POLITICAL AWARENESS COMMITTEE
via @bbyanarchists on Instagram.
Fostering a politically-minded understanding of our world.
We are a committee that works to push the St. Olaf community to develop a critical consciousness to the place we occupy, and our positioning in the world. PAC works to coordinate events that radically change our ways of being in this world, through an intersectional approach that enables students within the committee to grow and learn. Simultaneously, we push the wider student and faculty body to be exposed to events that will cause a radical examination of their world and life.
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PAC Members
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 Helena SkadbergTo me, PAC is a safe space that pushes individuals and the St. Olaf community to engage in political discussion and learning while providing opportunities that promote personal growth and engagement with social change. |  Anna MulhernTo me, PAC is all about working for justice through building community and centralizing marginalized folks and their narratives. |  Raveena-Flor LalwaniPAC is a safe space in which all individuals are welcome to have a discussion and listen to other opinions. Through this platform, one can learn and understand the topic firsthand from an individual that has taken the time to study it or has even lived it. Alongside that, PAC is not a means limited to the individuals in the organisation- it rather spreads the word to campus and welcomes anyone to join their guest speaker’s conference in addition to their other planned events. It is a team that i |
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 Kana Araya-KjesethPAC is a place to go to when you want to learn and understand the issues and unrest in society. It is a great place to educate yourself, see new perspectives, and take action. |  Maren Shawdi AssefPAC allows me to both share information about global issues that matter to me, as well as gain awareness of political events that are not otherwise discussed much on campus. |  Helen ClanaughPAC to me means having conversations about imagining a world outside of electoral politics where BIPOC folks, Queer folks, women, people with disabilities, and low income folks have the resources to thrive and live joyful and abundant lives. It means building a community where people have the resources to learn about liberation, abolition, and de-colonization and where we speak and manifest these things into existence. |
 Larissa Rabelo SantanaPAC to me means to build an intentional community grounded in decoloniality. |  Camila Avila MartinezWhat PAC means to me is creating a space political education from an intersectional lens. In addition, provide the means to develop critical thinking skills through the works of scholars, organizers, and community members. |  Lily GalicPAC promotes truth and justice. It aims to inform, spread awareness, and open dialogues about current national and international political and social issues or events, and calls on students to act on these issues. |
 Alyssa VuePAC is a huge opportunity to critically reflect on politics, history, and more. It pushes me to learn what means to think about people outside of my bubble, and is a place devoted to the inclusion, discussion, and mission of understanding and making all voices heard. |  GraceStanding up for what's right. |  Sannah Arvidson-HicksPAC is an open place for developing social awareness in community. PAC causes us to think critically about our spaces, uplift narratives, share about pressing global issues, and learn from one another. |
 Aya AboudouPAC is a way for me to put effort into actual change. I always find myself having certain opinions and ideas about events from PAC but I realized that talking about it doesn't do much and being a member allows me to listen to others as well as bring my own perspective. |