to $70 million, established a studentinclusive City Renter’s Commission, andpassed state legislation relating to student debt, sexual violence on college campuses, and voting accessibility, meetings with amongst others. legislatorsbills pass &enacted into law Share YOU. #MyHuskyStoryAdvocacy Nick DeMuroSenate Vice-Speaker “ASUW is a place to build a community within the University.” AdvocacySenate is the official opinion making body of the ASUW,meaning that all legislation passed by the Senate and theBoard of Directors gets used for advocacy purposes. Sen-ate helps the ASUW Office of Government Relations passtheir legislative agenda each year at the state and locallevel so they can work towards achieving lower tuition,better city transportation, and affordable housing prices.At the campus level, Senate takes on issues ranging fromincreasing the number of microwaves in the HUB to freemenstrual products across our university. Senate uses thepower of our 45,000 student voices to ask administrationfor tangible change.A legislative body by students, and for students, Senatebrings the student perspective to those who need it.Over Over Senators Pieces of Legislation Submitted Jesse CastleberryBike Shop Mechanic \"I love that students are empowered to teach each other\" In addition to programming andadvocacy, the ASUW pursuesits mission by offering servicesto students through entitiessuch as the Bike Shop and theStudent Food Cooperative. Thisyear, both of these entities haveworked hard to streamline theirinventory processes and increasetheir accessibility in order tocreate more value for students.In addition, the ASUW mission iscarried out through Rainy DawgRadio, as they offer opportunitiesfor students to both host andlisten to radio shows on a weeklybasis. All of these entities havea unique role within the ASUWand the campus community,and we can’t wait to continueseeing how they evolve to impactthe experiences of even morestudents at our University. SERVICES The mission of the ASUW Student Food Cooperative (SFC) is to promote local and sustainable food on campus. This year, SFC organized a biannual celebration dinner of the campus food community called Humble Feast and more intimate events such as cooking demos and recipe testings. Aside from programming, SFC also opened The Bean Baske: a completely student-run cooperative that sells local and organic dry goods at a discounted price. Through this storefront, SFC is creating an alternative food option for the campus community to buy goods that are ethical, sustainable, and affordable. SERVICESThis year, Rainy Dawg has p roduced quality radioprogramming and exciting event programming. On t heradio side, the entity has expanded t heir DJ t eam t oinclude many different genres, formats, and perspectives,including world music mixes, a H ip Hop S tudentAssociation show, a t alk show about g aming, and a l otmore. Throughout t he year, they’ve have a lso hostedmany i n-studio performances and i nterviews, from liveimprov sets to visits from Nacho Picasso and Dave B. Onthe event side, they have p roduced m any excitingconcerts, including our Fall l ocal m usic showcase, t heWinter H ip-Hop show, and t wo s old out nights f orBirthday Fest i n the Spring featuring Kero K ero Bonito,Mark Redito, Injury Reserve, and Milo. Erin NguyWomen’s ActionCommission Director “The mission of the ASUW is to enable students to empower themselves” Makayla Kinsella “Everything I've done in the ASUW has been about providing students with enriching experiences” WHAT WE DO
