About Us

Committees

Our student group has three committees, each with its own purpose and goals.

actions that matter committee

The Actions That Matter committee organises various action-oriented and practical events. These events are very diverse, thus allowing members a lot of space to be creative and innovative with their ideas their ideas.

This committee has organised events like clothing donation event for refugees in Greece, fundraising events including the annual collection week, and informative events on how individuals can make conscious choices in the world of fast fashion as well as in their food choices. Additionally, the committee organises late night events, which are more informal discussion type events with experts; previous topics have included gender violence, statelessness, business and human rights.

ARTS & CULTURE COMMITTEE

The 'Arts and Culture Committee' is the newest initiative by STAI. This Committee aims to make the connection between activisme and any form of expression brought up through Art and cultural movements. Here, there are no limits, we use all elements of creativity, imagination and critical thinking to deliver social justice.

The Arts and Culture Committee has a book club and organizes events discussing movies, art, activists, cultural phenomena, and anything else related to human rights and arts and culture.

symposium committee

The Symposium committee organises a big symposium once a year with very interesting speakers and knowledgeable experts.

These symposia are focused on informing a large audience, often exceeding a hundred people on pressing human rights issues such as refugee crisis and the hidden price of your data. Additionally, this committee organises respectful discussion evenings on more controversial topics such as the right to abortion and capital punishment.

activities committee

The Activities committee organises educational trips and bonding activities.

This committee has previously organised trips to the Anne Frank Museum, Women’s March in Amsterdam and to Amnesty International the Netherlands Headquarters in Amsterdam for masterclasses, which are exclusively provided to Amnesty International student group members. Additionally, the committee organises human rights oriented game nights, put-locks and pub-quizzes.

our board

The President of STAI is the main representative of the organisation, who handles external relations with other student organisations and has a lot of managerial responsibility event, schedule and meeting wise.

The Vice-President is mainly responsible for ensuring effective HQ-student communication and recruitment, and takes over any board position when necessary.

The Secretary handles all the administrative tasks, which include answering e-mails from companies, other organisations and our members, setting up and keeping records of meetings.

The Marketing Chair ensures that all of STAI’s social media accounts are active and up-to-date, and provides promotional support to committee-organised events.

The Treasurer is responsible for all of the organisation’s financial affairs and inventory matters.

All of the board members are also responsible for (co)supervising a committee, which means that they take an active supervisory role in the planning and organising of events.