APO Meeting Minutes - 11/11/07
1. House of Hope
-Next weekend, from 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM. Meet in front of the
Reynold's Club, and we'll walk over there together.
2. UCSC Day of Service
-On Saturday, based on Hunger. Sign up!
3. APO Thanksgiving Dinner
-Sunday, November 18th, 7 PM - sign up to bring something to
the potluck.
4. Brother of the Week
-Katie Sangillo! She offered to drive up to the Fashion
Show.
5. Food Pantry
-It was a successful trip that we had on Saturday! Many,
many people were fed.
6. Pledge Service Project
-Will be reported back on Sunday!
7. Dues
-Get them into Laura ASAP if you want to be an official
member!
8. Get well Andrea!
-Andrea had knee surgery - shoot her a get well email at
angold@uchicago.
9. Laura's presentation on disability
-She showed clips from the documentary "Murderball," it's
about a wheelchair Olympic rugby team. The theme for
National Service Week is "Kids with Disabilities." Laura
has worked a lot with people who have had disabilites - it's
something she's really passionate about.
-She asked, "What do you think disability is?" It was a
hard question to answer - the medical model is different
than the social model. Not even experts totally agree. She
explained about the different kinds of disabilities.
-The advocacy component of working with people with
disabilities is important to Laura. Changing your
vocabulary is especially important - there's a movement in
the disability community for person-first language. There
are problems with employment and accessibility (especially
at the U of C campus) for people with disabilities.
-Anyone can contribute to society - but there are a lot of
barriers for people with disabilities that need to be
overcome.