Drake Student Equity Action Partners

The Black National Anthem starts with the lyrics “Lift Every Voice and Sing”. That action is becoming harder to do when when Black people are being stripped of air. George Floyd was murdered. Murdered. Black men are not to be seen as a threat for living in the skin they’re in.

One thing we as UNITY ask, is to stop circulating the video and images of George Floyd’s death. For many Drake Students, and the larger Black community, this reinforces trauma and can be very harmful to their mental health.

For allies and accomplices of Black communities, it is not enough to be nice or to be “not racist”. Ask yourself what you are doing daily to contribute to your education about the experiences of the Black community Ask yourself what you’re doing daily to work against racism and systems of oppression.

We ask that you refer to the Anti-Racist Toolkit, https://www.drake.edu/diversity/getinvolved/resources/social-justice-toolkit/ , and be thoughtful and intentional in the way that you engage discourse around this subject.

- UNITY Exec 2020

Drake students: Dr. Erin Lain, Associate Provost for Campus Equity & Inclusion is seeking a marketing and design intern to create a promotional video and work on marketing for the upcoming DU What Matters-Climate Assessment Survey project. If you are interested please apply:
https://app.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3126614

Also, please forward this post on to others who might be interested. Thanks!

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