Addressing discrimination in the CSU
The CSU is creating letters apologizing and acknowledging past and ongoing discrimination
A motion to create four letters that apologize, acknowledge, and address the issue of racism, anti-semitism, sexism, and queerphobia in the Concordia Student Union (CSU) was passed on Feb. 10. These letters will be published at the end of each month from February to May.
The CSU has had several councillors who have said they have faced instances of discrimination and racism against councillors, leading many Black, Indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) members to resign. Eduardo Malorni, the CSU’s student life coordinator who came up with the idea of the letters, sees them as a way to try to remedy this issue, and is helping facilitate their creation alongside the executive team and other CSU members. Malorni hopes the letters will help fix this issue of discimination in the CSU.
Black History Month – but make it year-long
Concordia Student Union (CSU) puts a spotlight on Black excellence
For Black History Month, the Concordia Student Union (CSU) has been using their Instagram platform to feature Black activists, writers, artists and scholars on spotlight posts a solid effort at highlighting the accomplishments and contributions of Black people throughout history.
As part of their latest Black Lives Matter campaign, this initiative aims to uplift and amplify Black voices during Black History Month. The campaign’s broader goal focuses on echoing the demands made by the Coalition to Defund the Police and the calls from the Concordia Black Studies collective.
CSU Positions Book expiry
A referendum question was passed for the points in the position book to expire after four years
A referendum question was put on the ballot at the Concordia Student Union (CSU) meeting on Jan. 27 to remove the recent expiry date on positions in the CSU’s Positions Book.
Back in February 2020, a different referendum question passed, giving all positions in the book a four-year expiry date. This referendum question caused a lot of controversy, including a campaign against it, called Vote NO to ‘Democratise’ Positions Book.
A positions book is a common practice in student unions: it is an outline of the unions’ position on political, social, and student-life issues. The CSU’s positions book varies from points such as the CSU being against unpaid internships to the CSU being against racism in all forms.
The #StudentsForLoujain movement wants the Canadian government to ramp up pressure on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman by Charlie Smith on December 19th, 2020 at 12:39 PM 1 of 2 2 of 2
Saudi Arabia s ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has been employing many public-relations tactics to persuade the world that he s not a bloodthirsty dictator.
He s befriended White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, son-in-law of Donald Trump. In addition, the Saudi strongman has backed off criticizing the State of Israel.
MBS, as he s known, has even plastered his face on billboards in the U.K., purporting that he s opening Saudi Arabia to the world.