The Board is scheduled to discuss the historic landscape during Friday's full board meeting, as well as the Racial Equity Task Force report submitted to President Ryan in August.
Just over two weeks into the academic year, Ryan says he is “cautiously optimistic” that the University will not have to send students home mid-semester because of the University’s increased testing capacity and additional isolation and quarantine space.
The COVID-19 and safety-related demands include financial compensation and hazard pay, adequate personal protective equipment and risk reduction, revised and clearly articulated policing and COVID-19 guidelines, provisions for food security and housing stability and revised financial aid policies for resident staff.
Honor and UJC plan to implement several initiatives in the fall to address racial bias, limited membership diversity
The students argue that the incorporation of anti-racist teachings into University-wide curriculum requirements is “fundamental to transforming the overall embodiment of the University’s values.”
A group of predominantly Black student activists submitted a list of demands June 12 to the University's racial equity task force recently formed by President Ryan.
Several community members expressed dissatisfaction and said Ryan's statement did not adequately address the underlying causes of ongoing national protests.
The students' self-designed project entailed a thought experiment through which they imagined an anarchist community center that rejects hierarchy and prioritizes mutual aid.
Aid from the CARES Act will be distributed in addition to the emergency financial support already provided by the University.
Among the signatories of the petition are undergraduate and graduate students, professors, local politicians, University staff members and Charlottesville residents.
