Today is probably not the best day to attract publicity to or sympathy for your cause, but students of color at Brown University are holding a #DayOfReclamation Thursday, occupying university buildings to draft their demands for the institution.
POC DISRUPTING #PWI SPACES TO READ WORKING LIST OF DEMANDS #DayOfReclamation #BrownTogether #BuildingOnOppression pic.twitter.com/xiNR7dlIO5
— chrysanthemum trans ? (@chrysanthemvm_) December 3, 2015
(For those unfamiliar with the current college climate, a #PWI is a predominantly white institution; POC are people of color.)
#BrownTogether are neither happy that a two-week window for collecting feedback on the school’s “illegitimate and insufficient” Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan is closing, nor that they’ve been treated as uncompensated labor in providing “diversity consultation.” Therefore, they planned to present the university’s president, Christina Paxson (aka CPax), with their demands and an invoice for their time and labor.
https://twitter.com/ablackscream/status/672498193498841088
WE DID THE WORK WE NEEDED TO DO IN U. HALL. HOW MUCH IS 3 HRS OF DIVERSITY CONSULTING ON A PWI PAYROLL? #DayOfReclamation #BrownTogether
— chrysanthemum trans ? (@chrysanthemvm_) December 3, 2015
This alumna tweeted her support for the #BrownTogether group:
We see you. We hear you, #BrownTogether. Thank you for your work and witness. (Class of '87 alum, here.) pic.twitter.com/LptU0RUHhH
— Shelley Krause (Call your reps! 202-224-3121) (@butwait) December 3, 2015
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@ablackscream @BrownUniversity alumni support you
— Jonathan Stone (@Jon__Stone) December 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/noahezr/status/672502405133651969
STATEMENT READ BY PEOPLE OF COLOR RECLAIMING UNIVERSITY HALL #BrownTogether #DayOfReclamation pic.twitter.com/YFKLKg4UY4
— cute lil scorp (@amaansterr) December 3, 2015
LEUNG FAMILY GALLERY FILLED & RECLAIMED FOR READING DEMANDS #DayOfReclamation #BrownTogether #BuildingOnOppression pic.twitter.com/5GEJRnWS8c
— chrysanthemum trans ? (@chrysanthemvm_) December 3, 2015
Live tweeting the #BrownTogether #BuildingOnOppression demands as they are presented at Leung
— SAPIC (@AgainstThePIC) December 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/evster_/status/672532441324761090
LILIANA SAMPEDRO '18 STARTS OFF WITH PAGE1 OF WORKING DEMANDS #DayOfReclamation #BrownTogether #BuildingOnOppression pic.twitter.com/OiFPfqQrk1
— chrysanthemum trans ? (@chrysanthemvm_) December 3, 2015
"We demand that the Diversity Action Plan be pushed forward transparently and with students of color at the forefront" #BrownTogether
— SAPIC (@AgainstThePIC) December 3, 2015
"Operationalize “Diversity” through an intersectional framework that recognizes various forms of diversity and identity…" #BrownTogether
— SAPIC (@AgainstThePIC) December 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/JoshuaKJackson/status/672536549968453632
FOUR PAGES IN (PROVOST RICHARD LOCKE IN THE BACK) #DayOfReclamation #BrownTogether #BuildingOnOppression pic.twitter.com/dFUTtYZuBk
— chrysanthemum trans ? (@chrysanthemvm_) December 3, 2015
"Release list of all corps Brown is invested in and specify those that profit from Israeli-occupied territories of Palestine" #BrownTogether
— SAPIC (@AgainstThePIC) December 3, 2015
"Establish a campaign of academic boycott against pro-Zionist and pro-apartheid academic institutions. " #BrownTogether
— SAPIC (@AgainstThePIC) December 3, 2015
A student commenting on the anti-semitism in the document on the “Day of Reclamation” event page on Facebook was reminded: “Please, white people, do not comment or edit this document, or make your own demands of students of color. This is not our space and we are not entitled to inclusion or explanations.”
"Create one hiring line for Pacific Islander Studies professor focused on scholarship with an intersectional framework." #BrownTogether
— SAPIC (@AgainstThePIC) December 3, 2015
"Earmark fundraising within the integrative themes in the Operational Plan to hire faculty and researchers of color." #BrownTogether
— SAPIC (@AgainstThePIC) December 3, 2015
#Browntogether is what it sounds like. All members of Brown's community, incl. privileged should be working toward an inclusive university
— V. Kain (@burn_flags) December 3, 2015
It wasn’t one of the group’s demands, but many suggest they’d appreciate not being used as props by certain white liberals running for president.
https://twitter.com/ablackscream/status/671806011611684864
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