A Year of Resilience:
Adapting, Evolving, & Persevering
Thanks & Appreciation
We’d like to give a special thanks to our AS Early Childhood Education Center, AS Productions, and AS Facilities & Operations teams for their hard work on campus throughout the pandemic. This last year was the toughest yet, but our AS Programs persevered & came together to continue providing excellent service to our student body & campus community.
2020–2021
Board of
Directors
Despite the obstacles faced in the last year, our 2020-2021 AS BOD accomplished much of what they set out to do: the AS BOD Bylaws were revised, the 21/22 Budget was passed, the AS Lobby Corps was formed, the Program Formation Procedure was passed, & so much more!
$8,981
for historical org
graduation funding
$1,431
will be donated to selected student orgs this year thanks to an AS Elections initiative which allowed voters to donate $1 per vote to a student org of their choice!
Two
Ad-Hoc Committees
Basic Needs Ad-Hoc Committee
& UPD AdHoc Committee
Committee passed the project proposal
for the AS Survivor Support program!
AS Programs
Associated Students is composed of many different departments & areas, including 13 AS Programs, each with their own distinct history & priorities.
While each Program focuses on a separate area, we all serve as the official voice of the students, and we share the same goal of providing support, services, resources & safe spaces for our students.
In 2021, let’s take pride in our shared accomplishments & celebrate one another for our resilience & successes.
Associated Students
Cultural & Social Justice Programs
AS Art Gallery
The AS Art Gallery operates in alignment with the Richard Oakes Multicultural Center to provide students with opportunities, resources, arts-related events, and a range of insightful and visually captivating artworks that reflect and actively engage with the community.
We further strive to foster cross-cultural exchange with artists and audiences & produces some of San Francisco’s most socially relevant and visually compelling exhibits. Each show is dedicated to providing insight and information about aesthetic movements, contemporary issues, and/or social justice through interactive, multi-media & other visual modes.
Total Posts
on Instagram
5
Artists of the Week
Featured on Instagram:
Erel Maatita
Efflam Mercier
Sean Bodley
Aaron Hart
Erin Walker
50
giveaway
participants
17
total giveaways, including a free membership to The Exiles, $50 gift cards to Wicked Grounds, gift cards to Good Vibrations, and a copy of book I Am Not a Slut: Slut-Shaming in the Age of the Internet
AS QTRC & AS ROMC,
Intersex 101
Coming Out Day &
featured Pidgeon
Pagonis, a well-known
intersex activist.
26
each AS EROS event
AS QTRC
Queer & Trans
Resource Center
Rooted in the ancestral legacy of queer activists, visionaries, and San Francisco State University’s commitment to social justice and community engagement, the QTRC endeavors to offer LGBTQQIA-related events, services, and resources to students. We also serve as an umbrella organization linking various student organizations such as Queer Alliance, Pride Committee, and CEASE/SAFE Place that work to create events and resources for the LGBTQQIA community on campus.
With the awareness that all forms of oppression are inherently interconnected, the Queer and Trans Resource Center focuses on building alliances with ethnic, political, religious, and arts communities at San Francisco State University and beyond. The center is open to all students who wish to join in our efforts to promote awareness and understanding of LGBTQQIA-related identities, issues, and culture.
BIPOC
Coordinator
A new position was established to provide a safe & welcoming space for QTBIPOC individuals within our campus community
283
views of All Dragged Up, EGAY x
AS QTRC’s annual Drag Show
5 Episodes
of the Rainbow Living Series featuring
EGAY on QTRC’s YouTube Channel
AS ROMC
Richard Oakes
Multicultural Center
The Richard Oakes Multicultural Center provides an environment that promotes and enhances discourse to foster a multi-ethnic, culturally conscious University. While its programs are primarily student-focused and directed, all members of SFSU and the greater community are welcome and encouraged to participate in its programs and activities.
The Center is a space for cultural events and discussions that focus on everything from inspirational leaders to commemorative months. The Center encourages and welcomes all members of the University and greater community to initiate or participate in its student focused and directed programs and activities.
11
Total Events!
Five Recurring Events
Banned Books Week
Edward Said Mural Celebration
We Are Still Here Mural Celebration
Cesar Chavez/Farmworker’s Mural Celebration
Pacific Islander Mural Celebration
Three
Instagram Takeovers
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta, Melissa Soria, & Jari Bradley
students through out Textbook Help Services
40+
giveaways
13 e-gift cards from Palestinian businesses for the Edward Said Mural Celebration
$150 worth of gift cards to a Woman-&-2-Spirit-owned herbal shop & a Black woman-owned bookstore for the Imagining Radical Queer Politic event
$400 worth of grocery store gift cards for the Seeding Possibilities, Sowing the Future Panel Discussion
12 e-gift cards in collaboration with AS QTRC for the Queer Your Mind event series
$250 worth of gift cards and 2 online film screening tickets given away during our Virtual Library Series
General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS)
Student Council of Intertribal Nations (SKINS)
The Pilipino American Collegiate Endeavor (PACE)
League of Filipino Students (LFS)
Black and Queer Groceries
Communities Got Us
AS QTRC
AS Women’s Center
AS EROS
AS Women's Center
The Women Center’s mission is to provide
updated and accessible resources for the women-
identified community of San Francisco State and
their allies, from a gender inclusive lens.
Over 95
Attendees for the AS Women’s Conference
5 Days of Women's
Conference programming
Keynote Speaker
Amber Riley
200+ total AS Women's Center event attendees
Associated Students
Education & Equity
Programs
AS ECEC
Early Childhood
Education Center
It is our mission to assist student parents in attaining their educational goals by providing appropriate care for their young children in a high-quality, convenient and affordable educational setting. To celebrate the ethnic, racial, cultural, religious and economic diversity
found on our campus, we welcome all families including married, single, adoptive, foster, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents. We serve families with children between the ages of 4 months to 5 years and operate on a non-discriminatory basis.
parents throughout the pandemic.
Graduation!
$581,514
in grant funding
parents and low income families
$316,076 US Dept of Ed Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program
$121,204 California State Preschool Program
$121,975 SF Office of Early Care and Education Early Learning Scholarship
$1,300 WestEd Dual Language Learners Study
$15,000 Early Education Recovery Grant
$5,959 Assembly Bill 82
SFSU Vice President Eugene Chelberg
SFSU Early Care & Education
SF Department of Public Health
First 5 San Francisco
SFSU Elementary Education Department
California Association for the Education of Young Children
Student Parents from Hilltop High School
Parents for Public School SF
Professional Learning Community
UCSF & SFGH Infant-Parent Program
SFPD
AS ERC
Environmental
Resource Center
The Environmental Resource Center represents Associated Student’s commitment not only to protecting the environment and the communities therein but to reduce the ecological impact Associated Students has as an organization.
The program aims to educate our student body and campus community about environmental issues, their direct intersections with social justice (aka: environmental justice), and life practices we can all adopt to live more environmentally conscious and sustainable lives.
Acting on the behalf of the student body, the Environmental Resource Center will not only acts to provide our campus community with information and support, but we also lead our own projects and initiatives to make Associated Students’ environmental commitments a reality! ERC functions as a student- empowering force that aims to redress any environmental injustices or shortcomings on our campus.
Plant-Based Cookbook
24 recipes
5 Prizes given to students during the Plant-Based Cookbook Contest
1 Vitamix E310 Explorian Blender & 2 Stasher Bags
1 Ninja BL770 Mega Kitchen system & a set of 5 silicone baking mats
1 Oster DiamondForce Nonstick XL 5QT Digital Airfryer & set of 5 silicone baking mats
1 Spiralizer, 6 piece plant based kitchen brushes, & 4 stasher bags
4 stasher bags, plant-based food wraps, & bamboo food containers
Over 550
total giveaway items
distributed to students
Over 250 menstrual cups given to students in
collaboration with Organicup
11 Rocketbooks awarded to students during the
AS ERC Earth Week Giveaway in an effort to
reduce paper waste by giving them their “last
notebook” they’ll ever need
Gained over 758
followers this last
year on Instagram
AS LRC
Legal Resource Center
The LRC’s mission in our work and events is to empower students and staff through education of their legal rights and access to pro bono or inexpensive legal aid. As a program, we understand how legal issues and the law itself can be intimidating, especially to students, who are particularly vulnerable.
Part of our mission revolves around removing the fear and anxiety-inducing aspect the law presents to those who are not well versed or experienced in the matter. The LRC accomplishes this through our on-staff attorney, educational events and collaborations, student staff-led legal research, as well as our updated library.
The latter assists in a self-help approach through easy to understand language and breakdowns of the steps needed to resolve specific legal issues such as tenant/renter’s rights, estate planning, small claims, employment law, and other areas of law we discover client’s having common issues with.
Additionally, the LRC provides resources and supports students considering law school through our TestMaster LSAT Prep event and our new implementation of LSAT Prep Book giveaways.
2 Recurring Events:
Know Your Rights Series: Housing
Legal Name & Gender Change Workshop
Three new events in the "Know Your Rights" series
Know Your Reproductive Rights, in collaboration with AS Women’s Center
Know Your Protesting Rights, in collaboration with AS Project Connect
Know Your Rights: Estate Planning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
losing their on-staff attorney
by reconnecting with Open Door Legal, an SF-based legal aid organization, to assist students with legal issues & by teaching themselves the processes & paperwork necessary to teach the annual Legal Name & Gender Change Workshop.
AS Project Connect
AS Project Connect stands for Creating Opportunities for Networking, Navigating, and Easing a College Transition. Founded in 2006, our program exists to empower and involve the student body in promoting higher education and facilitating graduation for low-income and historically underrepresented communities.
Our vision is to increase the graduation rates for our interns and the community of students we serve through peer-mentoring, shared university life experiences, campus connections to leadership opportunities and academic resources.
First ever
Activism Week
Day 1: Know Your Protesting Rights, in collaboration with the AS LRC, to teach students their rights to assembly
Day 2: Speak Out!, in collaboration with AS ERC and the AS BOD, taught students about what SFSU organizations are doing to support them
Day 3: Understanding Voting in 2020, in collaboration with Generation Rising, for students to learn where & how to vote
Third Annual
University Bound Event
In collaboration with SFSU staff members Dra Eurania Lopez, Valerie Grace, Adriana Gallardo, Noe Mora, and Joseph Adams, this successful event supported approximately 40 students in applying to CSU, filling out their FASFA, & connecting them to resources.
103
approved AS Book
Loan applications
The AS Book Loan was adapted virtually by providing students with e-book rentals & access codes.
89% of AS Book Loan applicants received financial aid.
430
students reached
during outreach events
80 attendees at the opening Gator Talks workshop in April 2021.
Gator Talks workshops provide incoming students with a glimpse of what student university life is like, and offered additional information about AS services such as the AS Book Loan, AS Scholarships, and Gator Groceries.
AS Project Rebound
Project Rebound is a long-standing California State University (CSU) special admissions program for students transitioning out of prison and jail. Currently there are 14 participating campuses that provide high-touch, wrap-around support to formerly incarcerated individuals to apply for admission, matriculate, and graduate ready to succeed in the workforce.
Our purpose is to be living examples of successful reintegration in a college setting. We believe in higher education as an alternative to incarceration and promote it as an effective tool for social, academic, and professional reintegration for system-involved students.
Three recurring events:
University Application Workshops
Virtual Educational Empowerment Classes for currently incarcerated students at the SF County Jail
Weekly virtual Town Hall meetings for PR students, alumni, and prospective students and applicants
Expanded Graduation Celebration
139+ Total Attendees
& 14 CSU campuses
honored their grads
Prior to the graduation, all graduates received caps, gowns and handmade Project Rebound sashes, a free hair styling service and photo shoot, as well a gift certificate to purchase business attire as they move on in pursuit of professional careers.
During Project Rebound's Expanded Graduation Celebration, we acknowledged and honored the resilience and determination of our students during these challenging times.
AS Women’s Center
AS Gator Groceries
AS Project Connect
AS ROMC
SF State Bookstore
Sociology Department
Psychology Department
Criminal Justice Studies Department
College of Business
ExCo College
DPRC
Office of Undergraduate Admission
School of Cinema
The Safe Place
Career Services and Leadership Development
Paul Leonard Library
4-Part event series
"Let's Talk: Healing
Through Domestic Cycles"
In collaboration with Project Rebound CSU San Diego
Guest speakers and panelists included representatives from Homeboy Industries, Ruby’s Place, and Healing Ninjas.
Associated Students
Events &
Entertainment
Programs
AS Productions
Productions mission is to provide a wide and culturally diverse variety of events, both entertaining and culturally enriching, for the SF State student body and Bay Area public. We strive to keep admission costs as low as possible for students and seniors.
In booking music, we strive to present a variety of styles, as suits the diversity of our student body. We have somewhat of a leaning towards local and independent artists, and roots and indigenous styles.
Four recurring events:
Gator Groceries
Casino Night
Art & Crafts Fair
Rhythms Music Festival
Three keynote speakers
during the Fall Virtuanza Series
Gator Groceries is a direct response to the need among the SFSU student population for more resources to fight food insecurity – the lack of access to nutritious food. With rising tuition and fees, textbook costs, and living expenses, more and more students are having to choose between essentials; such as food, education, and living costs.
We understand that food insecurity is NOT a choice and that access to a variety of nutritious food is a human right. Thus, we strive to provide programming that promotes awareness about food insecurity and supports food-insecure students in accessing nutritious food so that they may successfully complete and obtain their degrees without the negative health impacts of prolonged food-insecurity.
3,000 pounds
of food distributed each week
6,000+ students
served during the last year
140 students
served per week
4-Part event series
Cooking with Chef Tim
5-Star Top Chef Tim Shaw teaches us to make a meal out of a Gator Groceries box
AS The Depot
Our mission is to provide a public space that encourages collaboration between students, local/touring artists, & the greater San Francisco community in a creative environment.
The Depot ultimately hopes to foster relationships among professional performers and SFSU students, and provide opportunities for SFSU students interested in getting into the music industry.
Events at The Depot are all ages and are free & open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Most events take place between 6-9pm, Monday-Thursday.
21 artists
performed in The Depot's
Lockdown Sessions series
speakers
50
Game Night
raffle prizes
AS Rack-N-Cue
To foster a greater sense of community on campus through providing entertainment services both virtually and physically to the student body. Our primary goal is to transcend social boundaries to come together and enjoy recreational activities that help build relationships outside of the classroom.
12 Prizes
given away to students during AS Game Nights
Associated Students
Facilities & Operations
AS Events
AS Event Services provides facilities and support services that enrich the educational, social, and cultural programming of the San Francisco State University and surrounding communities. Event Services staff provides a breadth of event planning and production services to ensure the success of those we serve as they address the range of objectives of our richly diverse campus and local communities.
Since moving to a virtual setting in the 2020-2021 academic year, we have shifted our focus to supporting the virtual programming of our Associated Students programs to ensure business continuity. Event Services has also invested time and resources into preparing for the return of in person events in 2021-2022, ensuring that we are prepared to support virtual, in-person, and hybrid events to the best of our ability.
10
Noteworthy events supported by Event Services
QTRC Queer Connections
QTRC Lavender Graduation
ROMC Seeding Possibilities and
Sowing the Future
Women’s Center Conference
ERC Earth Week
10th Annual Rhythms Music Festival
Project Rebound Let’s Talk Series
Project Rebound Virtual Graduation Ceremony
Project Connect Basic Needs Workshop Series
ECEC Bedtime Story
114 events
hosted on
GatorX in
Spring 2021
AS Tech Services & IT
AS Event Services provides facilities and support services that enrich the educational, social, and cultural programming of the San Francisco State University and surrounding communities. Event Services staff provides a breadth of event planning and production services to ensure the success of those we serve as they address the range of objectives of our richly diverse campus and local communities.
Since moving to a virtual setting in the 2020-2021 academic year, we have shifted our focus to supporting the virtual programming of our Associated Students programs to ensure business continuity. Event Services has also invested time and resources into preparing for the return of in person events in 2021-2022, ensuring that we are prepared to support virtual, in-person, and hybrid events to the best of our ability.
50 events
supported by Tech Services this year
15 MacBooks
1 Dell Laptop
1 iPad
purchased this year to support Associated Students staff
Created AS
File Sharing
First ever
fully virtual Annual Rhythms Music Festival
Successfully rolled out DocuSign for all full-time AS staff members
AS Facilities & Operations
The Operations Unit of the Associated Students Facilities and Operations Department are composed of two specific sectors: Building Managers and Information Center. All Operations staff members offer support to each and every AS department and its members on a daily basis.
In addition, Operations directly manages the inventory for furnishing, keys, and safety equipment for Associated Students. Above all, we rise to the occasion in the most efficient manner towards success for everyone involved.
Through our direct contribution, the following ongoing services were available to our campus community:
Gator Groceries
Ctrl+P
UCorp Lobby Shop
SFSU Bookstore
Accessible Public Restroom
In addition, our Unit supported all of our AS departments in their onsite needs: shipping and receiving, building and office access, approved special events, and addressing general inquires at CCSC.
Five notable
completed projects
Onsite management support for the Air Handling Unit Upgrade project for CCSC
LED Lighting Upgrade to Plaza Level Dining areas at CCSC
New fire doors and alarms for LCL and R&D eastern exit of CCSC
Replacement/Repair work of Pump System & Water Shut Off at CCSC
Procurement and installation of fire pull covers at ECEC
Three notable
ongoing projects
Review and maintenance of all electrical outlets at CCSC
Rekey project at ECEC
Repaint project at CCSC and ECEC
Associated Students
Internal Departments
AS Human Resources
Associated Students employs student, part-time, and full-staff in clerical, technical, recreational, and operational positions, providing opportunities to work in a variety of AS programs, as well as, positions working for the Cesar Chavez Student Center building itself.
Working as a student employee for AS provides more than just an on-campus job, we believe that working at AS enhances the overall experience of SF State students. The HR Department assists the organization through employee recruitment, compensation, payroll, and other personnel services.
The HR Department is committed to providing a full range of comprehensive HR management services for employees and fostering a work environment that inspires excellence in our staff that will help Associated Students be successful in its mission and goals. The goal of our HR Department is to provide a full-service function that is customer service friendly and responsive to the ongoing needs relative to personnel administration.
150 & 130
Student staff in Fall '20 & Spring '21 semesters
for over 10 years
38 years!
80% of our
employees are students!
AS Business Administration
The Business Office serves as the hub of the Associated Students. We are a team of senior office assistants, a receiving and delivery assistant, an administrative assistant, and the administrative services manager who reports directly to the Executive Director of the organization. Our responsibilities include: managing all AS staff, the BOD, and Student Ambassador travel in accordance with the AS Travel Policy; creating receiving records for all AS purchases; maintaining inventory assets of all AS departments in accordance to the fixed asset policy; maintaining archive records in accordance to the record retention guidelines; administrating the Admin budget; answering requests of transparency; analyzing financial reports.
Additionally, the Business Office continues to assist the Executive Director of AS with scheduling meetings for SFSU administrators, and outside contractors. The Business Office serves as the first point of contact for those getting into contact with the Executive Director. The Business Office ensures that the Executive Director has open channels of communication with the AS Departments and Board of Directors by scheduling recurring one on one meetings with department heads and board members.
Our Mission is to provide the best customer service and assistance to everyone we come into contact with.
551
virtual receiving
records completed
for 29 departments and 40 student organizations on campus
Coordinated the registration of
22 AS Staff members
EveryChild CA Virtual Conferences
30
budget accounts
managed for the Admin Department
255
check requisitions created & sent
AS Finance
The offices of Business and Finance provide financial and administrative oversight of the corporation. In addition to providing accounting services for all departments of Associated Students, BAF is also responsible for upholding and maintaining the policies, contracts, public records, and financial viability of the organization.
Through our administrative work, BAF is also responsible for the management of Student Organization Funding, which allows AS to award funding to the various recognized student organizations on campus on a yearly basis. It is with great care and due diligence that the members of the BAF team help to support the day-to-day operations of Associated Students.
$7.2 million
total revenue
as of April 30th, 2021
$2.1 million
total expenses
as of April 30th, 2021
23
POs processed
733
check requisitions forms processed via DocuSign
AS Marketing & Communications
The Marketing & Communications Team is responsible for the centralized marketing, advertising, promotion & public relations efforts for the entire Associated Students of SFSU organization, including all internal departments, Board of Directors, and 13 AS Programs.
The Marketing & Communications team is honored to serve our campus community & student body by providing engaging, educational content on social media & on campus, with the ultimate goal of connecting students with opportunities & resources offered by Associated Students of SFSU.
Our team takes pride in providing dynamic and innovative marketing strategies crafted by a talented and creative group of part-time student staff & full-time professional staff.
We strive to instill best practices to support student development in areas of professionalism and personal growth so that each member of our team leaves feeling prepared to take on the professional world beyond graduation.
A shout-out to our passionate & hardworking team: your creativity, innovation & mastery of your crafts over the last year have shaped our campus & organization forever. Thank you.
172 shares
from August 2020 – July 2021
Photo credit: DIVA, Academic Technology at SFSU
345 likes
2,090 reaches
Most reaches & most liked photo on the AS Instagram from August 2020 – July 2021
497 design requests
1,474 designs
created
1,500+ items
given away to students
55 Rhythms Prize Packs
200 AS Cares Packages
25 Rocketbooks
200 AS Care Packages
A Year of Resilience:
Adapting, Evolving & Persevering
Just wait & see what we have in store for the 2021-2022 academic year!
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