What Can Yalies Accomplish
WHEN WE DARE?
Join us, we've already dared to lead the largest student government petition at Yale since the 1980s to defend ISA/SEA summer funding
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Join us, we've already dared to organize students through the ISA/SEA petition to win expedited giftbasket fundraising and draft under-review SEG eligibility expansion policies
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Join us, we've already dared to directly work with the New Haven Economic Development Administration to reimplement $20,000 scholarships for New Haven students at SCSU/Gateway
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Join us, we've already dared to broker the Senate's final compromise to pass a $1.2 million budget with record UOFC and club funding levels
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Join us, we've already dared to lead the largest student government petition at Yale since the 1980s to defend ISA/SEA summer funding — Join us, we've already dared to organize students through the ISA/SEA petition to win expedited giftbasket fundraising and draft under-review SEG eligibility expansion policies — Join us, we've already dared to directly work with the New Haven Economic Development Administration to reimplement $20,000 scholarships for New Haven students at SCSU/Gateway — Join us, we've already dared to broker the Senate's final compromise to pass a $1.2 million budget with record UOFC and club funding levels —
Join us, we've already dared to successfully bring back Cookies in Commons, green grapes in dining halls, and acai bowls in the Elm
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Join us, we've already dared to publicly fight for Yale Hospitality to join the Fair Food Program for ethical labor standards and sourcing
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Join us, we've already dared to fund summer storage and adobe accounts when Yale failed its students
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Join us, we've already dared to join the call for Yale to divest in ICE terror in our own New Haven home
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Join us, we've already dared to join hands with the GPSS, AAUP, FAS-SEAS, and 1,000+ faculty to call on Yale to explicitly protect academic freedom for a quality student education
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Join us, we've already dared to fight against budget cuts to indispensable instruction faculty
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Join us, we've already dared to successfully bring back Cookies in Commons, green grapes in dining halls, and acai bowls in the Elm — Join us, we've already dared to publicly fight for Yale Hospitality to join the Fair Food Program for ethical labor standards and sourcing — Join us, we've already dared to fund summer storage and adobe accounts when Yale failed its students — Join us, we've already dared to join the call for Yale to divest in ICE terror in our own New Haven home — Join us, we've already dared to join hands with the GPSS, AAUP, FAS-SEAS, and 1,000+ faculty to call on Yale to explicitly protect academic freedom for a quality student education — Join us, we've already dared to fight against budget cuts to indispensable instruction faculty —
Join us, we've already dared to reject the silos of a Yale education by teaching weekly classes to refugees at IRIS: New Haven and students at the Troup School of New Haven
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Join us, we've already dared to win first-ever student input channels in the Registrar's Office
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Join us, we've already dared to reject the silos of a Yale education by teaching weekly classes to refugees at IRIS: New Haven and students at the Troup School of New Haven — Join us, we've already dared to win first-ever student input channels in the Registrar's Office —
Alex William Chen
Morse | History; Political Science | West Chester, PA
When Dean Lewis angrily told me to my face that my advocacy made his job much harder, I kept going.
As Speaker of the Senate, I led the ISA/SEA Petition—Yale’s largest student government petition since the 1980s—fighting unapologetically for Yalies’ study abroad and summer experiences. As Yale’s cuts festered, I produced results, galvanizing alumni/donors and redrafting SEG eligibility expansion for OCS evaluation.
Again and again, I’ve dared to deliver—on $1.2M budgets, on language learning incentive reforms at Yale’s Center for Language Study, on fixing disbursement infrastructure at YCBO, and on reimplementing New Haven scholarships directly in collaboration with City Hall.
I dare because we must—because so much is at stake—because we need fighters with serious, proven experience—to defend, pursue, and reimagine.
Join us.
We’ll prove how much Yalies can accomplish when we dare.
Brendan Kaminski
Saybrook | History; Education Studies | Baldwin, NY
I’m running on my record of daring to defy convention.
After Yale slashed support for its most financially-vulnerable students, I secured $3,000 for Adobe Creative Cloud stipends and over $12,500 to alleviate summer storage costs as a YCC Senator. When dining halls stopped serving students’ favorite menu items, I negotiated with Yale Hospitality to reintroduce cookies in Commons, grapes in the residential college dining halls, and grilled cheese at Steep Café.
No one thought this change was possible until I led it.
And now, Alex and I ask you to join us in envisioning all that Yalies can accomplish when we dare. The band-aid solutions and YCC E-Board complacency of this past year are not enough. It is time to leverage the role of Vice President to presently and publicly fight for the Yale experience we all deserve.
