Announcing the New BULAC Board 2024-2026!

Check out our Board Members page for a full list of our new 2024-2026 BULAC Board members.

Join the 2024-26 BULAC E-Board!

BULAC is looking for committed individuals to serve on the 2024-2026 board. We are a growing organization seeking to expand the efforts put forth in our mission: maximizing the Brown experience for the Latinx community, serving as a representative voice for Latinx alumni, and assisting in the unification of alumni efforts to further and support the interests of Brown University.  If you are interested in having a more active voice, consider serving on BULAC’s National Board!

Why join BULAC’s Executive Board? 

• Turn your passion into action and plan the events you’ve always wanted to host
• Expand your personal and professional network (this opportunity will allow you to connect with a wide range of Brown alumni)
• Gain valuable experience working on a volunteer board
• Reconnect with the ever true Brown spirit by working closely with incredible, dedicated Brown alums. 
• Give back to the Brown community!

To nominate yourself or a friend, please fill out this form. Please submit your nominations by June 23 at 5pm PST. Feel free to direct any questions to silvina_hernandez@brown.edu 

Open Positions & Responsibilities

All positions start July 2024 through June 30, 2026. You will find a list below of the open positions followed by detailed descriptions of each position. Note time and travel expectations. Funding is available for travel expectations as needed, so don’t let that deter you from applying!

• President: Directs and supports all officers or agents of BULAC.
• VP of Communications: Maintains/Manages all forms of social media, including BULAC’s website and Hivebrite (among other things).
• VP of Finance & Development: Serves as the BULAC representative in the Brown Annual Fund and manages BULAC budget.
• VP of Campus Programs: Coordinates campus events and activities and serves as the primary leader of the annual BULAC Matriculation Campaign for admitted students (among other things).
• VP of Regional Engagement: Leads regional engagement strategy, serving as the coordinator and resource for regional representatives.
• Pre-Brown Experience Committee Chair: Serves as a leader of the BULAC Matriculations Campaigns and BULAC representative for virtual admissions events.
• Regional Representatives: host community building events within their regions and represent their chapter’s interests and needs at the national level.

President

• Shall be the chief executive officer of BULAC and shall preside over all membership meetings of BULAC and all meetings of the Board.
• Plan and publish an agenda for each meeting of the Board.
• Direct and support all officers or agents of BULAC.
• See that all programs and activities of the organization are carried out within the limits of its resources and according to standards prescribed by the Board.
• Report periodically to the Board and membership on the management of all affairs of the organization, and be the principal liaison with Brown University.
• Appoint, upon the advice and consent of the Board, at least 3 additional Board members from the membership.
• Encourage representation and participation of all geographic regions and Latino groups.
• Serve as the Affinity Group BULAC Officer on the BAA Board

Time and Travel Expectations:

• Monthly time commitment of ~6 hours
• Requires 3-4 annual trips to Campus for BAA Board meetings and Reunion Weekend events to represent BULAC

VP of Communications

• Prepare, publish, distribute and keep the minutes of all meetings of BULAC and meetings of the Board
• Send notices of all meetings to the Board and the membership
• Maintain all official membership records and archives of BULAC
• Accept, distribute and document all proposed changes to the Constitution and Bylaws
• Represent BULAC, as directed by the Board, on other University alumni organizations affiliated with the Brown Alumni Association
• Coordinate all meetings, be they in person or otherwise
• Maintain/Manage all forms of social media, including BULAC’s website and Hivebrite
• Perform such other duties as the President or the Board may from time to time direct.

Time and Travel Expectations:

• Monthly time commitment of ~4 hours
• Requires 1 trip to Campus for BULAC Retreat during 2yr term

VP of Finance & Development

• Monitor all expenditures according to the budgets approved by the Board
• Make fundraising a primary responsibility and be responsible for proposing for Board approval, implementing and reporting on goals and programs of fundraising for BULAC
• Prepare for approval by the Board drafts of budgets, projections and financial statements
• Perform such other duties as the President or the Board may from time to time direct.
• Serve as the BULAC representative in the Brown Annual Fund

Time and Travel Expectations:

• Monthly time commitment of ~4 hours
• Requires 1 trip to Campus for BULAC Retreat during 2yr term
• Optional trips to represent BULAC at scholarship fundraising events

VP of Campus Programs

• Coordinate campus events and activities encouraging networking among Latino alumni and current Brown students
• Serve as BULAC’s campus liaison by communicating with Alumni Relations, Providence-based BULAC members as well as current students
• Be responsible for determining, prioritizing and acting upon interests of Latino alumni
• Performing such other duties as the President or Board may direct from time to time.
• Serve as the primary leader of the annual BULAC Matriculation Campaign for admitted students
• Serve as the BULAC liaison to the Latinx Student Initiative Coordinators at the BCSC in the planning and execution of the Latinx Commencement Celebration

Time and Travel Expectations:

• Monthly time commitment of ~4 hours
• Requires at least 1 trip to Campus to represent BULAC at Reunion Weekend events and take part in BULAC Retreat during 2yr term

VP of Regional Engagement

• Outline and lead the strategy for membership events and activities in designated regions encouraging networking among Latino alumni
• Serve as the coordinator and resource for regional representatives
• Be responsible for determining, prioritizing and acting upon interests of Latino alumni
• Performing such other duties as the President or Board may direct from time to time
• Be a liaison among affinity groups and Brown Club regional leaders for cross-collaborations
• Organize nationwide virtual events that engage and act upon the interest of Latino alumni

Time and Travel Expectations:

• Monthly time commitment of ~4 hours
• Requires at least 1 trip to Campus to represent BULAC at Reunion Weekend events and take part in BULAC Retreat during 2yr term

Regional Representative

BULAC Reps are at the forefront of our Brown Latino Alumni community. Representatives host community building events within their regions and represent their chapter’s interests and needs at the national level. 

Our main regions are Boston, Chicago, DC, Los Angeles, & Miami, but we are open to adding new regions. Apply to be a part of our BULAC familia!

Responsibilities include:

• Planning and hosting 2 events per year 
• Participating in quarterly calls with the Executive Board
• Maintain contact with the VP of Regional Engagement on new chapter activities

Pre-Brown Experience Committee Chair

• Go to panelist for any Admissions related events in the Fall
• Serve as a leader of the BULAC Matriculations Campaign, specifically in understanding and executing the matching process for one-on-one engagement

A Unique Brown Club Theater Event: “Hotel Happy”

A TIMELY, AMBITIOUS FARCE PLUS A POST-SHOW DISCUSSION WITH BROWN PROFESSOR ELENA SHIH

The Brown University Club in NY, Brown University Latino Alumni Council, and Houses on the Moon Theater Company welcome you to Hotel Happy! At this high-end erotic resort in Bogotá, Colombia, sex workers Sofi, Lulu and Candela are hiding a displaced donkey after rescuing him from an unhappy fate. When three American mercenaries visit the hotel on a special mission, the women must protect their new friend at all costs because, as they will soon discover, he is no ordinary donkey.

Sunday, February 18 at 2pm
122CC’s 2nd Floor Theater
150 1st Avenue between East 9th & 10th Streets

Tickets will only be distributed by a Brown Club representative at the theatre from 1:15pm to 1:45pm.
Please do NOT go to the box office and please arrive no later than 1:45pm.

A play about sexual tourism in Colombia and that industry’s close connection to the country’s ongoing armed conflict, Hotel Happy explores U.S.-Colombian relationships using the power of absurdity to reflect how the decimating effects of war displace us all.

Following the performance, there will be a discussion with Elena Shih, Manning Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown. Professor Shih has done extensive work on human trafficking and labor exploitation and is the author of notable books on the subject. Shih will be joined by Dayana Tavarez ’19, Case Manager – Immigration Intervention Project for Sanctuary for Families. While at Brown, Tavarez was a Royce Fellow who worked closely with Professor Shih with a focus on sex trafficking in Mexico City.

Houses on the Moon Theater Company was founded in 2001 with a mission to dispel ignorance and isolation through the theatrical amplification of unheard voices. Through creative workshops, original performances, post-show conversations, and accessible ticketing, Houses on the Moon unites communities through the public sharing of untold stories.

Elena Shih is Manning Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University, where she directs a human trafficking research cluster through the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. Shih is the author of two books: Manufacturing Freedom: Trafficking Rescue, Rehabilitation, and the Slave Free Good (University of California Press), and White Supremacy, Colonialism, and the Racism of Anti-Trafficking (Routledge). Her research and teaching centers sex worker and migrant worker perspectives to understand how white supremacy and white saviorism underwrite the global anti-trafficking movement. Shih serves on the editorial boards for The Anti-Trafficking Review, a peer-reviewed journal of the Global Alliance to Combat Traffic in Women, Gender and Society, and openDemocracy’s Beyond Trafficking and Slavery op-ed platform. Recent op-eds about her research and organizing as a core collective member of Red Canary Song appear in the New York Times and Providence Journal. She earned a PhD in Sociology from UCLA, and a BA in Asian Studies from Pomona College.

Dayana Tavarez ’19 is a Senior Case Manager at the Immigration Intervention Project at Sanctuary for Families, a non-profit organization. Within her role, she engages with survivors of gender-based violence through a holistic model, providing the wraparound services outside of their legal immigration case. Ms. Tavarez engages with her work through a framework of gender and sexuality, community-based approaches, and critical humanitarianism. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Ethnic Studies from Brown University.

Susan Goodwillie (Moderator) is the Managing Director of Houses on the Moon Theater Company. She is a co-founder of SPACE on Ryder Farm (est. 2009), a nonprofit artist residency program in Brewster, New York. Susan worked for four years as a social worker at the Mental Health Project at the Urban Justice Center, supporting homeless and housing insecure New Yorkers living with mental health concerns. She then moved to Nairobi, Kenya, to build the capacity of Flone Initiative, a Kenyan NGO working to create safer public spaces for women and girls in African cities. Susan believes in weaving together her two skillsets – theater and social work – to build sustainable organizations, support teams in their work and wellbeing and create a more just world.