Learn more about the Advocacy Committee In the Advocacy Committee, we will work towards raising awareness about current social issues by hosting themed events, fundraisers, and donation drives throughout the year. We will be focusing on the topic of homelessness — working with organizations such as the Lamb Center — as well as other issues later in the year. Joining the Advocacy Committee is a great way to bring about positive change your community while building leadership and organizational skills! Time Commitment: 30-60 minutes / week in the weeks leading up to the event (virtual meetings)

Learn more about the Sayva Cultural Committee. SAYVA’s Cultural Committee celebrates Indian holidays and traditions through two main events: Diwali and Holi. The Diwali event will take place in November in the form of a mock Indian wedding. We’ll learn and perform Bollywood dances, create authentic decorations, and learn about the traditions behind each part of the wedding. The Holi event will happen in April. Our committee will be organizing the venue, food, music, and activities, including throwing colors, an essential part of any Holi festival. The time commitment is mostly centered around these events, as they are our major focus. Leading up to the events, how much time you dedicate to them is flexible based on what you sign up for. For example, if you sign up for a dance performance, you would need to practice on your own time and commit to rehearsals, while setting up a DJ for an event would be mostly email communications. The Cultural Committee’s events are super fun to organize and participate in and I’m excited to work with you all this year!

Learn more about the SAYVA Health and Wellness Committee. Members in the Health & Wellness Committee will help organize and participate in events that reflect mindfulness, health and community service. Wellness events are a great way for members to connect with one another and find time to unwind while engaging in physical activity. This October, we will be having our Breast Cancer Walk in support of Susan G. Komen Foundation. This event is a great way for members to help raise awareness for breast cancer, and connect with each other while getting some exercise! We will also tie in the aspect of health in our spring event, where we will be helping out and supporting a medical clinic. In the Health and Wellness committee, members will learn about various mindfulness exercises and share ideas for upcoming events. Prior to our major events, members will be expected to attend a few meetings, be actively involved in fundraising, write for the blog, engage others to join and all other event planning and coordination.

Learn more about the SAYVA Youth Committee: As helping with the sayva youth committee I hope to show future sayva memebers how to give back to the community. We will be having our community service event on September 17th where we will be making sandwiches to give to students in under privileged areas. By joining this committee you will have a chance to inspire future sayva members.

Learn more about the SAYVA Social Media Committee. The Social Media Committee’s main goal is to spread information about SAYVA and their upcoming events through social media platforms. In this committee, a bulk of the work is creating posts with Canva for events or announcements, taking photos at events, making videos for events, or other creative ways to market SAYVA. The time commitment for this committee is ~1-1.5 hours per week or less. This time commitment is lower than most because we are hoping to use a system where we can take turns doing posts and we don’t have one person doing too much in one week.