Fabulous February with Red Alert and Sex Jeopardy!

Welcome back faithful followers. The ladies of REAAL hope that you had a fantastic Christmas and a Happy New Year. We have so many great programs coming your way! 

As you all may know, our Annual Red Alert Aids Benefit Fashion Show is coming up! It will be held  February 18 at the Snyder-Phillips theatre at  7pm. Come and be entertained by MSU's hottest models  showing off current fashion trends. Check out the flyer below. 

Prior to our Red Alert Fashion show we will be hosting Sex Jeopardy; a fun way to learn about different sexually transmitted diseases and ways to prevent them. This event will take place on February 13, 2012 at Bessey Hall room 105. Please come out and support us! 

We hope to see you at all of these awesome events! Contact @REAALmsu for further information about tickets for our Red Alert Fashion Show and Sex Jeopardy! 

Holiday Potluck with Black Student Alliance!

Its that time of year! Everyone is getting ready to combat finals and celebrate the holiday. What better way to perform these task than with people just like you. 

In conjunction with the Black Student Alliance'S STUDY-IN, REAAL will be hosting a Potluck December 5, 2011 from seven to nine P.M. IN the MCC (Inside the MSU Union) 

Members of REAAL appreciate all of the hard work that BSA (Black Student Alliance) has been doing throughout the semester to create a more diverse and aware student body at Michigan State University. With this Study-In, BSA hopes to show how hard African American Students study with numbers. Each Day, BSA will document how many hours each student studied during the Study-In with a prospective goal of 5,000 hours. This event will take place December 1-9. Please check in at the MCC! 

Leaders of REAAL thought it would be a great idea to provide students with some good food while they enhance their scholarship. We expect many of the Black community to attend, therefore we need your help. If you would like to join us by bringing a dish please contact Cortni at 3136539394 or mariah at 3133103368.  We hope to see you there!

 Check out BSA's Study-In Commercial below. 

REAAL Issues: To Be, or Not To Be

Having an abortion is something society overlooks. With more than 40 million existing annually it is a situation that needs to be discussed.

On October 17 we hosted To Be Or Not To Be, a panel discussing pregnancy, abortion and foster care in 2011. With over twenty attendee’s, our goal was to introduce unorthodox situations to students at Michigan State University. Individuals on the panel were either Pro-Life or Pro-Choice.

 Members of REAAL provided the audience with various scenarios that they would have to act out. Ending with challenges that would make them choose to be for, or against having an abortion. Examples of this were situations where the woman had been raped by a third party. Many concluded that they would keep the child. Some students brought up questions about the women’s health and her relationship with her partner. In result, panelist asked what are the solutions

In all, we appreciate everyone who supported this event. Our goal is to make more individuals aware of this issue, find solutions and take action.
Check out some pictures from the event below!

New Members to the REAAL Family!

We would like to welcome two awesome people to our REAAL family! Lauren and Dakota will be our new Social Media Masters to handle the face of REAAL online. Dakota will be over the Grand Rapids area and Lauren will be over MSU.

We look forward to the expertise and vision that they will bring to the team.

Please welcome them!

Social Media Master

Summer is swinging and so are things around the REAAL Headquarters! With so much going on we need to add a new member to the squad to keep track of it all.

We are looking to hire a 'Social Media Master'

This person will be the master of all things social. They will attend awesome events for REAAL, blog, tweet, Facebook, and update our new upcoming website. They will be the cool kids on our block.

This position requires a high interest in and experience with social media. It will take about 10 hours a week max to fufill, often times less. Must be 21+ to enter all events we may cover. Must be in Michigan. If you are a student you can get college credit through an internship with this position, it is unpaid.

Interviews will begin July 7th, please express interest through resume at reaalinc@gmail.com

Mission: Gainfully Employed, The Cover Letter

The best resume accompanied by an ‘ok’ cover letter will never get you that awesome job you want. Here are a few quick sure fire tips from the pro’s to whip that cover letter into shape!


1. FORMAT- Nothing will get your information in the circular file quicker than incorrect formatting.

-Address top left corner

-Skip four lines and enter the date

-Skip four more lines and enter the contact person with their company address. DO NOT send a cover letter and resume to “whom it may concern”. FIND a name!!!

-Three paragraphs for your content.

-Add Sincerely and sign your name.

2. Research the organization you’re applying to and create links between their mission/work and you.

3. List 1-3 assets you can offer the company.

4. Talk about what a great company they are, list their accomplishments.

5. Expand on the relevant experience you list in your resume.

6. Be to the point!

7. Make sure the paragraphs flow.

8. PROOFREAD!

9. PROOFREAD!!

10. PROOFREAD!!!

 
Finally while you work feverishly at your flawless cover letter and resume we thought we would give you an epic example of what NOT to do. Although it is completely entertaining!
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/23/epic-cover-letter_n_865569.html?ref=fb&src=sp

Let's Give Them a Round of Applause!!!

Finally we have confirmed a roster of excellent women to lead the REAAL as the new Board of Directors. These women are awesome and we're so excited to work with them!

April Harvey- Foundations Program Associate for the Doug and Maria DeVos Foundation
Merhawit Fitwi- Bank of America Personal Banker
Jane Royer- Director of Heart of West Michigan United Way's Volunteer Center
Brenda Brame- Program Manager for the Kent County Tax Credit Coalition
Kristian Grant- Executive Director of REAAL

Thanks so much ladies, we are ready to transform our communities!