Guide to the Common Ground Collection RG 9.5.4 Common Ground Collection, Guide to the Finding aid prepared by Sarah Pinard Sarah Lawrence College Archives Sarah Lawrence College Archives 1 Mead Way Bronxville, NY, 10708 914-395-2480 archives@sarahlawrence.edu 2008 Entered in Archivists' Toolkit by Sarah Pinard This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-10-28T15:46-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Common Ground Collection RG 9.5.4 Sarah Lawrence College Archives 2 1 3 3.0 linear feet 2 record cartons, 1 flat box undated, 1969-present 萨拉劳伦斯学院。Common Ground. Acquisition note This collection was donated by Aja Mujinga Sherrard '11, chair of Common Ground, in October 2008. Conditions Governing Access note The collection is open to researchers. Restricted material is marked as such in the finding aid and on the folder itself. See archivist for further assistance with restricted folders. Historical note Common Ground is a space used by students of color groups on campus. Located on the second floor of Bates, Common Ground functions as a place to hold events and meetings, as a lounge area, and a central location for resources that relate to the student of color groups that utilize the space. These groups include APICAD, Harambe, Unidad, Women of Color and others. The space currently known as Common Ground was not always located in Bates. Prior to its current location in the Student Space, a Students of Color Space existed in the basement of Westlands. The creation of a space for students of color dates to the Westlands sit-in of 1989. During the March 1989 Westlands sit-in by the student group Concerned Students of Color (CSOC) a series of demands were made that included the creation of a space for people of color on campus. The CSOC agenda defined this space as a place that would be a “non-residential center for political and social activity for students of color. It will be a place where growth, nurturing, assertion, and sharing of our ethnic identities will take place.” Four days after the agenda was put forth a panel composed of faculty and administration offered a document which stated that a “lounge space for students of color” would be an important part of forthcoming construction on campus. Approximately five years later, during the 1994-1995 academic year, Marilyn Katz noted in her Dean of Studies Report to the President that although students of color groups, including Asian Student Union, Harambe, and Unidad, had requested a space for a number of years, no such place had been provided. In the spring of 1995 the issue was discussed during a meeting of the Student Senate. It was decided by General Committee that there was a space in the basement of Westlands that could be used by these student groups on a trial basis. The first documentation of this space in the Student Handbook can be found in 2002-2003. The Students of Color Space “serves as a meeting room, gathering area and resource room for HARAMBE, APICAD, UNIDAD and other students of color organizations. The space is also used for speakers, discussions, movie nights and other activities. Mostly, however, it serves as an inviting, comfortable area for all students to relax, hang out and converse with one another.” This space was called Common Ground by students. Common Ground moved to its current location in the Bates Center for Student Life during the 2004-2005 academic year after the remodeling of the student space was completed. See also Archived Digital Files and the Photograph Collection for images and movies of 2005-2006 Common Ground events including the Ethnic Studies Campaign, Cultural Misappropriation, and the Ishle Yi Park Event; Guide to the APICAD Collection for additional material on the student group APICAD; the Student Life Collection for additional student group publications; Protest and Activism on Campus Collection for further information about the Ethnic Studies Campaign, Police Brutality, and the Westlands Sit-In of 1969. The Protest and Activism Collection also contains materials about the activities of the groups Concerned Students of Color and Harambe. See also the Alice Stone Ilchman Papers for further information on CSOC, Harambe, and the 1989 Westlands Sit-In including correspondence from the President’s Office. Series description Series I. Administrative Sub-series A. APICAD Series I. Administrative Sub-series B. Common Ground Series I. Administrative Sub-series C. Concerned Students of Color Series I. Administrative Sub-series D. Harambe Series I. Administrative Sub-series E. QPOC Series I. Administrative Sub-series F. Students of Color Series I. Administrative Sub-series G. Unidad Series I. Administrative Sub-series H. Women of Color Series II. Research Files 系列III。Subjects Sub-series A. Events 系列III。Subjects Sub-series B. General 系列III。Subjects Sub-series C. Publications Sub-series I. External 系列III。Subjects Sub-series C. PublicationsSub-series II. Student rela系列即行政由材料ting to the administration of the student groups APICAD, Concerned Students of Color, Harambe, Students of Color, Unidad, Women of Color, and the student space Common Ground. These sub-series may contain meeting agendas and notes, budget information, correspondence regarding event planning, mission statements, documents about meeting space, programming resources, and flyers and posters announcing events sponsored by these groups. The records of these four sub-series: Concerned Students of Color, Students of Color, Harambe, and Common Ground provide brief but informative documentation about the development of the Common Ground student space. The material in Sub-series B. Common Ground is more thorough than in other sub-series. This is partly due to the records kept by space managers during the 2006-2007 academic year. Series I is divided into seven sub-series: Sub-series A. APICAD; Sub-series B. Common Ground; Sub-series C. Concerned Students of Color; Sub-series D. Harambe; Sub-series E. QPOC; Sub-series F. Students of Color; Sub-series G. Unidad; Sub-series H. Women of Color. Series II. Research Files consists of subject files created and maintained by Common Ground. The majority of this material refers to off-campus events or topics such as housing, political prisoners, labor, immigration, international political sanctions, and police brutality. The research files provide documentation of the interests of student groups on campus. 系列III。主题包括一般主题files and records collected by Common Ground. This includes diversity resources, speakers, local organizations, and material about events on-campus that the student groups who use Common Ground were involved with. Also included in this series is information about LGBTQ, Solidarity Club, Gay Men of African Descent, Black Students Association, the Black Radical Congress, and the Black Alumnae/i Association. The material in these files is partial and does not reflect administrative activity. This series also contains flyers and posters that were used to publicize on and off-campus events. These items are housed with the oversized material. Sub-series C. Publications contains both student produced literature, including The Ninja, a publication of APICAD, and Common Ground Magazine, a publication of Common Ground, as well as external publications. External publications collected by student groups are arranged alphabetically in folders titled with the student group’s name. All other external publications are arranged alphabetically by title in a folder titled General. Series III is divided into three sub-series: Sub-series A. Events; Sub-series B. General; Sub-series C. Publications. Sub-series C is further divided into two sub-series: Sub-series I. External Publications; and Sub-series II. Student Publications. Scope and Contents note This collection contains records and materials pertaining to the student space Common Ground. The collection also includes material concerning student groups that use Common Ground space. These groups are APICAD, Harambe, Unidad, Women of Color, and others. Records documenting the history of the creation of Common Ground, which include the student group Concerned Students of Color may also be found in this collection. Material pertaining to these groups is mainly administrative. Certain groups’ records, such as Common Ground, Harambe, and Students of Color, are more comprehensive than others. In addition to administrative records this collection includes a series of research files. The records in this series were compiled as subject files by Common Ground before transfer to the archives and have been left in their original order. Lastly, this collection includes material relating to events and programming on and off-campus, resources for student groups, information about regional and national organizations of interest to student groups, as well as student publications and external publications collected by the student groups represented in this collection. Cataloging status Uploaded to OCLC in October 2012 OCLC # 861190950. Gay Men of African Descent (Organization). 萨拉劳伦斯学院。Asian Pacific Islander Coalition for Action and Diversity. 萨拉劳伦斯学院。Asian Student Union. 萨拉劳伦斯学院。Black Students Association. 萨拉劳伦斯学院。Concerned Students of Color. 萨拉劳伦斯学院。Harambee. 萨拉劳伦斯学院。Queer People of Color. 萨拉劳伦斯学院。Students of Color. 萨拉劳伦斯学院。Unidad. 萨拉劳伦斯学院。女士们n of Color Affinity Group. African American History Month Annual reports Budgets Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence Minority college students Minutes Photographs Posters Race relations Sarah Lawrence College Student movements Series I. Administrative Sub-series A. APICAD Agendas and Minutes 2011 议程和分钟,2011年 Correspondence 1 undated, 1997, 2011-2012 RESTRICTED Contains restricted information Correspondence, 2011-2012 Publicity 3 undated, 1996-1997, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2013 宣传,2013 Social Media 2007-2008 Social Media, 2007-2008 Sub-series B. Common Ground Agendas and Minutes 1 2006-2007 Budget 1 2000-2002, 2004-2007 Correspondence 1 undated, 1998, 2006-2007, 2011-2013 Correspondence, 2011-2013 Library 1 undated, 2006-2007 Mission Statement 1 2006-2007 Programming 1 undated, 2007-2008, 2013 Publicity 3 undated, 2006-2008, 2011 Publicity, 2011 Space 1 undated, 2006, 2011, 2013 RESTRICTED Contains restricted information Space, 2011, 2013 Space Manager 1 2006-2007, 2012 RESTRICTED Contains restricted information Space Manager, 2012 Student Information 1 2006-2007 RESTRICTED Contains restricted information Sub-series C. Concerned Students of Color Agendas and Minutes 1 1991, 1993-1994 Correspondence 1 1989, 1994 Mission Statement 1 1989 News Clippings 1 1991 Publicity 1 1989 Sub-series D. Harambe Agendas and Minutes 1 undated, 1997, 2000, 2005-2006 Budget 1 1996, 1999, 2001 Correspondence 1 1989, 1996, 1999, 2002 RESTRICTED Contains restricted information Harambee Summit 1 2006 Mission Statement 1 undated, 1994-1996 Publicity 1 3 undated, 1991, 1996, 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2011 Publicity, 2011 Reports 1 2001 Student Information 1 undated, 1995 RESTRICTED Contains restricted information Sub-series E. QPOC Agendas and Minutes 2012 Agendas and Minutes, 2012 Sub-series F. Students of Color Community Resources 1 undated, 1997-1998 Correspondence 1 1999 Diversity Issues 1 1990-1995, 1997-2001 Internships and Volunteering 1 undated, 1991-1995 Library 1 1999 Programming 1 undated, 1995-1998 Publicity 1 1998, 2002 Space 1 1994-1999, 2001 "Student of Color Activism and Selected Activities 1989-1998" 1 1998 Sub-series G. Unidad Agendas and Minutes 2011-2013 议程和分钟,2011年-2013 Correspondence 1 undated, 1992, 1996, 1998-2000, 2012-2013 Correspondence, 2012-2013 Programming 1 undated, 1996, 1998-1999 RESTRICTED Contains restricted information Publicity 1 3 undated, 1996-1998, 2000, 2007-2008, 2011-2012 Publicity, 2011-2012 Social Media 2012 Social Media, 2012 Student Information 1 1995-1997, 1999-2000 RESTRICTED Contains restricted information White Privilege Meeting 1 2012 Sub-series H. Women of Color (WoCo) General 1 undated Agendas and Minutes 2012 Agendas and Minutes, 2012 Publicity 1 2006, 2011-2012 Publicity, 2011-2012 The Vagina Monologues 1 2011 Series II. Research Files Films - American Indian 1 1993 Films - Black and African American 1 1994-1996, 1998 Films - International 1 1993-1994 Films - Latino 1 1994, 1996-1997, 2006 Films - Women 1 3 1992-1993, 2006 Financial Aid and Tuition 1 1996-1999 Housing 1 undated Immigration 1 undated, 1992-1995 Iraqi Sanctions 1 1998 Jena 6 1 2007 Labor 1 undated, 1997 Labor - Workfare Workers Organize 1 undated Native American Issues 1 1997 Police Brutality 1 undated, 1997-1998 See also Protest and Activism Collection Political Prisoners - General 1 undated, 1992, 1997-1998 Political Prisoners - MOVE 1 undated, 1997-1998 Political Prisoners - Mumia Abu Jamal 1 undated, 1995-1997 Political Prisoners - Puerto Rican 1 undated, 1994, 1997-1998 Politics 1 1997 系列III。Subjects Sub-series A. Events Black History Month 1 3 undated, 1990-1991, 1997-1998, 2001-2002 Block Party 1 1996 C3 Conference Caffeine Community 2011-2013 C3 Conference Caffeine Community, 2011-2013 Color Struck 1 2010 Common Ground Graduation Dinner 2012 Common Ground Graduation Dinner, 2012 Dances 2012 Dances, 2012 Ethnic Studies Campaign 1 2004-2005 See also Common Ground Collection - Ethnic Studies Campaign; Protest and Activism Collection Separated Materials note Photographs are located in the Photograph Collection Ethnic Studies Direct Action 2004 Separated Materials note Photographs are located in the Photograph Collection Ethnic Studies Direct Action, 2004 Event List 2013 Event List, 2013 Faculty Student Staff of Color and Allies Luncheon 2009-2013 Faculty Student Staff of Color and Allies Luncheon, 2009-2013 Fall Collective 1 1998, 2000 See also Dean of Studies Records Film Viewings 2011-2013 Film Viewings, 2011-2013 Finding Common Ground 2012 Finding Common Ground, 2012 FLIK Appreciation Dinner 1 1996-1999, 2006-2007 Hunger Strike 1 1994 Lectures 2011-2012 Lectures, 2011-2012 Million Woman March 1 1997 Off Campus 1 1992-1997, 2008, 2012-2013 Off Campus, 2008, 2012-2013 Poetry 2012 Poetry, 2012 Potluck Meals 2011-2012 Potluck Meals, 2011-2012 Remembering the 1989 Westlands Sit In 2009 Remembering the 1989 Westlands Sit In, 2009 Sit-In 1 1989-1990 Solidarity Retreat 1 2001 Spring Collective 2012 Spring Collective, 2012 Town Hall Meetings 2011-2013 Town Hall Meetings, 2011-2013 女士们n's History Conference 1 2008, 2012 女士们n's History Conference, 2012 Worker's Appreciation Dinner 2012-2013 Worker's Appreciation Dinner, 2012-2013 Sub-series B. General Academic Resources (published and unpublished) 1 undated, 1996, 1998, 2007-2008 Activism at other Colleges 1 undated, 1990, 1998 Black Alumnae/i Association 1 1994-1995 Black People United 1 1999 RESTRICTED Contains restricted information Black Radical Congress 1 3 1998 Black Students Association 1 1969, 1972 Board of Trustees Long-Range Planning Committee Draft Report 1 1992 Diversity Resources 1 undated, 1994-1995 Diversity Resources 2 1997-2001, 2005-2007 Gay Men of African Descent 2 undated, 2004-2005 LGBTQ - Program Resources 2 undated, 1995-1996 Local Organizations 2 未标明日期的,1995,1997 OAR Report 2 1997 Publicity - Off-Campus Events 3 undated, 1997, 2005-2008 Publicity - On-campus Events 2 1995, 1997-2001, 2007-2008 Speakers - Black and African American 2 1994-1999 Solidarity Club 2 3 2008 Student Group Resources 2 undated, 1995-1996, 1999-2000, 2008 Students for Jericho 2 1998 Sub-series C. Publications Sub-series I. External General 2 undated, 1972, 1989, 1991, 1994-1997, 1999, 2007 LGBTQ 2 undated, 1989, 1992-1993, 1996 Students of Color 2 1979, 1996, 1998 Unidad 2 undated, 1988-1991 Unidad 2 1992-1993 Unidad 2 1994-1998, 2002 Sub-series II. Student 411 2 1992-1993 See also Student Life Collection - Student Publications Common Ground Magazine 2 undated See also Student Life Collection - Student Publications D 2 1989 See also Student Life Collection - Student Publications Dark Phrases 2 2007-2008, 2011-2013 See also Student Life Collection - Student Publications Dark Phrases, 2011-2013 Left Jab Poetry Magazine 2 1996 See also Student Life Collection - Student Publications 的忍者 2 2003, 2007-2008 See also Student Life Collection - Student Publications The Phoenix 2 2005-2006 See also Student Life Collection - Student Publications The Sadie Lou Standard 2 2006 See also Student Life Collection - Student Publications Student Papers 2 undated