Mission Statement

Students for International Knowledge (SIK) is an education based group.  The role of the United States in international crises, politics and cultures is extensive.  Knowledge of this situation – U.S. foreign policy and things international – is either not readily available to the CSUSB campus students and faculty, or is deliberately misconstrued.  SIK’s mission is to try and rectify this unfortunate state of misinformation or ignorance and produce a knowledgable campus.  It is our goal to make SIK the premier and most influential campus organization on CSUSB for many years to come.

SIK plans to educate CSUSB, in addition to SIK itself, on the following: 

• Crises such as the Arab-Israeli Conflict, atrocities in Sudan, and the Iraq war
• Cultures such as the Middle Eastern, Latin American, Central Asian, East Asian, African and European cultures, as well as religious cultures and philosophy
• Political issues such as democratic processes, terrorism, and war, and the role of the U.S. in them

The means by which SIK will educate and become educated on these issues include:

• Writing and distributing newsletters with scholarly articles
• Displaying movies and documentaries
• Working with Alternate Focus to have a weekly show on the Middle East on San Bernardino public access television
• Hosting a regular Coyote Radio show on international topics
• Maintaining a website (csusbsik.wordpress.com) with regular emails on current news and local events
• Attending local symposiums and events on international issues and more

SIK is firmly dedicated to enlisting the aid of campus organizations, primarily through the Student Union, to achieve these goals.   This can include: 

• Mechanisms for newsletter distribution on campus
• Greater access to Coyote Radio 
• Regular display of international movies and documentaries 
• Organizing internationally relevant events such as speeches, conferences, symposiums, comic routines, etc with, potentially, other departments 
• Maintaining an “International Center” in the Student Union for the aid of international (IEP) students as well as uninformed non-international students 
• Regular education (and encouragement of) faculty, students and organization members on the aforementioned subjects 
• A yearly “Israel-Palestine Awareness Week”
• Regular funding for off-campus educational trips (such as conferences) as well as for newsletter distribution, purchasing and producing videos, website maintenance, and the like.