16 • Take pictures during events and collect pictures taken by Chapter Members. • Maintain an accurate distribution/contact list of all Chapter Members, family members, allies, partners, vendors, and all other important parties. • Maintain meeting minutes and distribute to Chapter Leaders and/or members. • Manage all outwardly facing communications including event promotion and press releases. • Create a newsletter or publication that highlights Chapter events, accomplishments, and milestones to circulate around campus and throughout the SVA network. SVA Campus Liaison Program The CLP ensures that veterans are included in relevant spaces and conversations around campus. The ideal operations for these liaisons include position-specific curriculum and training from SVA National Headquarters, collaboration with campus personnel within each respective department, and strategic planning for outreach to and the provision of services for student veterans. Liaisons can shift cultural norms in the student veteran community and on campus in order to cultivate cultural awareness in both spaces. They can also serve as trusted leaders and role models, who share information across groups. The liaison positions include the Policy Liaison, the Career Services Liaison, the Disability Services Liaison. Policy Liaison. The Policy Liaisons are a community of self-identified students that are interested in developing policy or advocacy skills. The overarching goal of this liaison role is to equip student veterans with the tools and skills necessary to self-advocate, whether it be at the campus, local, state, or federal level. Currently, the network of Policy Liaisons meets monthly for a conference call that includes SVA National Headquarters and facilitates an open floor discussion of students' individual goals and progress, with an emphasis on fostering a positive and constructive atmosphere. Policy Liaisons are broadly diverse and located across the entire country. The responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to: • Join the Policy Liaison Program (PLP) and participate in regularly scheduled calls with the Government Affairs team and fellow Policy Liaisons. • Identify policy issues negatively or positively affecting student veterans on campus. • Meet with university leadership and elected officials to share policy needs of the Chapter, campus, and community. • Leverage your National Headquarters Government Affairs department for assistance with advocacy for student veterans on campus. • • Leverage your National Headquarters Research department to gather data that can assist with a policy initiative. • Assist with representing and promoting the Chapter on campus and in the community. • Career Services Liaison The Career Services Liaisons (CSL) are chapter leaders who take responsibility for engaging student veterans in the career-focused aspects of their education, including employment and internships during college as well as career opportunities near graduation. They accomplish this by connecting to their campus career services office in order to better translate the knowledge and skills that are acquired during military experiences, as well as improve the knowledge about how military-acquired skills might apply to employment post-graduation. The CSL conducts outreach to and on behalf of career services offices on campuses, which may otherwise lack connections to student veterans, particularly as most student veterans are nontraditional students and may have different needs for career and internship services than their traditional student peers. The CSL also acts as a bridge to student veterans on behalf of SVA National Headquarters and its connected network of business and industry partners. This crucial connection shares networking, career preparedness, and mentorship opportunities. The responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:
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