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TIMELINE OF LISTENING

BROWN & BLUEPRINT
TOWN HALL 1 

October 30, 2017

First Town Hall meeting discussing visions for Capen Village and spatial inequities on campus. Panel with Marianne Ray, Lois Stanley, Matt Austin, and Benya Kraus.

Installation booths will be set up all across campus with laptops to map your comments about physical spaces onto a virtual 3D map of the campus.

November 15-20

CO-URBANIZE MAPPING

Installations of campus maps onto bulletin boards will be posted in the Campus Center; come drop post-it notes on how you've been building communities in these spaces.

November 27-December 1

POST-IT MAPPING

Comments from the Listening Sessions and other modes of listening will be consolidated into a draft report outlining trends and findings from the comprehensive review.

Winter Break

REPORT DRAFTING

November 1, 2017 onwards

LISTENING SESSIONS LIVE

Sign ups for Listening Sessions are now LIVE. Click here to request a time and senator to speak with a senator. You can also submit anonymous comments here.

BROWN & BLUEPRINT
TOWN HALL 2 

This will be a discussion focused specifically on the needs of identity-based housing, such as the development of the Rainbow House, the relocation of residences from the Asian American Center, and how the G6 are creating communities in their spaces.

From comments gathered through listening sessions, we'll ask specific questions on the spaces you move through, including input on how the application process for Capen Village should look. You can text in responses or come to our Input-PostIt Wall in the Campus Center to "post" your thoughts.

Come here about the major findings in the report and plan together next steps to actualize the findings!

Mid-November TBD

TEXT & POST IT VOTING

December 4-8

BROWN & BLUEPRINT
TOWN HALL 3

January 29, 2018

ABOUT US 

Brown & Blueprint is a TCU Senate initiative started in response to the "Student Life Review Committee Report," which addresses challenges to and opportunities for a vibrant and diverse social life at Tufts.

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Whereas the SLRC Report provides a general overview of the direction in which Tufts should head regarding social spaces, this initiative aims to:

 

document and review the specific physical space needs and spatial inequities experienced by Tufts students, providing a concrete framework of steps the university should address to invest equitably in social spaces for all students.

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This is an initiative born out of the TCU Senate Administration and Policy Committee, as well as TCU President Benya Kraus' presidential platform and Urban Studies Senior Capstone.

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Members of the Administration and Policy Committee include:

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Jamie Neikrie, A18 Chair

Benya Kraus, A18

Fatima Ajose, A18

Nathan Foster, A18

Jordan Kemp, A18

Karan Rai, A20

Grant Gebetsberger, A21

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CONTACT 

Benya Kraus 

TCU President

Benya.Kraus@tufts.edu

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Jamie Neikrie

Chair of TCU Admin & Policy Committee

Benjamin.Neikrie@tufts.edu

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