Next Steps on Racial Profiling on and Off Campus
ON CAMPUS
WU/PD and Racial Profiling
Voice opinions and open conversation with them.
Schedule a meeting to voice concerns and open conversation.
Have them create a list of requirements they use for suspecting individuals.
Increase transparency.
Diversity Training for WUPD.
Establish what causes students to report others.
Raise student awareness.
Establish reportage system (BRIC).
BRIC program is outlined.
RESOURCES Don Strom. Tamara King. Naomi Daradar
On Campus Student Awareness, Education, and Training
Freshman year program
Connect 4 members Camille Young and Lexi Klein are starting an Operation Understanding initiative for freshmen at WU. Connect 4 has budgeted for events for such for next semester.
RESOURCES Connect 4, Operation Understanding DC.
Personal stories exchange.
The Stories Project?
Learn about other cultures and student groups
Provide safe, open means by which to express curiosity about other cultures.
Decrease minority sensitivity to curiosity. Increase understanding.
Celebrate similarities instead of differences
Continue dialogue via non-cultural cultural groups like Connect 4 and One World
Host diversity trainings and trainers.
Rap Sessions, November 14th.
Mix It Up Day, November 10
Student Interaction and Programming
Have More events that allow students to freely interact and mingle… (some already exist)
Mix It Up Day
The Solution
Have reps from different groups visit other groups
Connecting students before arriving at WU
Bear Buddies, Joseph Marcus
Reach out to grad schools.
Reach-out to those who aren’t in cultural groups
Integrate Greek Life
Multicultural retreat
Develop Umbrella Group
SU legislation for Connect 4 to become an executive council with possible institution of a VP of Diversity Affairs in SU
ResLife
Take diversity into account when making freshman floors. Use RAs as resources.
MOTHER'S SPECIFIC, LED BY FERNANDO
Update
“Mothers will issue a public apology to the students, and managers at the bar will undergo diversity sensitivity and awareness training led by members of the Anti-Defamation League…. Mothers will also hold four charity fundraisers, three at the bar in Chicago and one in St. Louis. The students will determine what charity will receive funds from these events. Senior Class Treasurer Regis Murayi, one of the six students rejected from the bar, said the money will likely go toward a charity that works to promote awareness of race-related issues.” –StudLife
Other Ideas from TownHall
Write an anti-discrimination policy to be disclosed on exterior of bar that provides resources that people can contact should they feel discriminated against while there.... Then, make this more widespread.
Protest
March in the streets with Mother's leading it.
Protest with other Restaurant policy and social justice organizations
Philanthropy
Spearhead a non-discrimination movement.
Use them to spark larger conversation nationally.
Use students’ money from the event to do something positive in community or create a scholarship.
Make them fund outreach.
Lead an anti-discrimination effort, have other businesses sign on, and publish in a major newspaper.
OFF CAMPUS AWARENESS
St. Louis Community
Spread news in STL community, other STL colleges
Other Universities
Facilitate discussions on other campuses. Roger Murayi offered to lead this effort.
Larger community
Confront other restaurants and establishments that enforce such policies. Find ways by which to confront the "results" of racism that are being shown in inner city communities.
Educate men of all races, but especially black, that we should never be comfortable, for this can happen to them.
National Community
Non Discrimination Legislation in government
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