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After more than one year of unique struggles for students and the university at large, one of the major fundraising days at Oregon State University has taken on an amplified meaning.
Dam Proud Day, organized by the main fundraising arm of the university, the Oregon State University Foundation, returned Wednesday in the midst of budget shortfalls and increased concerns about food and housing insecurity throughout the university community. By Wednesday afternoon, the real-time ticker showing the number of gifts and total dollars raised flew past the inaugural 2019 total of $620,000.
Dam Proud Day did not happen as planned in 2020 due to the pandemic.
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Book Review: Food Insecurity on Campus: Action and Intervention edited by Katharine M. Broton and Clare L. Cady
CATEGORY: Media and COVID-19
AUTHOR: XandoBlogs.com
In Food Insecurity on Campus: Action and Intervention, editors Katharine M. Broton and Clare L. Cady present background research and case studies from American college campuses that are in the fight to end hunger among their students, an issue only exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Chapter Six, students at Oregon State University began organising in the early 2000s to help fellow students and the Human Services Resource Center (HSRC) was born. It started as a one-stop hub for students to submit paperwork for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), to acquire basic groceries, to take a shower and so on. As the needs have become more apparent, the HSRC has evolved over time to include textbook rentals, cooking classes and dedicated housing for those in emergency situations. Ongoing da
Food banks and pantries in Corvallis continue to be available for those facing food insecurity, with modifications in place to distribute resources safely.
Since the pandemic began, the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry provides boxes of food for clients to pick up.Â
For those facing food insecurity, Kim Anderson, purchasing agent for the pantry, said people can visit the distribution area outside the building to pick up food, with the help of volunteers. She noted that everyone who visits the pantry must wear a mask.
âNow, they do have some choice in what they can get, but basically itâs a standardized box of necessary items - three or four days-worth of food, per person,â Anderson said.
We Can Do The Work and Disarm OSU Respond
December 23, 2020
Trigger warning: Sexual Assault and Police Violence
On December 14th, OSU announced the appointment of Shanon Anderson as the new Police Chief and Vice President of Public Safety, following the brief appointment of Edgar Rodriguez. The appointment was announced just two weeks before the school intends to introduce its private, armed force to police the OSU Corvallis campus.
This appointment is yet another act of disregard and dismissal of community-led activism towards racial justice by OSU. Disarm OSU and the We Can Do The Work Campaign have been demanding the halt of OSU’s private police force formation since its announcement in April, with reallocation of Public Safety funding towards expansion of services that bolster the health and resilience of our community amidst a global pandemic.