SGA creates new civic innovation funding
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers a new civic innovation grant and a Black Caucus Act amendment discussed at an SGA meeting.
- The News-Letter reported that Executive President AJ Tsang pledged funding for a grant intended to support student activism.
- The article says the Civic Engagement Committee would administer grants for student-run projects; the process was still being developed, with $250 available each year for four years.
- The paper reported that Tsang described the funding as support for “sustainable advocacy” and hoped other alumni would also donate.
- The reporter writes that Junior Class Senator Kiana Boroumand called the grant an important step for campus advocacy and activism.
- The article reports that an amendment adding a chair and vice chair to the future Black Caucus passed unanimously, and that the body had begun meetings after its creation in March.