Local, Regional, and National Advocacy
2023-2024 COGS Equity & Antidiscrimination Committee Report
The COGS Director of Equity and Anti-Discrimination and the COGS DEI Committee has prepared the following report, which was approved at the April 2024 COGS Full Council Meeting. You can read the full report here 23-24 EAC Report.
Local Advocacy
City of East Lansing: COGS seats MSU Graduate Students on local government coalitions.
https://www.cityofeastlansing.com/629/University-Student-Commission
MSU-Vote: COGS is part of MSU-Vote, which actively encourages voter participation and education within the MSU community.
MLK Commemorative Celebration Planning Committee:
COGS has a seat every year on the MLK Commemorative Celebration Planning Committee, which organizes the annual events for MLK Jr day. https://inclusion.msu.edu/awards/mlk-commemorative-celebration/index.html
Mental Health Advocacy:
COGS seeks to promote and advocate on issues around mental health & wellbeing for graduate & professional students by working with campus partners such as CAPS and Graduate Office of Well-Being, University Health & Wellbeing, POE, Safe Place, Center for Survivors, and others.
Regional Advocacy
COGS sometimes collaborates with UM Rackham Graduate-Professional Student Government on statewide advocacy efforts within Michigan. COGS Eboard, the VPEA in particular, also maintains relationships with MSU government affairs office as well as regional & national graduate student advocacy groups.
National Advocacy
National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS) is a student-run national, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of graduate & professional students across the United States. Founded by student leaders in 1987, NAGPS is the only national organization that represents the interests of graduate & professional students in public and private universities at local, state, regional and national levels. Visit: nagps.org
