113th Senate Committee on Civic Engagement
Date: 31 August 2025Time: 2:30-3:30pmLocation: ZoomPresent: Chair Kirsten Amematsro, Caroline Sommer, Karen Valezquez Luna, Avi Liu, Alan Perez, Omotola Alaofin, Jingyan ZhangAbsent (Excused): Ava Flores
Meeting began at 2:35pm
Kirsten: First order of business, deciding the Vice ChairAlan Perez self-nominated and was selected as Vice Chair of the Civic Engagement Committee. No other contenders.Kirsten: Explained the role of Vice Chair, will talk in depth with Alan offline.Kirsten: Second order of business, upcoming meeting with Willow Goode (CSC Civic Life Specialist). Are there any initiatives the committee would like to talk with her about?Alan: Exposing people to learn about their local elections, Hopkins has a high population of first time voters. Midterm season is coming up and we should have an info sessionKirsten: Will bring that up to Willow. Any other initiatives?No committee members had any pressing initiatives. Kirsten sent a PDF of initiatives talked about during the leadership retreat to brief members who weren’t there.Kirsten: Will share PDF with Willow during the meeting and get her thoughts on what we can do within the committee.Kirsten: Committee Members please let me know your other committee involvements and meeting times. Detailed as followed:
Caroline Sommer - Student services (SS) - Monday eveningKaren Velazquez Luna - Health safety and sustainability - Sundays @12 or 1pmAvi Liu - SS
Alan Perez - SS
Omotola Alaofin - Academic Affairs - Saturdays 1-2pm
Jingyan Zhang - SS
Ava Flores - SSCaraline: Has a feeling Student Services Committee will be changing their meeting timesKirsten: No worries, just let me know.Kirsten: Asked members about their first week, thanked them for hopping on. See you on Tuesday!
Meeting ended at 2:45pm