Tracking daily COVID-19 cases at Elon University, in Alamance County and in the state of North Carolina. Elon University data includes isolation/quarantine numbers.
But the event slated for next week has since been canceled after the conservative Young America’s Foundation called it a “segregated” event and students of color complained, Fox News reported.
“Racially segregating conversations meant to improve race relations and build community will only create more division,” YAF’s Kara Zupkus wrote in an article.
Jon Seaton, an Elon freshman who is Black, called the White Caucus a “horrible idea.”
“There’s no way you can get anything done on the issue,” he told Elon News Network. “If you’re going to exclude the people who the issues are about out of the conversation, that’s counterintuitive. There’s just no positive outcome that comes from that.”
Tracking daily COVID-19 cases at Elon University, in Alamance County and in the state of North Carolina. Elon University data includes isolation/quarantine numbers.
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Like many student journalists, junior Mackenzie Wilkes began reporting on the pandemic in March, as schools and states closed and imposed restrictions to slow its spread. As executive director of Elon News Network, Elon’s student-run news organization, Wilkes wrote about the disparities in COVID-19 cases in Alamance County, how Elon University adjusted classes, and an election in the midst of a global pandemic.
Mackenzie Wilkes ’22
This summer, Wilkes will join student journalists from across the country to report on the pandemic on a national level, participating in the 2021 Carnegie-Knight News21 Fellowship program, one of the most prestigious student journalism internships in the country. Wilkes and others will join forces to contribute to the program’s 2021 investigation, titled “Poverty and the Pandemic.”
Tracking daily COVID-19 cases at Elon University, in Alamance County and in the state of North Carolina. Elon University data includes isolation/quarantine numbers.