Meeting Details

Meeting Date: 17 Sept 2025
Time: 5:15-6PM
Chair: Aleesya Amirizal
Minute-Taker: Saira Afridi
Attendees: Saira, Aleesya, Aria, Annto, Anenya, Princess
Apologies:

Acknowledgement of Country

The ANU BIPOC Department acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land, the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples, and pays respect to their Elders past, present, and emerging.

BIPOC Officer Report

1. Email response from Joan 

   • Follow up from the meeting we had

   • Was also sent to ANU Security, Mark and Lisa from RRU

   • Outlined our action items: written apology, written timeline of murals removal, future direction of a permanent mural, want for ANU security to have diversity training 

   • Only Joan responded- apologised for not contacting us directly, and said she would like to work alongside us moving forward

2. Meeting with dep officers 

   • Received positive responses from everyone

   • Will discuss this at the next dept head meeting 

   • Will action a mass chalk mural 

   • Did not receive a response from enviro or queer dept

3. Racism report 

   • Mass progress has been made

   • Was sent to the groupchat if you havent seen it already

   • We are in the data analysis section 

   • Concerns- the BIPOC dept been stated as being anti-semetic by very few respondees for our Palestinian advocacy. We will add a section that states we are against anti-semitism and positing that there is a difference between Zionism and Judaism.

4. Meeting with college BIPOC reps

   • There has been BIPOC on BIPOC racism on campus- internalised racism 

   • Will have a testimony in racism report

   • Issue/ confusion with the reporting mechanisms

   • Many have spoken to heads of hall but this hasn’t been actioned

   • International and domestic student divide is very evident 

   • Implement a semester catch up with all the BIPOC reps

5. Disability panel 

   • Racism in healthcare w ISD and disability

Key minutes and actions

• Annto is happy to help out with the racism report!

Secretary Report

1. Cheesecake shop or Via Dolce

2. Elections: 

   • Week 10 for officer

   • Week 11 for others

Key minutes and actions

• Graphics for both will be needed.

Treasurer Report

1. We do have the ability to have surplus!

Social Officer Report

1. Chai and chats 

2. BIPOC talks (talk about something positive)

Key minutes and actions

• Photos from BIPOC ball

Advocacy Officer Report

N/A

Publicity Officer Report

N/A

Postgrad Rep Report

1. Book club

   • Tomorrow 

   • Snacks for tomorrow

2. Post grad chai and chats (week 10)

3. ISD collaboration

Web Designer Report

N/A

BASC Rep

• Baking event at BIPOC base (cookies) week 9

First year Rep Report

• Messina event week 11, not on Wednesday!