UF’s chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority will teach students survival skills and about social justice this week during the sorority’s 40th-annual Spring Week.
Students will learn how to cook a meal for under $15 and discuss issues, including financial literacy and social injustice. The theme of the sorority’s Spring Week is a “Virus X” break out at UF. Events, to be held from today until Saturday around UF’s campus and Gainesville, will also highlight social-justice issues and incite students to take action in the midst of a changing political climate across the country, said Taylor Thomas, the sorority’s vice president.
“We want to be the campus’ first responders to any feelings (students) might be going through,” Thomas said.
Thomas, a 21-year-old UF telecommunication senior, said activities will include a cooking demonstration Thursday, a stomp performance on Turlington Plaza on Friday and a volunteer opportunity Saturday at the North Florida Rehabilitation and Specialty Care center.
“Every event has a call to action,” Thomas said. “We make sure that attendees walk away with something.”
Zandra Walker, a 22-year-old first-year UF law student and alumna of the sorority, said she looks forward to learning from the week’s events.
“I am hoping to learn more about the Student Body — how to unify the Student Body,” she said. “It’s going to hit home for a lot of students.”
Location and times of events:
- Most times begin 13 minutes into the hour because the sorority was founded in 1913.
- Monday: OUTBREAK: “America Divided” movie screening in the Reitz Union Arredondo Cafe at 6:13 p.m.
- Tuesday: PANIC: Men’s escape obstacle course at The Woodlands of Gainesville Clubhouse at 5:13 p.m.
- Wednesday: QUARANTINE: The HeART of Gainesville in Norman Hall, Room 250 at 7:13 p.m.
- Thursday: ANTIDOTE: Serum to Smart Savings, location to be announced, at 7:13 p.m.
- Friday: CODE RED: Set Stomp performance on Turlington Plaza at 12:13 p.m.
- Saturday: CURED: Volunteering at the North Florida Rehabilitation and Specialty Care center, located at 6700 NW 10th Place, at 2 p.m.
