University of South Florida-N.I.T.E.

Thank you to everyone for a GREAT and SUCCESSFUL Take Back the Night! We had over 300 attendees, and everything went according to plan…I could not have asked for a better event! It was only because of the group’s hard work, dedication and passion that the event came together to provide a forum to take a stand against sexual violence.

Thank you to everyone who came out to NITE at the Gun Range on Saturday and the Campus NITE Walk on Monday! We had a great time at both!

Check out the www.usfnite.com home page for all media coverage on NITE.

There will be NO NITE Meeting next week, as it is the last week of classes.

However, Student Organization Awards are Wednesday, April 23, at 8pm at MLK Plaza. NITE is nominated for 5 awards so I would like everyone to come out to support us and wear our blue shirts!

The End-of-the-Year Party will be after the Awards Ceremony at Carissa’s house in New Tampa. She will email directions later in the week. NITE will provide some food and drinks, but feel free to BYO-whatever. We will say goodbye to the graduates, welcome the new leaders and have some well-deserved FUN!!!

Take Back the Night Discussion (praise, comments, suggestions for next year, feedback, etc.)

ELECTIONS!!! Welcome your leaders for next year in NITE:

·         Eileen Dabrowski, President

·         Amanda Anseeuw, Financial Officer

·         Michele Cardenas

·         Nicole Randazzo

 

Thank you for a wonderful, eventful and extremely successful year! I have met so many amazing people and have developed friendships that will last a lifetime. Thank you for letting me be your President and encouraging me with your presence and leadership. I will miss every single one of you. NITE will continue to be a driving force on this campus, and I know you will do GREAT THINGS in the future!

With Love, Carissa

Remember to get your NITE t-shirts for $10!

Events:

      4/3 at 7pm at MC Ballroom- ByYourSide Fundraiser to raise money for Tanzanian orphanages

      4/3- 6^th annual Hillsborough County Take Back the Night

      4/6- Chalking at 9pm unless it rains

      4/8- TBTN at 7pm at MLK Plaza & Stage (all volunteers and tables need to be there by 6pm)

      4/9- NO NITE MEETING!!!

      4/12- NITE at the Gun Range at 9pm at Shooting Sports on Dale Mabry

      4/14- Campus NITE Walk with SG at 8:30pm at MLK Plaza (free pizza and bottled water)

THANK YOU TO ALL THE PUBLICITY FOR THIS EVENT!!!!

Chalking, Facebook, Note-a-Bull, Clubtalk listserv, organization presentations, emails, networking, faculty invites, Bull Markets, bake sales, all fundraising efforts including the successful NITE Parties!

Katis volunteered to lead the March at TBTN.

Verizon Wireless Clothesline Project will attend the event. Brittaney from NITE and Joni from the Advocacy program will head the NITE Clothesline Project. BLAST will also contribute to supplies to make the t-shirts.

PLEASE BRING ANY OLD T-SHIRTS AND OLD CELL PHONES TO TBTN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, remember to bring any raffle items for TBTN to the event.

Finally, elections will be on April 16. Please nominate someone or yourself if you would like to be in leadership next year. Email niteusf@hotmail.com: Who and for what position, also a couple of sentences why you think that person should be nominated. Nominees will give a short speech on Wednesday, and we will vote!

Thank you for all your hard work this semester! Take Back the Night will be incredible because of you!

·         You can buy t-shirts today for $10! Thank you to all who helped out at Bull Market and the SG Forum today!!!

·         Contact Brian if you have any video needs for TBTN at bohernan@mail.usf.edu.

·         Join TBTN Facebook group and invite all of your friends!

·         NITE has entered 5 applications for organization awards, and the Awards Night is April 23! Details to come…

·         NITE will be at Bull Market again next week with ribbons, flyers and whistles. Still need many volunteers!

·         NITE will be CHALKING at USF this Sunday night at 9pm in front of CIS for TBTN. Please come out to help!

·         March and Speakout planning (contact me if you are interested in speaking or leading the march)

·         Clothesline Project volunteers to work with Joni and the Advocacy program (NITE and BLAST)

·         Any final raffle items??? All sponsor names must be in by FRIDAY, March 28, for the t-shirts and programs!!!

·         NITE will be designing and ordering the TBTN t-shirts on Friday, and they will be in the Friday before the event, April 4.

·         Elections will be held the week after TBTN so please send any nominations for President, Vice President and co-chairs to niteusf@hotmail.com. Next year will be an exciting year for NITE!!!

Events:

·         Safer Sex Party with VOX on Saturday, March 29, 7pm-11pm, Transitions Art Gallery (Facebook group)

·         NITE fundraising party at Amanda’s place (12729 N 57th St, Tampa, FL 33617) 10pm-whenever

·         ByYourSide fundraiser next Thursday, April 3, 7pm-11pm, MC Ballroom, $10 to raise money for Tanzanian orphanages

·         Campus NITE Walk (Date Changed) April 14, Monday, 8:30pm at MLK Plaza

·         Take Back the Night, April 8, 7pm at MLK Plaza & Stage…Get Excited J

·         By Your Side event on Thursday, April 3, 7pm-11pm, MC Ballroom

o   Student Fundraiser Event ($10)

o   Live Band/DJ/Dance Performances

o   Free T-shirts

o   Food and drinks

 

·         Safer Sex Party with VOX on Saturday, March 29 at 7pm

o   Table at the event for TBTN

 

·         Emergency Contact Cards

o   Jean and Vincent

 

·         Campus NITE Walk, April 16 at 8pm, meet @ MLK Plaza

 

·         Gun Range event, early April

 

·         Bull Market (next 2 Wednesdays)

o   Ribbons

o   Flyers

o   Pizza fundraiser (bake sale committee)

o   Need Volunteers for activism hours

 

·         Fundraiser this Saturday (Ricardo) at Bulls Club at 10pm

o   Facebook event

o   Athlete Auction

 

·         Need more raffle items ASAP!!!

 

·         Sponsor names MUST be in by March 24 for t-shirts and programs

 

·         NITE shirts will be available next week!!! Bring $10 cash J

 

·         Video material- Contact Brian Hernandez at bohernan@mail.usf.edu

 

·         Join the Facebook group for Take Back the Night and invite all your friends!

 

·         Spreadsheet and Duties

 

·         Committee Work

 

·         Make Teal Awareness Ribbons

 

Remember to vote before 7pm for the Student Body presidential run-offs.

Nicole Randazzo passed out rape whistles to NITE.

Nicole will start planning our semester Campus NITE Walk for Wednesday, April 16, at 8pm (tentative).

Thank you to the Bake Sale Committee. They made over $100 in March 3's bake sale. Great job!!!

NITE at the Gun Range was a lot of fun. We will have another NITE at the gun range at the end of March.

Jennifer Sapp will be working with me and the Advocacy program to develop a clothesline project for TBTN. If you would like to decorate a t-shirt for the event, that would be great! We will talk more about this at the next meeting.

Jean and Vincent will design emergency contact cards for this year's TBTN from vistaprint.com.

Carissa will contact the ladies for massage. If you have any contacts for massage, please see if they are available to donate their time and talent that night (April 8).

Carissa is going to call The Spring to see how they make their ribbons so we can make teal ribbons for the event and the upcoming promotional events.

Possible fundraisers:
  Sacred Grounds Coffee House
  The Greenery
  Bulls Club
  UA Hangout

Committee Managers' reports: Networking, Fundraising, Publicity, Food, Entertainment

T-shirts are still in the works. They will be available within the next week, prices willing!

Remember to vote for Student Body President by 7pm tonight!

NITE at the Gun Range will be on Saturday, March 1, at 7pm at Shooting Sports on Dale Mabry.

The Bake Sale Committee will have another bake sale on Monday, March 3, in front of Subway and Cooper Hall from 10am-3pm. Contact Tiffany Floyd at tfloyd2@mail.usf.edu if you would like to volunteer or bake something!

Please sign up if you would be interested in buying a NITE organization t-shirt. We have designed them and will be getting quotes this weekend. Look out for more details!

NITE is still in need of prizes for the TBTN raffle at the event! If every member could get one raffle item donated (gift certificate, coupon, free sub, etc.), that would be great!

Campus Safety Week is next week, and Nanci Newton is looking for a few volunteers to wo(man) the Bull Market table on Wed, 3/5, from 9am-2pm.

I will be emailing everyone an article on rape from the LA Times. Please read and write a letter to the editor if you feel so inclined. Check out feministing.com for more details!

TBTN committee work 

 

Nicole Randazzo and Ruth Damys talked about SG presidential elections on FEBRUARY 26 & 27! www.voterd.com 

NITE at the Gun Range will be on Saturday, March 1, at 7pm at Shooting Sports on Dale Mabry. $10 + eye and ear protection, weapons and instruction provided.

Next Bake Sale: Monday, March 3, 10-3pm (in front of Subway by Cooper Hall) - contact Tiffany Floyd to volunteer or bake.

NITE t-shirts will be designed by next week so we can purchase them and start wearing them at all publicity and special events!

Contact niteusf@hotmail.com to get involved with a cool research opportunity on campus (15-20 minutes in a science lab)

The Vagina Monologues by The Feminist Student Alliance
Friday, 2/22 at 7pm at ULH
Saturday, 2/23 at 7pm at MC Ballroom
$10 cost for students
Proceeds go to The Spring of Tampa Bay
NITE will pass out TBTN info. before the show starts!

Talk in committees~

 

• Reminder about Self-Defense Class on Friday, February 1, 7-9pm at REC 107.
• Next two meetings are special sessions. Check the Calendar of Events for more details.
• Carissa announces that NITE has a guest speaker planned for TBTN, Captain Staehle of the USF Police.
• Also, Social Work Society has agreed to be a sponsor for the butterfly mural.

Committee Reports by committee chairs:

• Food committee chair, Eileen Dabrowski (eileen84@email.com)
• Publicity committee chair, Amanda Tucker (atucker3@mail.usf.edu)
• Networking committee chair, Amber Bryant (abryant2@mail.usf.edu)
• Bake Sale committee chair, Tiffany Floyd (tfloyd2@mail.usf.edu)
• Entertainment committee chair, Katis Wakeley (katiswakeley@yahoo.com)
• Fundraising committee chair, Krystal Vereb (kvereb@mail.usf.edu)
• T-shirt, promo items and raffles committee chair, Alyssa Evans-Keene (keene2@mail.usf.edu)

NITE is working together to get raffle and giveaway items. If you can get items donated, contact Alyssa or contact Carissa at niteusf@hotmail.com.

1st bake sale for TBTN: Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1-3pm in CIS atrium!!!

Committees form and talk about more ideas.

Representative from Clean Water Action speaks about internship opportunities.
Contact: Stephanie Hyer     shyer@cleanwater.org

Form Committees:

Entertainment committee

Katis Wakeley                    katiswakeley@yahoo.com

Charday Diaz                      cdiaz3@mail.usf.edu

 

Food committee

Eileen Dabrowski             eileen84@email.com

Charday Diaz                      cdiaz3@mail.usf.edu

Michele Cardenas            mcarden4@mail.usf.edu

Erin Davey                           edavey@mail.usf.edu

Pamela Cacciatore           pcacciat@mail.usf.edu

 

Networking committee

Charday Diaz                      cdiaz3@mail.usf.edu

Chris Rey                             crey03@aol.com

Darryl Dudding                  ddudding@mail.usf.edu

George Selvie                    gselvie@mail.usf.edu

Brittaney Bialas                 bbialas@mail.usf.edu

Yvana Hepburn                 yhepburn@mail.usf.edu

Amber Bryant                    abryant2@mail.usf.edu

 

Publicity committee

Renee Hajjar                     rhajjar@mail.usf.edu

Maria Storto                      mstorto@mail.usf.edu

Sheryl Henry                      snhenry@mail.usf.edu

Kathy Dorf                         kdorf@mail.usf.edu

Amanda Tucker                  atucker3@mail.usf.edu

Theresa Sharkey                theresa_sharkey@yahoo.com

Renee Sessions                 rjsessi2@mail.usf.edu

 

T-shirt, promo items, raffles and giveaways committee

Amanda Anseeuw             aanseeuw@mail.usf.edu

Kendelle Prestwood          kprestwood@adelphia.net

Charday Diaz                     cdiaz3@mail.usf.edu

Jean Collins                       jrdn371@cs.com

Brittaney Bialas                bbialas@mail.usf.edu

 

Fundraising committee

Dano Wade                        dano.wade@gmail.com

Krystal Vereb                      kvereb@mail.usf.edu

Jean Collins                        jrdn371@cs.com

 

Bake Sale/ Flyer committee

Tiffany Floyd                      tfloyd2@mail.usf.edu

Jennifer Mitchell                jnmitche@mail.usf.edu

Rustie Toth                        rtoth@mail.usf.edu

Kristin Adkins                     kaadkins@mail.usf.edu

 

Each committee should decide on a “committee manager,” and that person should email me as soon as possible. Also, please post on the Web site (www.usfnite.com) under “TBTN committees” the committee managers contact information so each committee can get in touch with the right person.

 

For the meeting 1-30-08, each committee manger should have a quick proposal ready to present to the group.

 

Committee Managers should be able to attend every meeting, and they are responsible for communicating to their committee.