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Christian Flournoy ’27 Plans to Maximize Student Voices as Executive Vice President of the Student Assembly

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Heading into his second year of being on the Student Assembly executive board, Christian Flournoy ’27 said that there are two ideals he envisions for his term as executive vice president: “[maximizing] the student voice” and “ensuring community representation.”

Flournoy was announced as the next executive vice president for the Assembly on Wednesday, April 25, beating out three competitors in a narrow race. He currently serves as the vice president for diversity and inclusion for the Assembly, sitting on its executive board.

Flournoy is pursuing the pre-medical path and noted a passion for promoting student health and well-being. Amid a string of campus tragedies in the Fall 2024 semester, Flournoy co-sponsored a resolution to set a precedent for offering campus-wide restorative days in response to student deaths and sexual assault Crime Alerts.

He now looks to expand services that help students manage stressors they face on campus.

“There’s a lot of great ideas, and I want to make sure that the Student Assembly is able to help with that whether that is putting something out on our newsletter — mentioning stuff about mental health — or if it’s trying to think about how we are funding certain initiatives,” Flournoy said regarding his approach to promoting student well being.

Flournoy plans to work with the re-elected Assembly President, Zora deRham ’27, to maximize student voices.

“We’re both involved with a lot of different things on campus. We hear from a lot of different parts of our constituency, and I think that’s important when we’re talking about resolutions that we want to pass,” he said. Flournoy is a student-athlete who is a part of the sprint football team as well as the secretary of Cornell’s Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.  

Another way Flournoy wants to hear from the student body is by “emphasizing the importance of liaisons.” Flournoy explained how organizations on campus have liaisons that can attend and speak at Assembly meetings to advocate for their community and seek change. In his time as E.V.P., he wants to expand the utilization of liaisons to “come to the meeting every week and hear what’s going on” so that he’s able to “talk to these different organizations.”

Along with being a resource for the student body, Flournoy said that he sees himself as a resource for the new members of the Assembly as well. He wants to be a mentor who guides first-time members into their roles, including how to write resolutions and “figuring out certain people that they need to go talk to.”  

When asked about specific issues that need to be addressed for next year, Flournoy said that he plans to tackle funding for byline organizations, especially in light of federal funding cuts at the University.

“I think that there’s going to be a lot of questions that people have,” Flournoy said regarding the impacts of federal funding. “I want to be able to have the answers to those, and if not, have the answers to who will.”

Flournoy stressed the importance of transparency with the student body, explaining, “My accountability falls in line with me being open.” The incoming E.V.P. explained how he wants people to approach him to give him feedback on how he can better represent them.

“My job is to advocate for you, which is something I’ve been doing and I’ll continue doing,” Flournoy said.


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