7/27/2022 Annual Business Meeting


Attendees: Brandon Alston, Amani Awwad, Felicia Arriaga, Cynthia Zhang, Sarah Castillo, Adam Burston, Rocio Garcia, Miltonette Craig, Jesse Yeh, Watoii Rabii, Marcelle Medford, Sehrish Shikarpurya, Luis Nuño, Andrea Boyles, Rahsaan Mahadeo, Anthony Peguero, Deborwah Faulk, Meredith Ille, Shaonta' "Shay" Allen


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1. Intro (15 minute)
   1. Name & affiliation (5 minutes)
   2. Break out rooms (5 minutes): one thing you’re proud of this year and one thing you’re struggling with
      1. Challenge: Many Division chairs discussing cost of conference and attendance. Many people reluctant to attend due to pandemic and other global health issues.
      2. Success: Book accomplishments; 
   3. Takeaways for bigger group: tips for transitioning from grad student to faculty; meeting new people is always exciting; 
2. Status of Division
   1. 483 members (increase from last year)
   2. Budget $600
   3. Help us with newsletter ($120)
3. Awards (10 minute)
   1. Student Paper Award winner: Brandon Allston - “The Camera is my Weapon: How Black Men Use Cellphones to Negotiate Safety and Status Amid Police Surveillance”
   2. Honorable Mention: Jesse Yeh
   3. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award: B. Brian Foster - I Don’t Like the Blues: Race, Plae and the Backbeat of Black Life
   4. Honorable mention: Jennifer Jones - The Browning of the New South
   5. Kimberlé Crenshaw Outstanding Article Award Co-Winners: Matthew Clair and Rocio R. Garcia
4. Open floor: Concerns?
   1. It does not seem the Association will be able to shift to a virtual component at this time. 
   2. Recommendations for hybrid conference. 
   3. Recommendation to reach out to presider and session organizer to see if accommodations can be made (e.g. create your own zoom meeting), unless a directive comes from higher-ups in SSSP. 
   4. Benefits: Increased participation; less costly; helps allay people’s concerns over global health crises.  
5. Ideas for sessions: Theme Same Problem Different Day: Recognizing and Responding to Recurring Social Problems (10 minutes)
   1. We usually have a total of 10 sessions.
   2. We are allotted 3 sessions for DREM. 
   3. Other 7 are co-sponsored. 
   4. Ideas:
      1. Interest in a conversation about implicit bias training. 
      2. Immigration and race
      3. Critique of DEI regimes and liberal antiracisms 
         1. “Sophisticated race talk” - Shaonta “Shay” Allen
6. Ask for volunteers for awards and sessions