At 7:30am today, over 80 students gathered in preparation for our Friday morning silent action: to greet the Board of Trustees at their breakfast in LBC, present them with our list of requirements and all the statements of support from various clubs/groups on campus.
A special shout out to all those who wrote statements: Black and Lavender, Earlham College Equestrian Co-operative, Black Men United, Black Ladies United at Earlham, Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Movement, The Earthquakers, Bodhi House, Dancy alloy Steering Committee, Cunningham cultural center, Earlham Health Collective, Food Education House, Gurney House, Earlham Historical Journal, Foster House, German House, History Club, Jay House, Interfaith House, International Student Coalition, La Maison Française, French and Francophone studies department theme house, Miller Farm, EC Model United Nations Club, Outdoors Club, Student Athlete Advisory Committee, Women's Rubgy team, SEL (Sociedad de Estudiantes Latin@s), Casa Hispana, Rose City Coffee Co Op, Quaker House, Spectrum, SPJP (Students for Peace and Justice in Palestine), The Women's Center, Politics House, Students for a Free Tibet, Music House, New Measures, Black Student Union, Quaker Fellows, Earlham Student Government.
We are still up to additional statements of support.
We greatly appreciate your words of support. Thank you.
From 8-8:30am we stood in LBC to stand in solidarity with one another in the #ECStudentsAgainstRacim movement. We were greeted (and ignored) by various members of the Board.
If you see Board Members on campus, remember to treat them with the utmost respect and engage with them in conversations.
Please contact us if you have any questions or just want to show your support: ecsoc2015@gmail.com.
With hope and light,
EC Students Against Racism Steering Committee
