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Young people on college campuses thruout USA understand that REPARATIONS are long overdue for the descendants of the enslaved. @Georgetown @FrTimSJ #gu272 @rachelswarns @Students4GU272 @Pontifex @JesuitEnslaved @JesuitsGlobal news.wttw.com/2021/05/15/col…
Let Georgetown and the Jesuits know we demand answers, not more empty promises. We expect to see you at the town hall April 12. Details coming soon.
by President DeGioia and other members of the administration who were involved in this process. We formally invite President DeGioia, the members of the student body, and members of the larger Georgetown community to a town hall on April 12th - the anniversary of the passing of
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This is the letter and demands we presented to the Georgetown Board of Directors at their meeting today. Read the full text at this link: linktr.ee/GU272AdvocacyTeam
So Georgetown acts like it supports racial justice, but won’t implement the GU272 Referendum or countless demands from Black students? Write an email to administrators and Board of Directors (who meet tomorrow) to remind them we will not be ignored.
tinyurl.com/ImplementTheRefe…
Hoyas are seeking racial justice in a variety of ways – teaching, research, artistic expression, advocacy and activism. Take a look at how our community is calling attention to disparities in health, income, housing through research, writing, and activism.
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The Board of Directors meets again tomorrow. Help us remind them that we will not sit idly by while they ignore their responsibilities to pay back the debt to descendants of the GU272+. Send an email using this template: tinyurl.com/ImplementTheRefe…
On June 19th, 1838, Georgetown University sold more than 272 human beings in order to keep the college open. It’s been 182 years and no reparative justice effort has been implemented.
It’s been over 400 days and the GU272 referendum has still not been implemented.
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Georgetown decided to participate in a disgraceful act of PERFORMATIVE SOLIDARITY by announcing Juneteenth as a university holiday.
Our institution only stands because of the institution of slavery. Your words mean nothing. Implement the referendum @Georgetown.
#Juneteenth marks the celebration of emancipation in the United States. The holiday, sometimes known as Freedom Day or Jubilee Day, commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union general Gordon Granger read federal orders stating that all previously enslaved people in Texas were free.
On the 182nd Anniversary of the Sale of the GU272+ & Juneteenth.
I am writing this to express my extreme frustration with the Board of Directors lack of leadership and response to the GU272 referendum alongside other issues involving African American Students on campus. (THREAD)
the reality that they exist at the expense of more than 272 enslaved people that they benefited from 27 years prior on June 19th, 1838. In the end, the student body and I will be on the right side of history.