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Students for Justice in Palestine leaders reflect on virtual semester
Student leaders for AU’s chapter of SJP successfully organized an online event, in spite of censorship concerns and virtual constraints.
Margaux Renee, Staff Editor
• December 29, 2020
Students condemn virtual ASAC
Current and former AU community members with disabilities call out university support services’ response to online learning environment
Braeden Waddell
• December 8, 2020
AUx staff members say they face racism from upper university leadership
BIPOC first-year advisors dread going to meetings each week due to fear of being emotionally harmed by racist comments
Jessica Bates, Video/Photo Director
• December 3, 2020
“A platform for vulnerability”: A conversation with the creators of Lumxn
The founders of this women-of-color focused magazine, recently featured by the National Museum of Women in the Arts, on the process behind its creation and how they center authenticity in their publication.
Luci Rascher, Podcaster
• December 1, 2020
Asian American Student Union leaders were “disappointed but not surprised” with Andrew Yang event
A white moderator, lack of control and a feeling that KPU was unfamiliar with their organization’s goals caused some members of AASU’s e-board to feel tokenized.
Grace Vitaglione and Braeden Waddell
• December 1, 2020
The “rise up.” photo exhibit brought the Black Lives Matter protests below ground
Dupont Underground's in-person and online exhibit captured the vitality and tumult of Washington's 2020 Black Lives protests in photographs.
Kayla Benjamin, Copy Editor
• November 1, 2020
AU uses past anti-union tactics against WAMU organizers, staff relationship with university remains strained
The university moved to prolong negotiations, redefine potential union membership, and promote internal changes that organizers said failed to take staff members’ voices into account.
Braeden Waddell
• November 1, 2020
WAMU content staff move to unionize after a year of upheaval, AU stays quiet
Amidst a year of upheaval and a breakdown of trust between the university and the station, AU’s latest decision adds to its long history of anti-union actions.
Braeden Waddell
• October 29, 2020
D.C. City Council takes the first step to establish an Office for the Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing
While Deaf activists see the office as a step in the right direction, they also say that there are more steps to take in order to gain inclusion.
Elizabeth Scott, Staff Writer
• October 12, 2020
Angela Davis was “inspiring” to students, some disappointed with the “institutional” framing of the event
The iconic abolitionist left students questioning racist institutions
Talia Marshall
• September 29, 2020
Former Sec. Julián Castro talks voting, advocacy with AU students
Young people raise concerns over disillusionment with 2020 politics
Jasmine Dean
• September 21, 2020
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