16 and 18, when the initiative took place. More than 340 posts are labeled with the hashtag, most of them between Nov. It also asked students to tune in to live-streamed speeches, participate in a mass email effort to the administration, and change their Zoom backgrounds to the #ESOCWeekofAction graphic. The campaign urged students to repost the organization’s graphics to their Instagram stories and feeds. “Though not exactly what the organizers had originally hoped for, it was a start and we remain appreciative of the college’s efforts to seriously consider our struggles.” “This email acknowledged that Emerson is systemically racist and has failed to meaningful help BISOC navigate the institution,” POWER said in an Instagram statement on Wednesday. The 31 demands and two community contracts ranged from redistributing Emerson College Police Department funds to starting an antiracism syllabus review for all college classes.ĭozens of Emerson students have taken to Instagram to call on administration, student organizations, and peers to support POWER’s demands. The response comes nearly four months after the Week of Action, a student-led initiative spearheaded by POWER, where many condemned the college for a culture of complicity and a slew of administrative failures.
“We now have an opportunity to heed the call to action for generational change.” “Despite administrative and faculty efforts to address student concerns, the College has not sufficiently deconstructed the structural and systemic barriers embedded in our institutional culture that prevent our BIPOC students from participating fully in our commonwealth of learning,” the email read. 5, the deadline set by student activist organization Protesting Oppression with Education Reform to address demands brought forth during the Emerson Students of Color Week of Action in November.Īdministrators, faculty, and staff created a “Community Action Plan,” located on the college’s website, laying out the steps the college will take to meet each demand and timelines for when each effort will be implemented. If the course is online, then it is up to the Faculty member to accept additional students.Emerson administrators said they would meet with students of color virtually in an effort to create a more equitable environment in an email sent on Feb. Please be aware that if the class is Flex, then adding an extra student will only be allowed within safe distancing guidelines. Typically, an auditing student takes up a seat in the class, but the faculty member may approve the student to over enroll, assuming there is adequate or extra space in the classroom. Students may register to audit a course on or after the first day of classes by completing the Permission to Audit Form.
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