St. Thomas community members gathered at John Monahan Plaza Tuesday afternoon to denounce white supremacy and call for a culture of accountability and respect after signs referencing a known white supremacist group were placed on campus.
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On Sunday, May 12, The Black Empowerment Student Alliance hosted the Black Excellence gala. Awards, performances, and dinner were all provided in the Anderson Student Center. Photographer Ahna Clark captured the event.
The university issued its first “Bias-motivated Incident Report” after a poster declaring “It’s OK to be white” was found on the southeast corner of Cretin and Summit avenues.
Hundreds of community members filled the Anderson Student Center Thursday afternoon at St. Thomas as part of a sit-in protest organized by the Black Empowerment Student Alliance. Chief Story Editor Solveig Rennan and Video Editor Charlie Siddons documented the event.
More than 500 students, faculty and staff sat in the Anderson Student Center atrium for a BESA-organized protest on Oct. 25. Protesters sat in silence for about 20 minutes before five speakers presented.
Student, staff and faculty have spoken to protesters in the student center.
Director Noah Brown reports that speakers continue to address protesters at the student center.
TommieMedia Director Noah Brown reports that the silence has ended and speakers are now addressing protesters at the student center.
The silent protest in Anderson Student Center has started. The protest is in response to an incident last week, when a St. Thomas student found a racial slur posted on his dorm room door.
Director Noah Brown speaks with Sydney Simpson, public relations and marketing chair of BESA, ahead of today’s sit-in.
Students and faculty attended an open dialogue Tuesday in response to a racial slur incident that happened last week. This is the third incident regarding the same racial slur in the last three years at St. Thomas.
St. Thomas students gathered at the Black Empowerment Student Alliance and ASIA club general meeting Tuesday to discuss the racial slur written on a first-year student’s door in Brady Hall. The Twitter thread below was tweeted live by Chief Story Editor and Social Media Manager Solveig Rennan during the event.
Hana, a multicultural awareness group on campus, and the Black Empowerment Student Alliance co-hosted events last week with a goal to celebrate student diversity.
St. Thomas’ Black Empowerment Student Alliance and Muslim Student Association held a ‘die-in’ Thursday in the Anderson Student Center.
