[WSMDiscuss] Campus actions: US

[Melanie Bush]

Following Jai's post about Princeton, here are additional examples of
campus actions, gathered by Abdul Alkalimut.  These are significant and
there are more!

From: Alkalimat, Abdul <mcworter at illinois.edu>
Date: Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 11:46 AM
Subject: Anti-racist actions hit the campus
To: <abdulslist at lists.illinois.edu>

*Actions on campus: What is happening on your campus? in your community? at
your workplace?*

Petition was to University of Missouri, started at Miami University of Ohio
http://chng.it/bYpcnJDC
Anti Racism Resources https://ohei.med*.umic**h*
.edu/anti-racism-support-and-tools
*University of Chicago* anti-racism
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/building-stronger-more-inclusive-university
*UC Berkeley* https://hr.berkeley.edu/people-culture-anti-racism-statement
*University of Tennessee at Martin*
https://www.change.org/p/university-of-tennessee-at-martin-require-an-african-american-history-class-at-ut-martin?recruiter=1114875144&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition

Should *Yale* change its name from the slave trader?
https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/yale_must_change_its_name/

*Princeton* is changing the name from the racist President Wilson
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/27/us/woodrow-wilson-princeton-university-trnd/index.html

Petition to overturn tenure decision at *Miami University of Ohi*o
see attached

*Ole Miss* statue will come down
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/06/19/colleges-grapple-with-racist-legacies-monument-ole-miss-will-finally-go/

Mississippi flag to be changed
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/27/884306925/mississippi-lawmakers-clear-path-to-remove-confederate-emblem-from-state-flag

*University of Kentucky* mural to be removed
https://www.lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/university-of-kentucky-to-remove-controversial-memorial-hall-mural-from-campus

Robert E Lee statue to come down in *Virginia*
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/04/869519175/massive-robert-e-lee-statue-in-richmond-va-will-be-removed

*University of Colorado* announces anti-racist actions
https://www.colorado.edu/today/2020/06/18/chancellor-announces-immediate-anti-racism-actions-transform-campus

*University of  Rochester *removes racist name
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny-college-strips-founders-name-from-campus-as-part-of-anti-racism-movement/2469964/
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