1. GSSF groups must respond completely to either (b), (c) or both.

SSFC conclude that the groups new funding meets all criteria in either (b) or (c) to extend funding beyond the funding cap. a. List all new spending. This includes but is not limited to new programs, new paid positions, events, and increases in spending to existing programs. If you read through the budget, all of these questions are answered thoroughly. MCSC stands by our budget submission and is confident that the committee will be able to discern our new programs/direct services and our increases in existing programs/direct services as outlined in question 2 of the GSSF Funding Request Form (Pages 9-11 of the most recent budget submission). Having not been trained on filling out this form, MCSC is making the assumption that this waiver serves as a mechanism to get all of the information about our budget in one place so below is an exact copy of question 2which answers part a.
2. Please explain the reason for the percentage of increase/decrease from the current fiscal year 2011-12 to the level proposed for 2012-13 (if you have previously received GSSF funding). Salaries: We are increasing our salaries line from $127,691.88 to $448,653.20 MCSC is requesting a increase in our staff to a total of 38 positions - a total increase in salaries of $320,961.32 or 251.4%. MCSC employees will all be Executive Staff due to all staff being specialized in their individual field of work in their service divisions. Our service divisions increased from five to ten to have specialized areas of work within the organization, which in turn will make them specialist and the best in that field. As of now, we are a coalition of 40 organizations; with the expectation to have it doubled by the time this budget will take effect. Advertising: We are increasing our advertising from $1,950 to $5,100. We are asking for an increase of $3150 or 162% in order to place advertisings for our services and events on Madison Metro Buses specifically routes that service the campus area such as routes 80, 81, 82, and 85, using side marketing in social networking sites such as Facebook, as well as use campus newspapers such as The Badger Herald, The Cardinal, The Capital Hues, and The Onion to. We also need massive advertising for our month long program that kicks off the school year, due to it beginning when classes start, and continues until the end of the month. This line item also includes $1,100 worth of advertising budgeted specifically for Hip Hop As A Movement Conference, as it will require many printed materials. Computer soft/hardware: We are increasing our computer from $2,500 to $5000. We are asking for an increase of $2,500 or 100%. We are asking for the increase to supplement the purchase of an Apple MacBook in order to do our satellite media services which is on-site flyer training for student organizations. This means taking the hardware and software to the individual organizations. Apple computers are best for the duty of maintaining and being sufficient with large number of gigabits. We would also like to purchase a two Dell notebooks to take to trainings that the org receives and produces as well as well as used for staff meetings, for notes and various projections. Equipment Rental: We are requesting the same amount for equipment rental for the 12-13 year that we requested for 11-12. Membership: We are requesting $10,000, which will be an increased because it was not in the program from last year. This fee is necessary to belong to the a parent organization called Community Justice Network for Youth (CJNY), which is a national organization to support our program that works closely with Stop The Rail To Jail and our Diversity Education program line item. Office Supplies/Furniture: We are requesting the same amount for supplies/furniture for the 12-13 year that we requested for 11-12. This is necessary for the upkeep of the office as well as the anticipated new off-campus office space. Postage: This line item does not consist of any funds currently because MCOR is the only program we anticipate needing postage for. The individual program has its own postage line item. Printing: We are increasing our printing and photocopy line item from $6,000 to $22,350. We are asking for an increase of $16,350 or 272.5%. This increase is due to a spike in printing needs directly related to a new program entitled Commemorative Months which will require a certain amount of printing each month as well as the revamped version of Hip Hop as A Movement Conference. Program Supplies: We are increasing our program supplies request from $74,585.00 to $696,525.00. We are asking for an increase of $621,940 or 833.9%. The following is a brief explanation of the increases MCSC is requesting this fiscal year. The MCSC does not take this increase lightly. It is clear that in over ten years, the University of WisconsinMadison has not used its billion dollar budget to affect change on this campus as it relates to multicultural competence and the creation of safe space. For years, marginalized student groups have suffered through oppression on this campus because the same UW officials charged with educating students on this campus are failing to do just that. This proposal is an under budgeted attempt at using student segregated fees in the most fiscally responsible way to affect real change on this campus. ** The reasons behind all program supplies increases are listed in the justifications below** **All new programs are listed with an asterisk. The new program is also justified below ** o Art Gallery: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $150 to $2,454 which is a difference of $2,304 or 1536%. The reason behind this increase is listed in the justification below. *Commemorative Months: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $0 to $32,896. The reasoning behind this new program is listed in the justification below. Cultural Fair: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $0 to $1,900. The reasoning behind this new program is listed in the justification below. Dating, Mating, & Relating (DMR): The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $0 to $3,490. The reason behind this increase is listed in the justification below. Diversity Education (DE): The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $1,300 to $6,800 which is a difference of $5,500 or 423%. The reason is listed in the justification below.

Fall Staff In Service: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $2,860 to $3,990 which is a difference of $1,130 or 40%. The reason behind this increase is listed in the justification below. Hip Hop As A Movement Conference: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $19,200 to $57,300 which is a difference of $38,100 or 198%. The reason behind this increase is listed in the justification below.

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InfoPak: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $1,950 to $14,640 which is a difference of $12,690 or 651%. The reason behind this increase is listed in the justification below. *ICD International: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $0to $11,300. The reasoning behind this new program is listed in the justification below.

MCSC Open House: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $0 to $2,550. The reason behind this increase is listed in the justification below. Minority Reporter/Race Doctor: The MCSC is requesting to decrease this program to $0. The reason behind this decrease is listed in the justification below. M-O.N.E. Hip Hop Education Month: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $5,240 to $5540 which is a difference of $2,304.00 or 44%. The reason behind this increase is listed in the justification below. *Multicultural Alumni Job Shadowing Program: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $0 to $26,000. The reasoning behind this new program is listed in the justification below. *Multicultural High School Alumni Mentoring Program: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $0 to $14,250. The reasoning behind this new program is listed in the justification below. Multicultural Orientation and Reception (MCOR): The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $1,000 to $14,250 which is a difference of $13,250 1,325%. The reason behind this increase is listed in the justification below. National Conference on Race Ethnicity in Higher Education: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $7,250 to $15,130 which is a difference of $7,880 or 108%. The reason behind this increase is listed in the justification below. Multicultural Fall Barbecue: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $1,660 to $1,760 which is a difference of $100or 6%. The reason behind this increase is listed in the justification below. Multicultural Spring Barbecue: We are requesting the same amount for the Spring Barbecue for the 12-13 year that we requested for 11-12. *Multicultural Summer Barbecue: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $0 to $2,200. The reasoning behind this new program is listed in the justification below. Poetry Slam: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $16,510 to $8,288 which is a difference of $1,778 or 27%. The reason behind this increase is listed in the justification below. Poetry Workshops and Open Mic: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $4,460 to $39,396 which is a difference of $34,936 or 708%. The reason behind this increase is listed in the justification below. Professional Training: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $7,480 to $245,572 which is a difference of $2,304.00 or 3,183%. The reason behind this increase is listed in the justification below. *QTPOC: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $0 to $9,540. The reasoning behind this new program is listed in the justification below. *Queer Prom: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $0 to $13,724. The reasoning behind this new program is listed in the justification below. Spring Staff In Service: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $215 to $2033 which is a difference of $1,818 or 846%. The reason behind this increase is listed in the justification below. *Stop The Rail To Jail: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $0 to $53,172. The reasoning behind this new program is listed in the justification below. Theater of the Oppressed Conference: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $3000 to $3,030 which is a difference of $30 or 1%. The reason behind this increase is listed in the justification below. Theater of the Oppressed Workshops: The MCSC is requesting to decrease this program from $640 to $300 which is a difference of $340 or 53%. The reason behind this increase is listed in the justification below. *UW-Madison Multicultural Summer Nights Dream: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $0 to $75,000. The reasoning behind this new program is listed in the justification below. Women in RedZine: The MCSC is requesting to increase this program from $0 to $7,000. The reasoning behind this new program is listed in the justification below.

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Rent- (Increase from $0 to $75,000) Please See Appendix B for a detailed narrative explaining this request.

Appendix B Rent Narrative As stated in previous SSFC Chair Matt Manes exit report to the Chancellor on the state of SSFC and GSSFs, Matt expressed that the Student Activity Center is not fit to house the student organizations of present and overall the space did not suffice in accommodating organizations.

Two years ago, MCSC was told to leave their off-campus space and move into the Student Activity Center (SAC) that was promised to be a great space. Upon arrival MCSC realized that the SAC was unfortunately not the space that was promised to us. We were given one of the smaller of the largest suites and yet could not and still cannot fit all of our supplies nor all of our staff. Although we enjoy our current space because of the proximity it gives us to the Associated Students of Madison and the Student Services Finance Committee and plan to keep it, MCSC cannot appropriately work within the confines of the SAC because: our staff doesnt fit, our supplies dont fit, need for a confidential space for our first responder/advocacy direct service, the time restrictions of the building is difficult, we cannot do certain art in the SAC, and the SAC (like other buildings on campus) is racist.

In this budget we will have 38 workers. As of now we have 21 staff members, of who cannot fit into our office space at the same time. In this new model MCSC does work collectively, which means that we gather in groups to complete the work necessary to produce our direct services. It is necessary to have a professional space where people can do the work as needed and with three professional staff and two graduate students we need an added room for these professional that is permanent. It would be insulting to the work they must complete, standards they must uphold, professionalism as a whole if our professional staff did not have secure space that is permanent and set aside for them.

To give you an idea of what this amount of staff would look like in the space we have now, if all of the professional staff were in the office that we have now there would be only two more computers open and all desks would be occupied. There would be no place to put another filing cabinet to hold the paperwork that would come from these professionals. There is also no area in the office where these professionals (including the graduate students) could hold separate and simultaneous meetings in private. Not to mention that we have two service divisions and two direct services that require that we can hold confidential meetings.

More often than not if MCSC wants to hold one of our ten Service Division meetings, one of our twelve changing Steering Committee meetings, or conduct one of our direct services we always have to look outside of the office to hold these meetings. We have sometimes run into the issue of not having any space to hold these meetings in the SAC.

Beyond this, our office is packed with supplies that is necessary for us to co-sponsor, coalition build, and complete our direct services. Some of our canvasses are in the ASM office walls, however many of them are in the ASM storage closet, our own closet and stuffed behind filing cabinets. In our old office there was no reason to have our supplies decentralized and we were never forced to buy supplies the day of an event because we did not have a location to keep it beforehand. The insufficient nature of our office forces us to spend time the day before the events to buy supplies, which does not allow for excellence because of its last minute nature. More than that, MCSC often uses art as a way to heal our community in times like the Mock Lynching incident. In this instance, MCSC actually could not access the SAC on the day of our action because it was closed and so regardless we had to buy more art supplies for the action the day of, which lead to more stress to an already stressful and hurtful situation. With our budget expanding in honor of our restructuring and in celebration of our 10-year anniversary, we will have more supplies than in the past two budgets and will need much more space to house the tools that make our work excellent and UW-community focused.

The time of the SAC does not work for our Coalition. Only MCSC paid staff can acquire after hours pass, these restrictions and times do not take into account our coalition members, our responsibility to them, and our important First Responder and Advocacy direct services. Incidents of racism, homophobia, sexism, etc. can happen at any time and as the only student organization that works with these issues on an exceptional level. These restrictions do not make us accessible to our community nor is our space in a location that is historically or physically safe for our marginalized communities.

As you know, we attend a historically white university. All of our majors, departments, buildings, and offices are based on white culture and more specifically white supremacy. Everything that students are learning here is through the filter of whiteness, even African American Studies. This is because history has been written through white cultures filter. All people, policies, and buildings have been created around how white culture has seen them and wanted them to be built. Looking that the SAC space, MCSC has no place there. Students of color rarely frequent the SAC because it is known as an especially white space. Many students of color have been physically attacked right outside of the SAC, even during the day, both physically and verbally. Inside the SAC is not any better for people of color. Our own staff has had to endure verbal harassment from students and UWPD police harassment. Frequently because of our music and sometimes just on the mere fact that our staff are all people of color, many students outside of the office have stood outside and watched our staff interact with each other as if we were an exotic TV channel.

We cannot work in these conditions and we know that we do not have to because F-50 outlines a way for student groups to acquire off-campus spaces. MCSC had this space before when our coalition was thriving and we deserve it again. Neither us nor our coalition members should be subjected to such blatant racism and constant encroachment on our safe space!

Professional Staff: MCSC is requesting 3 Full Time Employees (FTE) to assist in carrying out our mission. Considering the amount of help offered to GSSF groups, MCSC has recognized that more assistance is necessary with respect to our organization. The largest organization on campus has no full time help other than overworked and underpaid ASM professional staff who cannot commit 40+ hours a week to a single organization. According to the Dean of Students Life Guidelines, it is our understanding that a FTE would be posted at around $40,526 per employee. Therefore, MCSC has requested $121,578 in professional trainings with an additional $36,000 for fringes for three FTEs. Telephone: We are requesting the same amount as requested for 11-12

3. If you are requesting increased funding, please prioritize all increases; give justification for each priority, and a breakdown of each expense. If the organization plans to request new permanent staff positions, please contact the budget specialist, SSFC Chair or SSFC Advisor to review all relevant procedures and documentation requirements as soon as possible. MCSC has prioritized increases in the following way. Program Supplies breakdown and justifications can be found in Question 2 Within Program Supplies, we prioritize the increase in Professional Training Staff/Fringe breakdown and justifications can be found in Question 2 Computer soft/hardware breakdown and justifications can be found in Question 2 Printing breakdown and justifications can be found in Question 2 Postage breakdown and justification can be found in Question 2 Equipment Rental breakdown and justification can be found in Questions 2 Membership Fee breakdown and justification can be found in Question 2 Staff Positions breakdown can be found below:

Position Title

# of positions MCSC STAFF MEMEBERS

Hours/ week

#of Weeks

Wage

Cost

Planning and Program Development Planning and Program Development (summer) Projects and Information Projects and Information (summer) Educational Support Services Educational Support Services (summer) Human Resources and Development Human Resources and Development (summer) Finance Finance (summer) Media Media (summer) Management of Information Systems and Technology Management of Information Systems and Technology (summer) Housing Housing (summer) Diversity Education Field Team Diversity Education Field Team (summer) Support Staff and Recruitment Support Staff and Recruitment (summer) Advisory Team Advisory Team (Summer) Graduate Student Hourly Graduate Student Hourly (summer) Professional Staff

3 20 32 $9.69 2 20 12 $9.69 3 20 32 $9.69 1 20 12 $9.69 3 20 32 $9.69 1 20 12 $9.69 3 20 32 $9.69 2 20 12 $9.69 3 20 32 $9.69 2 20 12 $9.69 3 20 32 $9.69 1 20 12 $9.69 3 20 32 $9.69 1 20 12 $9.69 3 20 32 $9.69 1 20 12 $9.69 3 20 32 $9.69 2 20 12 $9.69 3 20 32 $9.69 2 20 12 $9.69 3 20 32 $9.69 3 20 12 $9.69 2 20 32 $19.00 2 20 12 $19.00 3 40 --$40,526.00 Total MCSC STAFF MEMBER SALARIES 2012-2013 Requested Budget for Salaries 2011-2012 Budget for Salaries Increase Requested Percentages of Increase

$18,604.80 $4,651.20 $18,604.80 $2,325.60 $18,604.80 $2,325.60 $18,604.80 $4,651.20 $18,604.80 $4,651.20 $18,604.80 $2,325.60 $18,604.80 $2,325.60 $18,604.80 $2,325.60 $18,604.80 $4,651.20 $18,604.80 $4,651.20 $18,604.80 $6,976.80 $24,320.00 $9,120.00 $1,501.00 $281,454.60 $281,454.60 $126,448.80 $155,005.80 122.58%

Membership Fee Supplemental For All Groups Requesting Funds for Membership Fees: o Name of organization/entity receiving Membership Fee: The name of the organization receiving the membership fee we are requesting is Community Justice Network for Youth (CJNY). CJNY is the national version of MCSC. While MCSC has a large amount of student organizations involved in our coalition, CJNY has over 180 organizations, which it networks to carry out the mission of MCSC. We are requesting $10,000, which will be an increase because it was not in the program from last year. This fee is necessary to be an essential component of our parent organization called Community Justice Network for Youth (CJNY), which is a national organization to support our program that works closely with Stop The Rail To Jail and our Diversity Education program line item among other program initiatives. Amount of Membership Fee: We are requesting $10,000 for CJNY Membership. o Why do you need to pay this membership fee? Specifically, how does paying this fee help your group fulfill its mission? It is clear that for several years, MCSC has had to fund its own help through its professional training line item. The problem with this is that most of the staff who come in each year are entering an organization where turn over is high and much of the information necessary is not available. This leads us to into an environment where MCSC staff persons dont always know the right questions to ask. ASM staff and the University of Wisconsin-Madison SUFACs have failed to provide expertise in the area of segregated fee competency and multicultural competency. This indicates to MCSC that it must step up and reach out to a parent organization to assist. This will cause our organization to thrive with this specific burden lifted. We anticipate an increased capacity for true work on this campus once we have gained the resources acquired through membership in CJNY. CJNY also allows us to have a voice at the national level with respect to two major programs in MCSC budget: Stop the Rail to Jail and Diversity Education. o Why is it more advantageous to receive these services from another group rather than pay for them locally? These services are not available locally. Membership will allow CJNY representatives to come out and work closely with MCSC. What is the relationship between your group and the receiving organization? Belonging to the network CJNY gives us direct access to the Advisory Council of the organization. This is a special partnership forged by the upper most leadership of CJNY and the MCSC leadership team members. This is a new endeavor for both parties. Having thoroughly evaluated the benefits to the MCSC and thus to the campus community, we have no doubt that the individual and group abilities of our staff and member organizations will thrive and move forward in our/their missions. What is the process for determining the amount your group pays? According to the website, there is no fee to join the network CJNY has offered. This is due to the nature of the organization. CJNY works with organizations that wish to join by not charging an initial membership fee. No organization, which values and believes in CJNYs core purpose, will be turned away. CJNYs Core Purpose is to protect an improve the lives of youth of color, poor children and their communities by ensuring fairness and equity throughout all public and private youth serving systems. The capacity for collaboration does in many ways, however, depend on the organizations ability to contribute financially to this umbrella organization. A new process has been created through commutation and the individual efforts of our organizations. The dollar amount of $10,000 was decided upon by both parties to secure specific services that will be outlined in future questions in this narrative. What input does your group have in the types of services you receive? MCSC will have full input. We gain an equal voice once we become a member. We will not be members of the Advisory Council, which is CJNYs governing body. As a member of the organization, we agree to provide the CJNY with any information necessary to help the network best serve member organizations. We will regularly attend CJNY gatherings relevant to Wisconsin and the Midwest Region. We will also share MCSCs best practices with other organizations in the network and provide any necessary peer-to-peer assistance that is within our capacity. MCSC will also agree to voluntarily engage in CJNY activities by participating in relevant conference calls, planning meetings, conferences and sponsored travel. We also have the ability to provide facilitation and to help meet the requests by members in the region. These are all expectations of MCSC as a member organization of CJNY. Through these expectations, we are able to infuse MCSC practices such as facilitation styles, workshop organizational services, etc. into the overall functionality of CJNY. This membership provides MCSC and CJNY with the resources (both physical and monetary) to have a truly collaborative process of knowledge sharing. What would be the consequences for your group if you were not able pay the full amount? MCSC would be less effective at providing its services. Our coalition would also be unequipped to push forward in a resurrected initiative of Stop the Rail to Jail. We would also need to rely on other funding for specific trainings and collaborations with CJNY, which would prevent us from gaining full access to all the support, we will require going forward with our new focus and emphasis on youth of color.

For a membership fee which exceeds $1,000 o Please include a comprehensive list of every benefit you receive from the organization. Include all supplies, services, staff time, overhead etc. As a member organization of CJNY, MCSC would receive several benefits, which include a supportive network of over 180 organizations which share a similar goal and/or mission. CJNYs primary function is to be a support network for organizers and practitioners engaging with youth involved in juvenile justice systems and/or in need of support and services. CJNY grassroots organizers, service-providers and advocates are unified in their aim to reduce the strict-sentencing and the warehousing of children of color within the United States and to promote effective, culturally appropriate community-based interventions. MCSC will benefit fully from these focuses and initiatives. MCSC will also be able to participate as a full partner in these endeavors. MCSC has full access to planning and collaborating with CJNY through out ten service divisions. The core activities of CJNY are: Peer-to-Peer Exchanges, Technical Assistance Services, System Accountability Specialization and Regional/National Conferences. Peer Exchanges provide avenues for communication and training between member organizations. Technical Assistance is offered to CJNY members in areas including: Organizational development, educational and skills curriculums, fundraising, community organizing, advocacy and service provision. System Accountability Specialization focuses on strategic planning and implementation of localized community-based efforts to utilize data to reduce the secure confinement of youth of color. Regional and National Conferences allow for regional or networkwide reunions that always include good people, food and training. These are all programs, initiatives, and endeavors, which MCSC will participate in and take part in planning and organizing with student support and UW-Madison RSO coalition members. o What percentage of the organizations total budget do you pay? This question is difficult to answer because the budget is always influx due to the fact that CJNY receives donations in order to continuously serve those who cannot afford to pay what MCSC has the capacity to pay. The personal calculation for MCSC during our dealings with CJNY took into consideration MCSCs personal budget because it is made up entirely of Student Segregated Fees. MCSC was not willing to pay more than 1% if our requested budget. We felt it was fiscally responsible to only use 1% or less of our budget towards an outside source with respect to membership fees. $10,000 is less than 1% of the proposed budget and was a figure that we could pay to CJNY per semester ($5000 per semester).

What are other groups paying the receiving organization? Other organizations are not nearly as big as MCSC and do not have access to the same resources (physical and monetary). Other organizations (smaller in number) do not have to pay a membership fee. Again, these organizations do not receive the same amount of influence and infusion of personal mission as MCSC will if we participate in this membership/mentorship fee partnership.

b. Explain how all line items in (a) are essential to the groups mission. The MultiCultural Student coalition is an alliance of students deeply committed to social justice and the principles of unity, integrity, responsibility, and respect. MCSC values community and undertakes coalition building, promoting excellence in scholarship and service among MCSC student staff as well as all students. MCSCs institutionalized working structure provides a healthy environment for students and the campus community to work together, learn about and from each other, and take an active role in enriching to UW-Madison Community. This will be MCSC 10th year on campus and unfortunately for much of that time our organization has been lost in Hip Hop, instead of community. The times when MCSC was not focused on one aspect of liberation that has a questionable place on such a privileged campus, MCSC was the work horse behind Plan 2008, working with administration and faculty to create detailed plans on how to be more inclusive, student of color retention from middle school on into college, creation of the First Wave Scholarship Program, creation of ICD, and so much more. When MCSC was at its height it had a similar budget to what it has now. Of course we have tailored all of our programs and requests to fit the times, our influxes are to better serve our mission statement and therefore our community- nothing else has been driving our revamp. As people from marginalized identities, community is the most important aspect of self-preservation and defense against the hostile environment that is UW-Madison. However, we recognize that insulating ourselves does not change the power paradigm, only education does. Our budget is a reflection of that. Just because our staff comes from marginalized community does not know that they know all about marginalized communities, nor does it mean, that they can exercise self-care in this demanding job, or strategize on how to shift the power paradigm at UW-Madison to be less oppressive and more inclusive. Having trainings, older staff, professional staff, more powerful/educational programming and the supplies to support that programming is the only way for us to create the community needed at UW-Madison and to inspire a coalition of students, faculty, staff, and administration to work on changing this institution from Eurocentric to Inclusive. Our budget request includes - Salaries (33 student staff, 2 graduate positions, 3 FTEs): $448,653.20 - Advertising: $5,100.00 - Computer Soft/Hardware: $5,000.00 -Equipment Rental: $1,500.00 - Membership Fee: $10,000.00 - Supplies/Furniture: $6,000.00 - Postage (See MCOR): $3,000.00 - Printing/Photocopying: $22,350.00 - Program Budget (30 programs): $696,525.00 (including MCOR postage) - Rent:$75,000.00 - Telephone: $360.00 Total Budget: $1,270,488.20 Each line item is intrinsically infused with out mission because without that connection there would be no reason for us to request it. Please see GSSF grant request for details.

c. For new direct services and programs or increases to existing direct services and programs, explain how the increase in spending increases the well-being of the entire student body and how the increase in spending addresses a significant and demonstratable need of the student body. To facilitate this, please include realistic predictions of the number of students the new spending will serve. Multicultural competency and cross-cultural literacy are significant needs of the student body. Now more than ever, MCSC is an organization that has a critical purpose to the student body and to this organization. In instances like the Mock Lynching, Center for Equal Opportunity, and everyday harassment, MCSC has been critical for student mobilization, education, and healing. As children we have been domesticated into this society that is created around racism, homophobia, sexism, ableism, and other forms of systematic oppression. We perpetuate these systems of oppression in our day-to-day activities, often times our oppressive actions are so engrained in us that we end up oppressing the people closest to us out of pure ignorance. The domestication into perpetuating systems of oppression and the ignorance that makes it incredibly difficult to recognize the evil domesticated into us is no secret. Students at the UW-Madison are not the only people who continue to hurt and kill others because of their privilege. However what sets UW-Madison aside from other institutions of higher education is As they struggle to compete in a global economy, companies are building diverse work forces that reflect their customers. Their reservations with UW-Madison go beyond its small number of minority graduates. Companies complain that white students from the university are not prepared for a multicultural workplace."'Multicultural incompetence of UW-Madison graduates has prompted corporations to end or threaten to end their recruitment here,' said Bernice Durand, associate vice chancellor for diversity and climate. We at MCSC work to turn this tide for all students so that they can achieve academic, personal, and professional excellence. The increases you will see within the MCSC grant request will benefit the entire student body. As of now, UW students face a severe loss of motivation when they discover that they will (on average) be $100,000 - $150,000 in debt after graduating. What will shock them more is that they will NOT receive any help getting a job from this institution and once they finally manage to find their way to help, few entities will hire them because they'll lack multicultural competence. Given the fact that being cross-culturally literate is an expectation in teamwork on most if not all jobs, this is a "significant and demonstratable" need of the ENTIRE student body. Money talksespecially to white people. The above is the reasoning for how we will certainly ensure that all students, especially majority students needs are met. With respect to marginalized student groups, our focus on creating a campus climate where they feel safe and welcome is paramount and those student groups needs will undoubtedly be met. The work MCSC can do with the resources proposed in this budget will alter the face of the campus. The entire student body will feel the shift towards a new era of higher education at UW-Madison. Marginalized students will feel safer on this campus and majority students will learn and benefit from the type of environment MCSC will create. To put a specific number on it, approximately 42,000 students needs will be addressed.

2. If SSFC does not grant this waiver the body will have to cut the GSSF groups spending to below the current cap. If the waiver is declined, the GSSF group should be prepared to present SSFC with a prioritized list of spending. Number and list the spending that you want SSFC to recognize as necessary to providing your direct services. This can be either new or old spending. This list should be numbered because SSFC may approve your new spending over the cap in part. For the purposes of the cap/waiver, SSFC will begin consideration for cutting from the spending item listed last (1). MCSC cannot prepare to present SSFC with a prioritized list of spending because that concretely looks like us ranking which students deserve services paid for by their own segregated fees. Should MCSC rank Queer Prom above Stop the Rail to Jail? Which is more important to fund? Does queer people of color feeling safe and included on this campus trump educating ourselves and others about the outrageous disparities and institutional racist mechanisms which ensure youth of color find their way into the criminal justice system? Should we cut staff salaries in order to reduce the budget knowing that without the requested number of staff we will be unequipped and ill prepared to carry out our mission and those who are courageous enough to actually do so will need a 2nd or 3rd job and will not have the necessary resources or time available to them? To even ask an organization like MCSC (or any RSO for that matter) to number a list of most important services and programs is atrocious. For MCSC, this is not a surface level issue that can be placed on a numbered list. Majority students on campus assume, imply, or expect that non-majority students will or should teach them about their culture and way of life. It seems like the Eurocentric white supremacist spirit behind those assumptions, implications, or expectations is the same spirit with which this question was asked. While we understand that it may be nearly impossible for you to fully comprehend and truly understand our feelings about this matter we hope you can appreciate how appalled we are with this request: MCSC is asking a committee of students to grant our organization funding for the sole purpose of eradicating the very thing this committee is participating in through asking this question oppression. Furthermore, this question is drenched with white privilege and is dripping with the audacity of self-given and unearned power. As the MCSC leadership team, we refuse to do the impossible task of itemizing our oppression. This question tares at the heartstrings of all of the MCSC staff because it is a mirror of the campus climate we exist in as marginalized students. No oppression is greater or less than another. Hurt is hurt.

*There will be one opportunity to resubmit the first waiver based upon reallocating in consistency with question 2.