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A University junior, Melton is
working to establish better access to
education for underserved popula
tions, including people of color, peo
ple with disabilities and people from
low-income families. And as one of
two ASUO multicultural advocates,
she officially represents the lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender com
munity in Suite 4 for the first time.
In addition to her conservative ide
ology, Melton also left behind her large
Catholic family in Cave Junction —
including 67 first cousins. After two
years in Eugene, working full-time
graveyard shifts at a Chevron and tak
ing classes at Lane Community Col
lege, she became the first person in
the family to attend a university.
“I don’t think I would have left
Cave Junction at all if I hadn’t been
queer — I wouldn’t have needed to.
Cave Junction was comfortable,” she
said. “Increasing equality, in general,
is a big thing for me, but I definitely
got involved because I’m queer.”
Melton, double majoring in sociol
ogy and women’s studies, said she
made her way into student govern
ment by being thrown into positions
of leadership.
“People would tell me, ‘You’d be
good at this —just go for it,”’ she said.
She first became active on cam
pus when she learned about Project
Safe ride, and she applied to be the
volunteer coordinator for a pro
gram she says provides a simple
but crucial service.
“I believe in what Saferide does,”
she said. “Who can disagree with their
cause? It’s a fundamental truth that
women are unsafe at night, and what
better way, on a level that’s tangible, to
prevent sexual assaults on campus?”
She soon took her newfound ac
tivism to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexu
al, Transgender, Queer Alliance, be
coming director of the student group
her sophomore year. She used her
position to network with other stu
dent groups as well as with ASUO,
stressing the need for more repre
sentation for LGBTQ issues in stu
dent government.
ASUO President Rachel Pilliod
said while she was campaigning for
the office in the spring, she worked
with Melton to accommodate this
growing need.
“We used to have only one multi
cultural position, and that person
was spread really thin,” Pilliod said.
“We wanted to really prioritize the
LGBT community on campus and
focus in on issues that had been pre
viously overlooked.”
After the election, Pilliod restruc
tured the office and added the second
multicultural advocacy position, and
she was excited to see Melton apply.
“I think Maddy has an amazing
sense of compassion for people who
are going through a particular time,
understanding privilege and dealing
with concepts that are often times
uncomfortable or difficult for people
to deal with, especially if they’re
coming from their own understand
ing about these things,” she said.
Eddy Morales, Melton’s co-multi
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and said their work has already been
successful because of the way they
have learned from each other.
“Maddy deals more with LGBTQ
concerns, and I deal more with stu
dents of color experiences—but we
support each other’s work,” he said.
“She can come up and tell me about
issues she’s having about dealing
with her own whiteness, and her
privilege in that, and we can sit down
and talk about it.”
As an advocacy leader in ASUO,
Melton works closely with her staff,
many of whom are student interns
in the office. Reed Wagner, the intern
coordinator for ASUO, said Melton
is one of the most effective leaders
he’s worked with at the University.
“There’s a genuine level of admi
ration when it comes to Maddy,” he
said. “She’s a strong communicator,
which I think is one of the main in
gredients in her strong leadership.”
In addition to her positions of lead
ership on campus, she also has served
the interests of students at the
statewide and national levels, working
for the Oregon Statewide Students
Equal Rights Alliance, the Oregon
Students Association and the United
States Students Association.
Ultimately, Melton says she wants
to work to educate people in low-in
come communities.
“Power doesn’t lie in positions cre
ated just for queer folks,” she said.
“Power lies in positions that are cre
ated to help everyone.”
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