After annual election results were tabulated, the Associated Students of Madison delegated 19 seats to students from a new grassroots movement, coined Blind Side.
Blind Side is a group of students “focusing on what it means to be an underrepresented community here on campus,” said Donale Richards, the communications liaison for Blind Side.
Richards explained the group’s platform as being centered around issues of race, sexual assault, disabilities and accessibility.
The ultimate goal for Blind Side is to “provide more transparency between the UW System and what they provide as services to students, and how students can actually utilize those services in an effective way for them,” Richards said.
Richards, a senior on campus, described the catalyst of the movement as being well overdue and said the issues the group brings to the table have always been relevant.
With the movement beginning only a month ago, Blind Side focused on getting endorsements from student organizations, as well as participating in leadership and developmental activities to better spread the word about their platform.
Richards further described Blind Side as a group that will allow students to really make a change on campus.
