Madalynn Wilson
Lantern Staff
The Black Student Association (BSA) is one of the many clubs that Butler offers for all students to get involved in on campus. The club has six participants right now and will be focusing on encouraging more students to join throughout the spring semester.
According to Aletra Chaney-Profit, the adviser for BSA, the club is meant to unite and educate all multicultural students about their heritage along with promoting community service and leadership.
“I think it gives them an opportunity to talk to other people that may share some of the same struggles and some of the same challenges, but I think it’s also a way they hold each other accountable,” Chaney-Profit said. “That’s something big that I heard them talking about amongst each other is their grades and helping each other if they are struggling in some areas.”
The club meets every other Friday from 12 to 1 p.m. At the moment, they are preparing for a seminar they are hosting for Black History Month in partnership with the Butler Foundation and the Student Government Association. They are hosting Galen Abdur-Razzaq, a master flutist and lecturer. He will be coming to the Welcome Center at Butler on Thursday, Feb 6 from 6-7:30 p.m. to speak about jazz and the civil rights movement. The event is free and open to the public.
The club is also working on a few more events for the spring semester for Butler as well as the community.
“I think it’s been a way for them to create some good bonds and positive relationships in college that will make them successful,” Cheney-Profit said.
