BSC MEMBERS DIGEST -- April 14, 2025

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Free Workshop for All Members!

F*** Hierarchies: Locating & Removing Forms of Hierarchy from Our Praxis

Led by Yejin Lee ( https://www.jeongllc.com/aboutyejin )

Thursday, April 24th from 5-7:15pm PST

Zoom registration link! Once you register, you'll receive a unique link to join the session. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/da9A422-QV-UalTkBBHweQ

As an anti-oppression coach & facilitator, Yejin Lee (she/they) often supports individuals & institutions in understanding, recognizing, and undoing the ways in which oppressive conventions live comfortably and safely within the bounds of positional power and organizational hierarchy. But the creation and enforcement of hierarchy do not exist exclusively within these confines - these practices live and breathe in our personal lives, in our communities, in movement spaces, in how we relate to our comrades, in all the places and spaces because we have been conditioned and indoctrinated by life under racial capitalism and hyper-individualism. As more people commit to the deeply transformational work of liberation as they witness escalating colonial genocides, it is important for folks to generatively introspect to ensure they are materially embodying their values and removing the violence of hierarchical practices whenever they can!

During this 2-hour interactive digital workshop, Yejin will:

  • Facilitate discussion about the supposed utilities of hierarchy and the ways in which reliance on hierarchy can detract from and actively harm embodied liberatory work;
  • Identify different categories of hierarchies (e.g. speed & type of information processing) & discuss their oppressive roots/routes;
  • Support participants in identifying the ways in which hierarchy gets expressed (even in leftist/movement spaces);
  • Walk through introspective exercises to support participants in recognizing when and how they are invested in creating/enforcing hierarchies in relationship to others, and ways they can remove and replace those practices;
  • Facilitate a group brainstorm on practical tips/tools to hold everyone accountable for when they’re creating/enforcing hierarchies;
  • Incorporate play and lightness and wholeness throughout!

This workshop is for…

  • Folks who care about embodying their values in actionable, tangible, and material ways in all aspects of their lives;
  • Values-embodied sweeties who want to remove hierarchy from their everyday practices;
  • Cuties who want more support and guidance in being generatively introspective about their political praxis;
  • Pumpkin pies who are ready to reject colonialism, imperialism, capitalism!!

This workshop will center…

  • Folks of multiply-marginalized identities;
  • Comrades who have experienced oppressive harm through practices of hierarchy;
  • Anti-colonialism, anti-imperialism, anti-capitalism!!

This workshop will decenter…

  • Whiteness & white supremacy
  • Traditional forms and expressions of leadership
  • Professionalism

Additional Notes

  • Recording : This session will be recorded and made available to all registrants for 30 days following the event. Captions will be enabled, and the transcript will also be sent along with the recording. Since this is taking place via Zoom Meeting and will encourage interactivity, folks will have the option to request pausing the recording before they speak. The chat will also be shared, but Yejin will scrub everyone’s names from the document for added safety.
  • Follow-Up : All registrants will receive a comprehensive follow-up message, which includes the recording/transcript/chat/slide deck, additional resources (e.g. articles, podcast episodes), and a workbook to support internalization and application of the session.

BSC Garden Revitalization Update

WRITTEN BY EYTAN STANTON (Garden Manager)

Are you interested in joining ongoing BSC food sovereignty and habitat restoration efforts? We would love your help at these upcoming workdays. It's a great opportunity to be outside, meet fellow BSC gardeners and get your hands dirty!

GARDEN MANAGER HUB OPENING DAY

WHEN: Sunday, 5/4/25, 1 - 4pm

WHERE: Rochdale Village Apartments
2424 Haste St, Berkeley, CA 94704

RSVP: Kindly email gmc@bsc.coop with "RSVP 5/4" in the subject line to be added to the event.

DESCRIPTION: Last Spring, ten Garden Managers from the Berkeley Student Cooperatives gathered to assess the barriers we face in achieving our goals and to envision our potential Berkeley-wide sustainability impact. We came up with a game plan, the 2024-2025 BSC Garden Revitalization , to materially support and educationally empower ourselves in our stewardship efforts. This event celebrates our food sovereignty and native habitat restoration achievements, specifically the creation of permanent nursery infrastructure for supplying plants throughout the BSC. Fellow coopers, alumni, students and professionals interested in food systems, ecology and coop community more broadly are encouraged to join us in inaugurating our hub. Snacks will be provided!

GM HUB CONSTRUCTION: Irrigation System + Shade House

WHEN: FRIDAY, 4/18/25, 2 - 5pm

WHERE: Rochdale Village Apartments
2424 Haste St, Berkeley, CA 94704

RSVP:
Kindly email
gmc@bsc.coop
with "RSVP 4/18" in the subject line to be added to the event.

DESCRIPTION: Our next steps to complete our Garden Manager Hub are to install an automatic irrigation system within the greenhouse, construct a shade structure (lath house) for up-potted plants, and set up our last nursery bench. RSVP to reserve food/drinks for yourself. If these times don't work for you and you'd like to support the final construction of our hub, please email
gmc@bsc.coop
directly to find a time to join the effort.

ROCHDALE GARDEN WORKDAY

WHEN: Saturday 04/26 11 AM - 3 PM

WHERE: Rochdale Village Apartments
2424 Haste St, Berkeley, CA 94704

RSVP:
Kindly email
rocland@bsc.coop
with "RSVP 4/26 Workday" in the subject line to be added to the event.

DESCRIPTION: There is SO much to do in spring so please come out. Drop by at any point, for any amount of time, complete some hours and enjoy our green space! There will be a variety of tasks to do such as planting transplants, hand weeding, pruning trees and planting seeds. There will also be snack for anyone who stops by so stop by if you can :3

Now Hiring!

Summer jobs!!

WRITTEN BY JAE MANN (Hiring Committee Chair)

Woohoo! Summer jobs!!!

You must live in the BSC to work a BSC job.
Therefore, you must have a summer contract to work a summer job.

Operations

Operations Crew Member (can start in Spring)
  • 10 hrs./ wk.
  • Assist the Operations Team by completing various unit-level and central office improvement projects
  • Must have a valid driver’s license and a good driving record
Maintenance Assistant
  • 8 hrs./ wk.
  • Assist with maintenance request management, communication with Maintenance Managers, inventory management, and expense control.

Central Food Services

Summer Delivery Coordinator
  • 12 hrs./ wk.
  • Must hold valid CA drivers license and have a clean record
  • Must be willing and able to lift up to 50 lbs repeatedly.
CFS Administrative Assistant
  • 8 hrs./wk.
  • Must hold valid CA drivers license and have a clean record
  • Coordinate the flow of accounting paperwork and other relevant data between CFS and other departments.

Member Education

Member Education Assistant
  • 10 hrs./wk.
  • Support Member Education Coordinator in her duties,
  • Must have a working knowledge of word-processing, spreadsheets, & desktop publishing computer programs.

Housing

Recruitment Associate
  • 5 hrs./wk.
  • Help recruit people to the co-op.

Accounting

Accounting/Collections Assistant
  • 11 hrs./ wk.
  • Must have accounting experience.

Development and Alumni Relations

Development and Alumni Relations Committee
  • 5 hrs./wk.
  • Possibly the most fun job in the BSC.
  • Plan and execute alumni engagement events.

Member Resources

Member Resources Assistant
  • 17 hrs./ wk.
  • Preference will be given to former house managers.
  • Provides support for and assistance to the Member Resources Coordinator in their duties.
  • Assists in the organization and development of New Member Orientation, correspondence and research
  • Provides clerical support and budget monitoring.
Health Education Coordinator
  • May be combined with Health Worker Coordinator
  • 8 hrs./ wk.
  • Promote individual and community health and a healthy environment in the BSC
  • Establish and coordinate unit and central-level trainings, referrals, and general health promotion and advocacy efforts
  • Host workshops and training
Health Worker Coordinator
  • May be combined with Health Education Coordinator
  • 8 hrs./ wk.
  • Managing the BSC Health Worker Program.
  • Train, supervise, and support BSC health workers.

Conduct Committee

Conduct Member Advisor
  • 11 hrs. / wk.
  • Be the primary resource for members involved in conduct proceedings at the central-level.
  • Provide assistance and information to both the complainant and respondent
  • Act as the primary resource for members and unit-level managers involved in review hearings and/or personnel-related matters.
  • Must attend all and Conduct Committee (ConCom) meetings.
ConCom Chair
  • 5 hrs. / wk.
  • Ensure that the decision-making processes of the Conduct Committee are fair, procedurally sound, efficient, sensitive to the member, and well documented.
  • Train ConCom members each semester, make necessary preparations before each meeting, and fulfill a number of responsibilities to the Board that occur after each meeting.
Restorative Justice Practitioner
  • Up to 70 hours per semester.
  • Will be trained in Restorative Practice (RP), Restorative Justice (RJ) and other forms of conflict resolution.
  • Provide restorative justice services to BSC membership and managers.

For an updated list of all available jobs, go to hicom.bsc.coop . Click here to apply [hicom.bsc.coop] with the new, shorter application!

Already applied? How to reapply?

If you applied after August 2023 and kept the link to your application, you can just edit the application.
Most important is that you update your availability to coincide with the job.
If you applied PRIOR to August 2023, email me what jobs you're interested in and we can figure it out so you don't have to redo that application.

Suicide Intervention Workshop

SHARED BY KAYE BERGAMOT (Health Education Coordinator)

Please see the Suicide Intervention Workshop flyer [pdf] for details.

Scholarship Applications for 2025/2026 terms are now open

WRITTEN BY DAVID APPELBAUM (Development Director)

Dear Co-opers,

The scholarship application is now open!!

Apply for a scholarship here. [google form]

The application deadline for Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 Academic Year scholarship is MONDAY JUNE 16TH, 2025.

All scholarship applicants will be notified as to whether or not they are receiving a scholarship by early July, prior to the July 10th deadline for canceling Fall 2025 contracts without penalty.

Current and prospective BSC members may apply! You do NOT need to be a current BSC resident to apply for a BSC scholarship - However you will need to be a member to receive the grant.

Questions? Contact David Appelbaum at dd@bsc.coop

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Housing Department

Giovanni Smith, Housing Supervisor will be holding regular Advising/Office Hours on Wednesdays from 2:00pm-5:00pm.

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