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Roosevelt Institute Progress Report
Thanksgiving 2010
Please read closely and answer the questions found on page 4.
Current Status of Hendrixs Roosevelt ChapterThe first semester was slower than what we could have done but there were a few accomplishments.
Roosevelt had three different events this semester where we discussed The United States policy with
Iran and Afghanistan. These events were not highly attended. They were fairly well advertised but
people just did not turn out. Hopefully Roosevelt can host more events like those. The more events
Roosevelt has, the more people will begin to come out.
Nick Bemberg, Alex Schroller, David Hagan, and Jacob Porter attended Roosevelt Institutes Fall
Conference in Little Rock. At the conference, we discussed some of the overarching goals andinitiatives of Roosevelt. We also did some workshopping to hear peoples opinions on issues. Lastly,
we met Roosevelt members from around the South. There are a lot of active Rooers out there!
We have submitted the necessary paperwork to student activities in order to be recognized as an official
club at Hendrix. We are now waiting on them to have a meeting and approve us.
The following positions are required by the Constitution. If you would like to fill an empty spot, let
someone know. We have more than three people who are interested in Roosevelt activities. They just
have not filed for officership yet.
Chair Jacob Porter
Chair Nick BembergEvent Coordinator
Treasurer David Hagan
Secretary
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FutureThere are a few issues at hand that we need to take care of to have a successful second semester. Either by
email or in-person, please give Nick Bemberg or Jacob Porter feedback on the following items:
Roosevelt Institute Campus Networks national opportunities
o Ten Ideas Series (Deadline February 25, 2011)
February 25, 2011 is the submission deadline for 2011s Ten Idea Series. Either individually or
in a group, student can submit a short (approximately 700 words) proposal for a policy they
would like to see implemented. This can be on a local, state, or national level. See later pages
for details.
o Solving Petroleum Impacts Legislatively (SPIL) (Deadline March 15, 2010)
The University of Georgia will be hosting a conference in April for students to present thoughts
regarding the governments response to the Deepwater Horizon Spill. Students will present
improvements they think the government should have made. See later pages for details.
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Roosevelt Summer Academy (Deadline January 15, 2011)The Roosevelt Summer Academy is a two month long program in Chicago or Washington DC
where you work at a full-time internship and also participate in a training curriculum and weekly
networking events as part of an integrated program of leadership development. See later pages for
details.
Hendrixs Chapter of Roosevelts Activities for the semester
o Ten Ideas Series Meetings
From the time school starts after winter break to the submission deadline for Ten Ideas, it wouldbe very beneficial if members of Hendrixs Roosevelt chapter met to critique each others ideas
As seen in the calendar, the meetings are tentatively planned for Thursdays.
o Weekly Events
I think having some kind of regular meeting regarding politics would be a good thing forRoosevelt at Hendrix to start. One possible weekly event is watching Sunday morning talkshows every week. We would not actually have to meet on Sunday mornings. We could streamthe shows off the web on Sunday nights so that people will not skip the shows for sleep.
o Special Events
During spring semester I would like to see our chapter host some special events. These could beevents with Harding or the University of Arkansas Fayetteville (they both have active Roosevelt
chapters), a trip to the Arkansas State Capitol or Clinton Library, and a lot of other stuff
o KHDX Show
Roosevelt could host a political radio show on KHDX. No telling how many listeners therewould be but if kept low-pressure and fun a Radio Show would be awesome. It could bebroadcast once a week. There are a lot of options for the way we would format it.
o Volunteer Work
Whether we team up with VAC, Habitat for Humanity, Hendrix-Menifee tutoring, or work byourselves, it may be a good idea for us to do some volunteer work. We could try to incorporate a
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political agenda (that we all agree on) into our volunteer work.
o Odyssey Projects (February 1 Summer Deadline, April 1 Fall/Winter Deadline)
As a group of people, Roosevelt has greater options for Odyssey project than an individualbecause we have more manpower. The Summer Academy or Policy Writing could probably beapproved for Odyssey credit, but we could also come up with our own (e.g., a trip somewhere).
o Project Pericles - Debating For Democracy 2011 Legislative Hearing (D4D) (Deadline
February 2, 2011)Our sponsor, Jay Barth, gave me some information about this project by Project Pericles.Students will work in groups and write a letter to an elected official regarding policy analysis andcreation. From the 28 participating colleges and universities, the best five letters will be chosenand two students who wrote those letters will go to New York City to discuss their policy ideaswith a panel of current and former elected officials and other public policy experts.
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Your Homework
Read over the national opportunities and the Hendrix campus opportunities and figure out your interestin them.
o Are you interested in writing for the Ten Ideas Series?
o Are you interested in writing for SPIL?
o Are you interested in applying for Roosevelts Summer Academy?
o Do you have ideas for weekly events our chapter could host?o Do you have ideas for special events our chapter could host?
o Are you interested in being part of Roosevelts Radio show?
o Do you have ideas for volunteer work that Roosevelt could do?
o Do you have an Odyssey project you would like to do with Roosevelt?
o Are you interested in writing a letter for Project Pericles?
Once you have figured out your answers to the above questions, come to the meeting on December 2and let everyone else know. At the meeting, we will talk about what we all should do over the break sothat we can start second semester off strong! If you cannot make it to the meeting but are trulyinterested, let me know you answers to the above questions before December 2.
After we have a meeting to discuss our intentions for second semester and winter break, the nexthomework assignment will be for everyone to execute our plans. If done well, the results will beawesome!
Register to be part of Roosevelts website at http://www.rooseveltcampusnetwork.org/user/register.Once you register, you can join Hendrixs chapter. As a member of the website you can blog and talk toRoosevelt members throughout the country.
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Information on the Ten Ideas Series:
DEADLINE: FEB. 25
Six Policy Centers you can submit your work to:
Health Care Economic Development Energy & Environment Defense and Diplomacy Equal Justice Energy and Environment
Author Guidelines
o Proposals should be concise and well-written, and total approximately 700 words (excluding citations).
Charts and graphs should be kept to a minimum; instead, summarize data in the text of the policy. Sources(endnotes) must be included with submissions.
A Roosevelt 10 Ideas piece should include the following sections:
o Your Idea : One sentence thesis statement, what's your goal?
o Legislative History: Has this ever been tried before? Who is already on board? Where does it currently stand?
Demonstrate that this is clearly achievable from a political perspective.o Key Stats : These are statistics that create a picture and succinctly explain how your policy can make a
difference. What is the context or environment that your proposed policy will contribute to?o Talking Points : How would you argue on behalf of your piece in thirty seconds or less? Write it down.
o Analysis : Describe potential outcomes, and numbers wherever possible: budget projections, and/or a cost-
benefit analysis that demonstrates why your suggestion is viable from an economic perspective.o Audience/Stakeholders : Identify who would be impacted and how you'd engage them through this suggested
change. Legislation generally identifies stakeholders by clearly outlining who would be a potential recipient offunds and benefits, and where decisions & funds would flow through.
o Next Steps : Identify where this should go, and how you think it should proceed. If you can lay out a reasonable
timeline, do so -for example, if it's critical that we do this before the next election cycle, or if there's some otherdeadline that's important.
o Endnotes: Chicago Style, please include & format all information including date accessed for webpages
To Submit Your Proposal:
1. Please go to http://rooseveltcampusnetwork.org/ojs2. Click on register under the journal that you wish to submit to, "2011 10ideas for..." - Make sure it says 2011.3. Enter a minimum, the required information, be sure to ask for a confirmation email to be sent to you and make sure the
AUTHOR box is checked before you register!4. Once you submit, you will be on the "USER HOME" for that journal. and you'll see "AUTHOR" under the journal title. Click
on it.5. Go to "CLICK HERE" under Start a new journal submission6. Select "articles" for section type and make sure all the boxes are checked off and complete under the checklist. Take time to
read "Author guidelines" and make sure you've covered everything. Incomplete submissions may not be considered forpublication.
7. For "step 4" please upload any charts, graphs, or high image resolutions for your piece separately8. Finish and submit! Thank you!
A few examples of Ideas are attached, but you can find all six policy journals (60 ideas total) athttp://www.rooseveltcampusnetwork.org/blog/10-ideas-series-released
Getting published in Ten Ideas would be a really great rsum booster! Who is interested in it? If you areinterested, you will need to do research and writing over the break. Once we get back, we can meet once aweek to critique each others writing (see calendar).
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Information onSolving Petroleum Impacts Legislatively (SPIL):
Objective and Timeline:
The Roosevelt Institute seeks to investigate the environmental, social, and economic effects of theDeepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill on the states most heavily impacted by it.Because of the magnitude of the undertaking, the group should select a topic salient to the spill, but specificenough to compose a comprehensive policy analysis.
Such topics may include, but are not limited to, offshore drilling regulation, use ofescrow funds, and federalunemployment assistance to individuals whose livelihoods were impacted.
The specific topics will be decided by the group. Upon completion of the report, the group will publishits findings with the intention ofdistributing them to stakeholders and interested policymakers. Additionally,the group will present its findings at a conference hosted by UGA.
The research component will include students compiling a state-by-state analysis of the spillsrepercussions, making use of quantitative measures of the economic and environmental outcomes, to facilitatecross-state comparison.
The next step will be for the group will evaluate the effectiveness of each states and the federalgovernments efforts to mitigate the environmental and economic damage.
Finally, the group will propose improvements to existing policies and the creation of new policies toimprove the efficiency of governmental response. The group will present its findings at a conference hosted bythe University of Georgia.
ImpactAs part of the investigation, the group may decide to visit one or more of the states salient to the
research project. The group may conduct interviews and observe the work local and state policy-makers aredoing on the ground to better understand the response to the spill and the federal governments role incombating the disaster. The trip would most likely take place over Winter Break 2010 or Spring Break 2010.Roosevelt can help to finance the trip
Possible ideas for topics to resarch:-Combating behavioral health implications such asdepression and substance abuse-Combating medical consequences such asrespiratory, neurobehavioral, carcinogenic, andimmunological conditions-Combating the effects on the nation's seafoodsupply-Fighting unemployment in the Gulf region-Restarting the tourism economy
-Offshore drilling regulation-Offshore drilling oversight by the Department ofthe Interior-Restoring damage to wetlands-Improving disaster response-Instituting an Office of Information to the nation-Governmental volunteer coordination of spillcleanup
The writing you do for this will be a policy brief formatted the same as a Ten Ideas policy brief (seeattached for example). Based on who is interested in writing a SPIL paper, we can decide if we would like to
go on a trip to a Gulf State and when we would like to go. Roosevelt (and maybe Hendrix) could help pay for
it. Winter Break is an option if we work quickly and Spring Break is also possible. The UGA chapter will be
traveling to Dauphin Island, AL during winter break to interview local stakeholders, union members, and
government workers. If you submit writing by the deadline, March 15, you are essentially guaranteed a spot at
the conference to present your work. The conference is on April 9 in Athens, Georgia. Transportation there
would be paid for by Roosevelt.
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Information on Roosevelt Summer Academy:
From http://www.rooseveltcampusnetwork.org/projects-programs/summer-academy:
The Roosevelt Summer Academy combines a full-time internship with a training curriculum and
weekly networking events as part of an integrated program of leadership development. Our objective is to bring
new, diverse, and progressive voices into the political process. The program runs for nine weeks, from June 9th
to August 12th, 2011
During the summer of 2010, Roosevelt ran two concurrent programs: The Washington Academy andThe Chicago Academy. Placements included: Center for Community Change,Economic Policy Institute,TheNational Security Network, New Democratic Network (NDN), ChoiceUSA, America's Union Movement (AFL-CIO) and many others. The Chicago Academy will place ten students with different Chicago City Agencies towork on energy and environmental policy in an urban setting. Last year's placements included: ChicagoDepartment of Health, Chicago Department of Zoning and Land Use Planning,Chicago Department of
Environment, Chicago Public Schools,Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection.
Each fellowship comes with a minimum $1500 stipend. Applicants with financial need may qualify foradditional funding. We are deeply committed to assembling a diverse group of Academy Fellows and will workwith each person accordingly.
Trainings are an important part of our summer program, examples of some include: policy 101communications, online organizing and social media, field organizing, lobbying and fundraising, and coalitionbuilding. Guest speakers comprise another component of our program. Past speakers include: Greg Ehrendreichfrom Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, Adele Simmons from Chicago Climate Action Plan, and PaigeFinnegan from LEED Council.
This summer program would be a great rsum booster, would earn you some money, would establishyou with Roosevelt members on other campuses, and be a productive way to spend the summer. I am not surehow Hendrix members stand as far as chance of being accepted because we have not had a particularly activechapter. But if this sounds interesting, apply this year. You might get accepted but even if you do not, you wilhave a better chance of getting accepted next year.
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