Interested in joining a committee
or volunteering at Awareness Week events?

Contacts

Healthcare Issues
Awareness Week Committee
Brittney Anderson, 426-4240
vsbhealthcare@boisestate.edu

Hunger & Homelessness Issues
Awareness Week Committee
Contact Terry Scraggins, 426-4240
vsbpoverty@boisestate.edu

AIDS Issues
Awareness Week Committee
Contact Rachael Bergey, 426-4248
vsbdirector@boisestate.edu

Youth and Education Issues
Awareness Week Committee
Contact Carly Gintz, 426-4240
vsbyouthed@boisestate.edu

Environmental Issues
Awareness Week Committee
Contact Austin Hopkins, 426-4240
vsbenvironment@boisestate.edu

Programs & Events
Social Issues Awareness Programs

Throughout the year, VSB sponsors five different Social Issues Awareness Weeks consisting of educational programs such as lectures, workshops, exhibits, documentary discussions, collection drives, experiential learning programs, informational/outreach fairs, and volunteer projects. Social Issues will be addressed from a poverty, healthcare, environmental, and youth & education perspective. This is to address the issue holistically and to demonstrate the interconnectedness of issues. These issues will also be addressed from a local, national, and global perspective to also demonstrated the universal nature of issues.

Students have the opportunity to learn about underlying social issues and hopefully take action by "thinking globally and acting locally."

The mission of VSB is to educate students about social issues, and inspire students to take action through mainly volunteerism. Individual students may adopt activism to address social issues. However, it should be clarified that it is not in VSB's mission to be directly involved with activist efforts.

The Five Social Issues Awareness Weeks include:

• Healthcare Issues Awareness Week in late October
• Hunger and Homelessness Issues Awareness Week in mid November (close to National Hunger & Homelessness Week)
• Youth Issues Awareness Week in mid February (close to Raise Your Voice Week)
• Environmental Issues Awareness Week (a.k.a. Earth Week) in mid April (close to EarthDay)

These weeks are coordinated by a committee chaired by the corresponding Issues Coordinator (i.e. Healthcare Issues Coordinator will chair the Healthcare Issues Awareness Week). The committee consists of the four issues coordinators, and whoever they choose to invite or recruit.

Faculty, staff, and students are welcome to join any of these committees. Since there are so many events held, VSB is always in need of volunteers to help out.