Budget Proposal Spring '07
Here it is, any suggestions, email thusby. It's due on Friday, so you guys basically have Thursday to make comments.



CCLeft Budget Explanation

CCLeft was founded in October 2003 to balance the political spectrum at Connecticut College.
Last semester our activities included bringing a number of speakers to campus, showing a number of films and publishing SpeakLeft. CCLeft brought Soleil Rodrigue of New Orleans Common Ground Relief to speak on New Orleans' reconstruction, Cliff Thornton, Green Party candidate for Governor to speak on the Drug War and drugs in Connecticut and also Charlie Anderson of Iraq Veterans Against the War to speak on the state of the occupation of Iraq and future solutions. We also helped co-sponsor STAND bringing Eric Reeves to come and speak about the ongoing genocide in Darfur. In addition, CCLeft aided Umoja with the construction of their wall for Black Solidarity Day.
CCLeft is planning to work with the Fair Trade Initiative to make all the coffee served on campus Fair Trade certified and also with STAND on their divestment campaign. For our future endeavors we are requesting funding for:

- Materials including but not limited to environmental friendly
-spray paint
-poster board
-markers
-chalk
-cloth for banners
-X-Acto knives
-white board
The materials are required for promoting our events, meetings, speakers and raising awareness of campaigns. X-acto knives are needed for making stencils for spray painting on our banners. The white board will be used in our meetings to help facilitate discussion of our weekly agenda.

-Photocopies for flyers, pamphlets and newsletters. CCLeft currently writes, edits and makes the lay-out for SpeakLeft, a paper read by the campus community including students, staff and faculty. An issue of SpeakLeft cost $28 for each print run at the campus print shop and we plan on producing 3 issues this semester. Pamphlets and flyers are necessary to promote events and provide the campus with information prior to coming to discussion groups so that the discussion is more focused. CCLeft has extensively used the CONNtact to raise awareness of campaigns and events and plans to continue so in the future.

-Updating the CCLeft library. CCLeft's library is a cornerstone of educating members within the group and college community at large. It contains books, DVDs, spoken word CDs, pamphlets and other such materials. A filing cabinet is required to efficiently organize all the paper materials in the library. Educating ourselves and the entirety of the campus is an essential part of our organization, so that we can effectively take an active stance against social injustices. The SGA has sponsored the expansion of the CCLeft library in the past and it is necessary to do so again.

-Movie Nights. CCLeft holds movie nights as a way to lead into discussions. This money would allow us to purchase documentaries currently not available in the Shain Library, show them to the campus and then add to the CCLeft Library.

-Co-Sponsorship. CCLeft has worked in coordination with numerous groups in the past and plans to in the future. STAND is planning on bringing members of the Lost Boys, men who have survived the genocide in Darfur, to speak on campus and CCLeft would like to help with this even, building on help CCLeft offered STAND in bringing Eric Reeves last semester. SAVE is beginning a Save the Ales campaign to raise awareness on global warming on campus and CCLeft is interested in helping. A coalition of groups is planning to bring the journalist Amy Goodman to campus and CCLeft would like to take part in planning this event.


Materials
Spray Paint 25
Posterboard 15
Cloth (approx. $10 per banner) 40
X-Acto Knives 15
Misc. Art Supplies 20

Photocopies
Flyers, Pamphlets 75
SpeakLeft 84
CONNtact Expenses 50

Library
Upkeep 50

Movie Nights
Purchases 50

Co-Sponsorship
STAND's Lost Boys 50
SAVE's Save the Ales 50
Amy Goodman, speaker fees 50


Total 574



Tristan