Platform
If I am elected as your Lieutenant Governor, I plan to help improve every department within the JSAZ Cabinet. I want to go back to the roots of JSA, where it all begins and that is with the individual chapters. JSA can't thrive without successful chapters. "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." -Colin Powell
Expansion
Expansion is a crucial part of JSAZ. I think every candidate will say they want to expand to New Mexico, Flagstaff, Phoenix, and Prescott areas but that is because we all see the potential that it has. I think it's extremely crucial to expand to Northern Arizona. There are so many students that are missing out on the wonderful opportunity that we all have. I feel like JSAZ could thrive even more if we could expand the many schools in Northern Arizona. Not only is it important to expand but it's even more important to be able to retain those chapters and their numbers. What's the point in obtaining all these new schools, if we end up losing them within a couple of years? We need to be able to gain new chapters and keep them going and active in order to keep JSAZ growing and strong.
Expansion is a crucial part of JSAZ. I think every candidate will say they want to expand to New Mexico, Flagstaff, Phoenix, and Prescott areas but that is because we all see the potential that it has. I think it's extremely crucial to expand to Northern Arizona. There are so many students that are missing out on the wonderful opportunity that we all have. I feel like JSAZ could thrive even more if we could expand the many schools in Northern Arizona. Not only is it important to expand but it's even more important to be able to retain those chapters and their numbers. What's the point in obtaining all these new schools, if we end up losing them within a couple of years? We need to be able to gain new chapters and keep them going and active in order to keep JSAZ growing and strong.
Fundraising
Our fundraising department is also an important part of the JSAZ Cabinet. This department makes it possible for students to attend conventions and this year they have done an amazing job. I want to have everyone on cabinet to be apart of the fundraising department not just the specified agents. I want to send more students to conventions and be able to give scholarships to students for JSA Summer Institute.
I think that the fundraising department should also work closer with chapters to help them be able to build up funds so that they dont have to ask so much of their students.
Our fundraising department is also an important part of the JSAZ Cabinet. This department makes it possible for students to attend conventions and this year they have done an amazing job. I want to have everyone on cabinet to be apart of the fundraising department not just the specified agents. I want to send more students to conventions and be able to give scholarships to students for JSA Summer Institute.
I think that the fundraising department should also work closer with chapters to help them be able to build up funds so that they dont have to ask so much of their students.
Debate
In my opinion, there isn't much that needs to be changed with the debate department, but it could use just a little bit of improvement. I think we could strive for more diverse debates, rather than resorting back to the same topics we argue every year. It becomes very tedious when we have to listen to the same arguments again and again. In order to solve this issue, we could ask chapters for topics they find interesting and would like to debate. We could also use some of the debates of the months and use events that are currently taking place.
In my opinion, there isn't much that needs to be changed with the debate department, but it could use just a little bit of improvement. I think we could strive for more diverse debates, rather than resorting back to the same topics we argue every year. It becomes very tedious when we have to listen to the same arguments again and again. In order to solve this issue, we could ask chapters for topics they find interesting and would like to debate. We could also use some of the debates of the months and use events that are currently taking place.
Chapter of Internal Affairs (CIA)
Within the CIA department, I plan to help improve chapter contact by doing leadership conferences for Chapter Presidents. This department works all year round ensuring that chapters have what they need to succeed, but it's difficult when there is little to no contact or communication on the chapter side of things. As I've already talked about above, the chapters are the roots of our organization, without them, we wouldn't have JSA. Therefore, communication needs to be much stronger with our chapters in order to make sure JSAZ continues to strive and move forward to bigger and better things.
Within the CIA department, I plan to help improve chapter contact by doing leadership conferences for Chapter Presidents. This department works all year round ensuring that chapters have what they need to succeed, but it's difficult when there is little to no contact or communication on the chapter side of things. As I've already talked about above, the chapters are the roots of our organization, without them, we wouldn't have JSA. Therefore, communication needs to be much stronger with our chapters in order to make sure JSAZ continues to strive and move forward to bigger and better things.
Convention/Logistics
The convention department is not one that you hear about very often, but they put an abundance of time and effort into making sure every Fall State, One-Day, and Spring Congress that you attend takes place. They could improve by coordinating better with the logistics department to ensure every debate runs smoothly. |
Activism
Activism is an important part of JSA, especially Fight Apathy. Fight Apathy teaches you to fight for what you believe in and not stand aside while others get to make decisions for you. I think we could improve by doing not just one event every year, but we could maybe do two. |