Ally Week Ambassadors

The following students and organizations have demonstrated a commitment to diversity, community building, service and social justice education both on and off campus. They were nominated by a campus administrator, and they're involvements and dedication have served as examples of what it means to be an NYU Ally!

Rashida Kamal

Rashida has participated in Safe Zone Training, the Undergraduate Cultural Training Program, is an ISM Participant, a Civic Team Board member and an RA at Broome Residential College. Not only does Rashida hold multiple leadership roles on campus, but she focuses on service and creating social change through utilization of a social justice lens and critically questioning systems of privilege and oppression.

Ksenija Matijevic

Ksenija has shown an exceptional amount of dedication to serving the NYU student population. She has been working with the NYU Alternative Breaks program for several years and has been on the executive board for the past two years. She is currently the vice-chair of Alternative Breaks. Ksenija is responsible for the important task of selecting the sites of the trips, help selecting site leaders and participants and coordinating the logistics for the trips. She also acts as a liaison for Alternative Breaks and NYU offices or clubs that coordinate trips.

Abigail Garcia

President of Bella Quisqueya , Abby often times serves as the ‘Latina voice’ in many spaces, but her greatest contribution is in inspiring others to thinks about their salient identities and how they impact their NYU experience. She serves as a role model not only for her Latino/a peers, but also for the entire campus community. She is not only visionary in her leadership, but she is persistent and thoughtful in her initiatives. She is always trying to learn more about herself and others by co-collaborating with different campus partners to bridge a gap between communities.

Quemuel Arroyo

Quemuel, known on campus as Q, exemplifies what it means to be an NYU Ally. He organizes tirelessly around his passions, and works to make spaces more inclusive. Q has been working diligently to frame and lead discussions within the AAP, LUCHA and GQ communities around the topic of inclusion as it pertains to LGBTQ communities. His compassion and dedication help to make this campus a better place!

Kelsie Ann Price

Through her campus involvement and leadership, Kelsie has shown a strong commitment to diversity, social justice, and community building. She has participated in NYU’s Undergraduate Cultural Training Program, is the junior class representative for the Black Student Union, president of Women of Excellence, Strength, & Tenacity, and serves on the Diversity Student Advisory Board at Wasserman. Kelsie has what it takes to be an ally and is well known among her peers.

NYU-Poly LGBTQA Club

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NYU-Poly LGBTQA Club is the first of its kind to prosper at NYU-Poly, and has served as a beacon for our large LGBTQA students at NYU-Poly. This club as broken stereotypes and served as a bridge between numerous organizations. For example, they have partnered with our residence halls, our international student club, Brooklyn Pride Community Center, and have assisted the Dean's office in a variety of marketing and programatic ways (including Orientation, Admissions events, etc). Overall, they have truly broken down barriers in terms of what it means to be an ally to LGBTQ students at NYU-Poly, as well as formulated connections with other student clubs. Their focus is to create a unified student body, emphasizing equality for all.

Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)

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This past yer the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) participated in an LGBT 101 Training Session. They are currently working on creating a video for the It Gets Better campaign. Their goal is to complete the video for Ally Week, and have the video playing at Ally Week pledge stations in both Coles and the Palladium.

OUTSpoken Peer Educators

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Outspoken is a student group devoted to campus peer education, outreach, and advocacy regarding issues of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Their efforts aim to create a campus community that understands, welcomes, and supports the identity and experience of every student.

NYU-Poly LGBTQ Peer Educators

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This group is composed of three student leaders who selected the topic of the LGBTQ community to learn about and help educate and positively influence the NYU-Poly campus community. They attended a three hour Safe Zone training and presented what they learned first to the larger group of 30 Peer Educators and then to the incoming freshman class as a Orientation breakout session. They have continued to be invested in helping to debunk ignorance and stereotypes by being a bridge to the Center for LGBTQA Life at NYU and by meeting with the LGBTQA club to discuss ways to collaborate and work together to increase their efforts and bring awareness and resources to the NYU-Poly student community.

NYU-Poly Multicultural Peer Educators

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In coordination with the NYU-Poly LGBTQ Peer Eds, this group of Peer Educators has worked to establish and launch university-wide programming during their first semester as a recognized NYU-Poly organization. Both groups have united to raise awareness and support around LGBTQ, multicultural, and spiritual issues, beginning with New Undergraduate Student Orientation in August 2011, during which they co-hosted workshops with new students about diversity on and off-campus. Prior to their inauguration this past semester, NYU-Poly, which is one of the most diverse campuses in the nation, has had little support surrounding the integration and awareness of these issues in the past. The multicultural group is composed of three student leaders who selected the topic of the Multicultural community to learn about and help educate and positively influence the NYU-Poly campus. They have continued to be invested in helping to debunk ignorance and stereotypes by being a bridge with Poly students and the Student Activities and Resource Center, and consistently discuss ways to collaborate and work together to increase their efforts and bring awareness and resources to the NYU-Poly student community.

Liberal Studies Council

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The Liberal Studies Council has a variety of students that partake in the student government, many of whom affiliate and support our diverse campus community.