{"id":70,"date":"2019-09-16T18:30:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T18:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2019-20\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2020-01-30T23:57:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T23:57:29","slug":"president-alison-sir","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2019-20\/president-alison-sir\/","title":{"rendered":"President Alison Sir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-488\" src=\"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2019-20\/files\/2020\/01\/Alison-Sir-768x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2019-20\/files\/2020\/01\/Alison-Sir-768x768-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2019-20\/files\/2020\/01\/Alison-Sir-768x768-1-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 768px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>INTRODUCTION FROM ALISON<\/h2>\n<p>For three years I\u2019ve advocated on your behalf to make college affordable and effectively meet your needs. I know what people should expect from student leaders because of my time both outside and inside of A.S. I am prepared to bring you honesty, transparency, and unity!<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2013 Off-Campus Senator<br \/>\n\u2013 UC Global Food Initiative intern<br \/>\n\u2013 VP of Finance, Panhellenic<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACCOMPLISHMENTS:<\/strong><br \/>\nFOUGHT for $350 million in funding from Governor Brown to lower tuition and improve facilities.<br \/>\nCOLLABORATED with food coalitions to fight food insecurity.<br \/>\nCREATED Cadette, a startup enabling womxn to excel in their careers through professional development and mentorship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OUR FUTURE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY<\/strong><br \/>\n-CLAMPDOWN tuition hikes, housing, and textbook costs. I will lobby elected officials to reduce these costs.<br \/>\n-PAPERLESS TEXTBOOKS: Support open source textbook initiatives and move towards digital course readers rather than expensive textbooks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSFORMING ASSOCIATED STUDENTS<\/strong><br \/>\n-A.S. APP: Establish an app with a list of AS events, funding instructions, and campus resources.<br \/>\n-ACCESSIBILITY: You pay $600 every year in AS student fees! My top priority is ensuring AS is an effective organization where your input is welcomed to address your needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOUR SAFETY<\/strong><br \/>\n-PRESSING CONCERNS: I will work to keep the university accountable in responding to and protecting you during natural disasters, burglaries, and interpersonal violence.<br \/>\n-SAFETY FIRST: Implementation of the blue light system in IV<\/p>\n<p><strong>WELL-BEING<\/strong><br \/>\n-I.V EATS: Proceed with placing vending machines in Isla Vista to provide free meals to students with financial need.<br \/>\n-HEADSPACE: FREE mental health app for students!<br \/>\n-EQUITY FOR ALL: I will be an active listener among all communities and assist in any way to ensure EVERYONE has access to the resources they need to succeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INTRODUCTION FROM ALISON For three years I\u2019ve advocated on your behalf to make college affordable and effectively meet your needs. I know what people should expect from student leaders because of my time both outside and inside of A.S. I am prepared to bring you honesty, transparency, and unity! LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE: \u2013 Off-Campus Senator \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2019-20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2019-20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2019-20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2019-20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2019-20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2019-20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":491,"href":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2019-20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2019-20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}