Advocacy & Outreach Resources

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About

The Housing Services Committee of the Resident Student Association is responsible for advocating for individual students living in the residence halls as well as pushing for improvements to the quality of life on-campus. The committee is split into two subcommittees:

Outreach Subcommittee

The Outreach subcommittee is responsible for reaching out to residents and gathering feedback from residents that will affect and guide RSA’s efforts to improve the residence halls.

Advocacy Subcommittee

The Advocacy Subcommittee is responsible for direct advocacy for resident students. It works on a day-to-day basis to help students with routine problems in the residence halls, and also works on long-term and short-term projects to improve the quality of life in the residence halls.

Active Projects

Active projects as of June 11, 2009 are:

• RA Roundtable
• NU Athletics Schedules
• Open Forums
• Real-Time Communication
• Toilet Paper Giveaway
• Community Service Project
• Documents on Website
• Website Project List
• RSA as Primary Representative of Residents
• Increase Use of RSA Twitter
• More Blogging
• Update Rapid Response Team Signage
• Hall Council Integration (Part II)
• Second Sheet Letterhead
• Dining Hall Cards
• Lockout Reduction
• Safe Cooking Magnets
• Promote Recycling
• RSA Constituents List
• Committee Recruitment
• Laundry Detergent Giveaway
• Dishwasher Detergent Giveaway
• Paper Giveaway
• Rework “Housing Services”
• Tweet Committee
• RSA Fan Page on Facebook
• Tweet General Council
• Residence Hall Displays
• Residence Hall Crawl
• Eat with RSA
• Parcel 18 FAQ
• Rapid Response Team
• June Movies - RSA Television
• Left-Wing Image Change
• Define “Resident” and “Constituent”
• College Kitchen Fundraiser
• Restructure Committee
• Phase out RSA Television
• Dining Hours
• More Dining Dollars
• Dining Portion Sizes
• World Flags in International Village
• On-Campus Bar
• Recycling Contest
• OSCCR Code of Conduct Board
• Data Collection Protocol
• Water Dispensers
• Dining Manual HuskyCard Key-In
• RA Cell Phone Switch
• MBTA Fare Hike Prevention
• Expand Gender Neutral Housing
• Pet Friendly Housing
• Improving Work Orders
• Update RSA Housing FAQ
• Wireless Routers
• Guest Limits
• Guide to Advocacy
• GenderSafe Housing
• OSCCR Reform
• Drinking Age
• Vending Machine Loss Form
• Campus Weapons Laws
• Gender Neutral Bathrooms
• Party Registration
• Sustainable Bedding
• Cut Package Slips at ResMail
• myAlert Text Notification
• Trayless Dining
• West Campus ATM
• Faster ResNet Upload

Day-to-Day Initiatives

• Advocate for students experiencing trouble in the residence halls;
• Report problems with laundry machines so they can be fixed;
• Run the Resident Rapid Response effort;
• Monitor problems with the dining halls; and
• Report problems with vending machines so they can be fixed.

Past Projects

• RSA Television;
• LaundryBucks rollover;
• Gender Neutral Housing;
• Laundry machine replacement;
• HuskyCable channel additions;
• Fraternity and Sorority Life Leadership Living Learning Community; and
• Temperature unification.