February Social

Card Making Social

SVEA Valentines Day Card Making Social is tonight in Clemons 200A from 6-7:30 PM. Come stop by for some snacks in exchange for making cards for patients at the Children’s Hospital! Feel feel to bring your own goodies to share! 

Support NEA's Degrees Not Debt!

Part of SVEA's agenda is to support students like ourselves who are graduating college with an unreasonable amount of student loans. NEA's Degrees Not Debt initiative is tackling this issue, with their latest effort being support of the Reducing Educational Debt Act.

Senators Baldwin (D-WI), Hirono (D-HI), and Warren (D-MA) recently introduced the Reducing Educational Debt (RED) Act, which will:

• Allow students to refinance federal and private student loans at a lower rate
• Increase federal funding to states who commit to free community college for all
• Increase Pell Grant awards to students most in need

Write your legislators to support the RED Act: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/support-the-red-act-help-student-borrowers

Learn more about Degrees Not Debt: http://www.nea.org/degreesnotdebt

SVEA at RMH

Some of our SVEA members, along with friends from Curry's Ed Council, volunteered at Charlottesville's Ronald McDonald House to cook a delicious dinner for all of the wonderful families living there!

 What a menu! Chicken cacciatore, rice, fruits and vegetables, rolls, and pie!

Volunteers hard at work preparing food in RMH's kitchen. We filled up all four of their dishwashers!

SVEA Workshop

"How Cultural Identity Shapes the Way We Learn"

We are starting out Fall with this wonderful workshop. It will be held on Saturday, November 7th from 10 AM - Noon in New Cabell Hall 183. Information is located a few post down. RSVP Here

Film Screening: Tested

SVEA is co-sponsoring a film screening of the documentary "Tested," which explores themes of diversity and equity as well as high-stakes testing in New York City public schools. Also, there will be a panel discussion following the screening that features the filmmaker, Curtis Chin. You don't want to miss out on this event!

The Sunset Social was a success! A great way to unwind during a hectic semester :)

We had a blast at the Boys and Girls' Club Cycling Challenge in Crozet!