Service & Politics
Alliance of Concerned Individuals (ACI)
The EC Alliance of Concerned Individuals will act as a resource to the Eckerd College community for the promotion of peace and justice across the globe. It will not be affiliated with specific political parties or causes so much as to address a variety of political, social, and environmental concerns. It will however, focus on human rights. Specifically, the Alliance will:
- Increase awareness of key issues, through bringing speakers on campus, organizing community and student discussions, and providing other educational opportunities both on and off campus.
- Promote democracy by fostering interaction between the EC community and the local and national government. This will include letter drives, call-ins, petitions, and other nonviolent activities.
| Student Contact Katy Tyler |
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Amnesty International
Amnesty International of Eckerd College seeks to bring concerned students, faculty, and staff together in order to expose human rights violations and work towards change. In collaboration with all Amnesty International groups and other human rights organizations, we will undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights of physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination – in the context of our work to promote all human rights, as articulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
| Student Contact Nayif Al-Misharif |
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Best Buddies
To enhance the lives of individuals with intellectual disabilities providing opportunities for friendship with a college buddy. Giving the gift of Friendship and making a difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities. For more information on Best Buddies, please see the Best Buddies Florida website.
| Student Contact Courtney Nosach |
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Circle K
The object of this club shall be to engage members of the Eckerd College Community in community service within the St. Petersburg area. This service will be in accordance with the standards of Circle K International. The EC Circle K shall provide an environment that facilitates community building through service among all associated with Eckerd College.
| Student Contact Megan Burrough |
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Coalition for Community Justice (CCJ)
The Coalition for Community Justice was started in March 2006 by a group of students concerned about the treatment and wages of Eckerd College housekeepers, facility and maintenance workers. The group designed an action plan and worked with the administration at school to devise a way to raise wages for the workers. For the 2006-2007 school years the housekeepers all received raises due to the college and ECOS donating money to the club. The Coalition also does activities to show appreciation to the staff members at school. These activities include cook outs, holiday and thank you gifts.
| Student Contact Andrea Solazzo |
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Earth Society
The objective of this club shall be to promote environmental awareness and to improve the relationship that we as a people have with our Mother Earth. We shall achieve this objective through specific events such as Green Rampage, Earth Fair, volunteering services, taking educational field trips, and providing information about environmental issues to the Eckerd College community.
| Student Contact Kimberly Schmidt |
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EC W.A.D. Health Squad
EC W.A.D. is designed to provide alternative late-night activities that promote a healthy social atmosphere, and to promote health and wellness throughout campus.
| Student Contact Brendan McDowell |
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Garden Club
The Garden Club is responsible for the Community Native Plant Garden on campus. The garden is entirely student-fun, is organic, and is located behind he pool. The objective is to provide an outdoor classroom for professors to use, and to have it serve as a demonstration garden to show community members how native plants can be used in home landscaping. Native plants require less water, fertilizer, and chemicals, and provide food and shelter for birds, butterflies, and other native wildlife. We have bimonthly work days where any interested student is welcome to come out to help in the garden.
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EC Homeless Outreach (ECHO)
The objective of this club is to end homelessness in the St. Petersburg community. ECHO's activities in this vain will include, but certainly are not limited to, serving a meal every Saturday at St. Vincent's De Paul's soup kitchen, volunteering at other agencies that serve the homeless community, holding various food and clothing drives both on campus and in the community, holding a homelessness awareness forum on campus, and participating in the City of St. Petersburg's Homeless Task Force.
| Student Contact Justin Walker |
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Iota Counsel
The counsel as a standing body of self-governance will create a forum for student opinions and dialog on overall complex-wide issues and concerns. The Counsel speaks in one voice, with authority, to the administration about resolutions to such issues. Counsel action will be confined broadly into three categories: social planning, policy decisions in regards to common areas, and maintenance/improvement.
| Student Contact Emily Cook |
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Model United Nations
The objective of this club shall be to promote understanding of the United Nations system, services, and performance, as well as to educate the Eckerd College community of international issues. Model United Nations shall facilitate this objective through the Eckerd College Model United Nations Conference, outside conferences, UN Awareness Week, and through updates on current international issues.
| Student Contact Devin Pedone |
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Students for a Free Tibet
The purpose of this club is to take part in the international effort to end the suffering of the Tibetan people.
| Student Contact Steve Rothstein |
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Sustainable Campus Task Force
| Student Contact AnneLowry Gilbert |
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Women's Resource Center
The object of this club is to work for awareness of women's issues and gender equality here in the Eckerd community and beyond.
| Student Contact Anna Ouellette |
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Young Democrats
The purpose the EC Young Democrats is to promote the Democratic Party to the Eckerd community. This organization will preserve Democratic values and ideals and promote general political development throughout the Eckerd campus.
| Student Contact Johnny Boykins |
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