Transitioning to college is hard, especially if you hold an identity that has been historically underserved, marginalized or oppressed. At an institution the size of Northwestern, there are several organizations and resources at your disposal that aim to provide marginalized students with the resources and communities that they need to succeed during their time as.
A coalition of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American student groups released a letter calling on Northwestern to better support students of color.
Published on May 1 the first day of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month the letter was signed by the Vietnamese Student Association, Asian Pacific American Coalition, Chinese Students Association, Muslim-cultural Students Association Kaibigan, South Asian Students Alliance, Korean American Student Association, Thai Student Association and Taiwanese American Students Club.
Additionally, Lovers and Madmen, a student theater group, cosigned the document.
The letter, an expansion from a shorter statement published last month, now includes demands addressed to University administrators as well as forms to sponsor the demands as individuals and organizations.
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Running for her fourth term in the 2021 municipal elections, Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) said she prioritizes rebuilding Evanston’s economy.
“We need to fill our storefronts, (and) we need to support our small businesses,” Fiske said, adding that the City has lost immense tax revenue amid the pandemic and needs more federal funding to continue to support local entrepreneurs.
Fiske said the city cannot rebuild the economy without first distributing the COVID-19 vaccine. Though she acknowledged that some may be hesitant about the vaccine, she said it is important to spread the message that getting inoculated serves the community.
Additionally, Fiske wants to continue to protect Evanston lands if reelected. She said the lakefront remains threatened by erosion, and City Council must invest in its preservation.
After several months of continuous pressure on Northwestern administration to abolish University Police and divest from policing and other militarized entities, NUCNC is continuing their work into the new quarter.
Since their campaign of more than 30 days of consecutive actions, the group has not held any mass protests or demonstrations, but they continue to pressure the University and practice mutual aid a core tenet of prison-industrial complex abolition.
Gonring stationed outside Foster Walker Complex on Sunday, collecting donated winter gear to distribute. (Binah Schatsky/The Daily Northwestern)
“Prisons are the biggest social service we have,” NUCNC member Eliza Gonring said. “So poor people, homeless people, Black people are just getting funneled into prisons and if we want that to stop, if we don’t want people to get preyed upon, we’re going to need to start supporting people.”