AU SPA Graduate Student Council

We provide opportunities to serve and network in the public affairs arena. We advocate for the expressed concerns and needs of the student body. #Yes2SPA

[AU SPA Graduate Student Council @AUGSC_SPA]

This #Pride month help our new Grad Student Council raise funds for @TrevorProject, the world's largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for LGBTQ youth.
https://t.co/HrwHYSYsOp

[AU SPA Graduate Student Council @AUGSC_SPA]

Our statement on recent AU Staff Union events.

[The Public Purpose @PublicPurposeAU]

🗳 Voting is now open for the PPJ & GSC Elections — head over to @AUGSC_SPA’s profile to cast your vote!

[AU SPA Graduate Student Council @AUGSC_SPA]

Make an impact, be a mentor! Seeking Peer Mentors for SPA Graduate Students

Register here to be a mentor: https://t.co/n7bL9etMNK

[Kallie McGrath, MPA Student Advocate @kalliemcgrath]

Thrilled to host a spring fundraiser, student & alumni mixer with @awidercircle! *If you're an @AmericanU alumni or student, reach out for the RSVP link.*

Can't make it?
Donate: https://t.co/cEupg7QuQM
Order off of our Wishlist: https://t.co/aKfJnhTd5K

@AUGSC_SPA #AWCMixer

[Kallie McGrath, MPA Student Advocate @kalliemcgrath]

Volunteering @BreadfortheCity w/ @AUGSC_SPA & @AUGSC_SIS grad students. This project was a part of our March campaign to ⬆️ awareness about the fact that donations to food banks ⬇️ during warmer months. BFC delivers 1,000 groceries per day, talk about impact!

[AU SPA Graduate Student Council @AUGSC_SPA]

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[AU SPA Graduate Student Council @AUGSC_SPA]

Join us March 23!

[Kallie McGrath, MPA Student Advocate @kalliemcgrath]

Starting today you can drop off donations for @AmericanU’s Food Pantry in Kerwin & SIS lobby 🤝 @AUGSC_SPA @AU_SPA @AU_SIS

[Kallie McGrath, MPA Student Advocate @kalliemcgrath]

I'm thrilled to announce that @AUGSC_SPA has launched a Community Service Bulletin Board to ⬆️ connection btwn DC graduate students & the greater community. Check out our calendar & let us know if you have something you'd like us to add: https://t.co/AuxSib9mXs #communityservice

[Heal Da Homies Mutual Aid @healdahomies]

We are hoping to start a community space this year in DC that’ll have a meal & afterschool program, poli ed classes, health clinic, legal aid, and etc. Help us reach our goal of empowering our neighbors! https://t.co/RYUsyn235r

[Kallie McGrath, MPA Student Advocate @kalliemcgrath]

Absolutely thrilled to announce that my team, the @AUGSC_SPA community, & I raised $1,000 in two weeks in addition to collecting ~130 donations for @healdahomies, an AU-affiliated, mutual aid organization. 🤝 #communityservice #mutualaid #giveback #holidayseason

[AU SPA Graduate Student Council @AUGSC_SPA]

Today is Juneteenth. A day to celebrate Freedom. The SPA Graduate Student Council aims to do everything in our power to create a more inclusive school culture, that continues to celebrate and uplift Black voices, achievements, and excellence! Happy Juneteenth

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

Not until Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX with 2,000 soldiers on June 19, 1865, did enslaved African Americans learn about their emancipation.

How do you and your community commemorate #Juneteenth? #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

For more than 250,000 African Americans, June 19, 1865, signaled the final day of their enslavement. Two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863, Texas had yet to officially recognize the President’s executive order. #APeoplesJourney

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

Although the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control, some enslaved people would not be free until much later.

The Historical Legacy of #Juneteenth: https://t.co/rUhEaMtM0J #APeoplesJourney

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

Though it has long been celebrated among the African American community, it is a history that has been marginalized & was largely unknown to the wider public. The legacy of #Juneteenth shows the value of deep hope & urgent organizing in uncertain times. https://t.co/sOBTpkvZT6

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

#OTD in 1865, enslaved African Americans were notified of their freedom by Union troops in Galveston Bay, TX—two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.

Known as #Juneteenth, this day is widely celebrated as the end of chattel slavery in the U.S. #APeoplesJourney

[School of Public Affairs @AU_SPA]

SPA Prof. @TWMorrissey was interviewed by @GMA on women's post-pandemic return to work & the high cost of child care in the U.S. "You basically have to start saving as a high school student for your future child’s child care," she said. Read more: https://t.co/EJfgiMgBZ7

[AU SPA Graduate Student Council @AUGSC_SPA]

and finally ‼️ our new ✨president✨ Ameerah (she/her)🥳🥳 Can’t wait to see what you do! Learn more about Ameerah on our instagram ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️