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SGA discusses proposals to improve University sustainability

News-Letter article · 109th session · dated September 19, 2021

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SGA discusses proposals to improve University sustainability

By ARIJIT NUKALA · The Johns Hopkins News-Letter · September 19, 2021

The Student Government Association (SGA) held its weekly general board meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 14, to discuss a potential partnership with Real Food Hopkins, a sustainability bill initiative and a survey polling students’ thoughts on the University’s mandate to obtain COVID-19 vaccines approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Real Food Hopkins

Real Food Hopkins is an organization founded in 2012 that began with the nationwide Real Food Challenge. The challenge encourages universities to spend their food budgets on sustainable, local, humane and fair food sources by 2020. As of 2020, Hopkins committed around 31% of their budget to “real food.”

Sustainability Initiative Bill

Junior Class Senator Talia Shadroui proposed a Sustainability Initiative Bill that would provide funding for a collaboration event between Residential Advisors (RAs) and SGA to promote student participation in sustainable behaviors. The event will take place outside Charles Commons, where RAs will give students reusable and customizable canvas bags, reusable water bottles and candy.

Vaccination Mandate Survey

The Vaccination Mandate Survey proposed by Junior Class Senator Peter Huang aims to provide feedback so that SGA can address the concerns of international students who were required to receive a FDA-approved vaccine upon their arrival to Hopkins despite already being vaccinated with a vaccine approved by the World Health Organization.