Distanced & Intimate

The 2022 comitee met with Dr.Brent Lewis to talk about his life and experiences at JMU. 

In this episode, we have TORCH members Alexia Muñoz, Bianca Salguero, Syd Jones, and Andrea Mariscal-Guzman discussing with committee member Karla Hernandez about their experiences being first-generation or low-income students, and the resources TORCH brings to JMU's campus.

In this episode,  Dr. Smalls, Dr. Flamiano, Dr. Mitchell, and Dr. Mellinger from the JMU School of Media Arts & Design join us to discuss the history and impacts of the underrepresentation of marginalized groups in the media, along with SGA Communications Chair Melody Haak, SGA DEIJ Chair Ginger Barbour, and Senator Leia Surovell.

In this shorter episode, committee members Karla Hernandez, Rylee Pledger, and Leia Surovell have a more casual conversation about their experiences at JMU during the pandemic discussing being a freshman at the beginning of the virus, JMU's lifted mask mandate, and mental health, with a short appearance by Evan George. 

In this episode, committee members Leia Surovell and Rylee Pledger interview senators Ginger Barbour and Evan George on Black History at JMU.

In this episode, we speak with the president of JMU's Hillel chapter, Jennifer Weiss, along with committee members, on the topic of religious diversity and Christian privilege in our school systems. 

This week we have Committee Chair Ginger Barbour and Committee Members David Figueroa, Jillian Lopez, Leia Surovell, and Rylee Pledger discussing their experiences of attending James Madison University as a PWI.

In this episode, one of our amazing members, Karla Hernandez, speaks with Latinx student leaders Ty Jones, David Gamboa, Kathy Escobar, and Veronica Lopez on Latinx student life at JMU, Latinx student struggles at JMU, and what JMU and the Harrisonburg community can do to improve the experiences of Latinx residents. 

For our first episode in honor of Women's History month we had and uplifting and insightful conversation with some amazing organizations on campus that are empowering women through their missions and the work that they do.