S. 15-5 A Resolution Demonstrating Solidarity with #TheThreePercent
WHEREAS The Tufts Strategic Plan states: “Over the next 10 years, Tufts will demonstrate unprecedented institutional commitment to diversity, inclusion, and cultural competency”;1
WHEREAS President Monaco and Dean Berger-Sweeney in the Council on Diversity final report state: “It is not enough to enroll a diverse student body...We must make certain that all students thrive here and have opportunities to participate fully in the Tufts experience”;2
WHEREAS the number of Black students enrolling at Tufts University each year has been under 100 for the past five years;3
WHEREAS Black Americans make up 13% of the United States population;4
WHEREAS the Council on Diversity final report states: “historically underrepresented and otherwise marginalized students…[experience] emotional distress that distracts them from their academic mission”;2
WHEREAS the Council on Diversity final report also states: “The Tufts mission statement adopted in 1994 articulates a commitment to diversity as well as academic excellence and active citizenship”;2 therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED that the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate urges the administration of Tufts University to enroll a minimum of 200 Black identifying students for the class of 2020;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each class thereafter should enroll a number of Black identifying students comparable to the representation of Black identifying persons in the United States;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that two Black mental health counselors be hired by the end of the 2015-16 fiscal year through a committee with no fewer than five Black undergraduates from diverse social locations;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Africana Center play a pivotal role in this hiring process and choose the undergraduate students on the aforementioned hiring committee;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there must be an end to racial profiling of Black students and an end to the increased surveillance of predominantly Black student events by Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) and any private company hired to do surveillance on behalf of Tufts University;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Tufts University better facilitate the transition for incoming undocumented, international, and first generation students by hiring a full-time financial advisor that specializes in meeting their needs and by increasing the minimum wage for students to $11 an hour;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Tufts University increase the budget of the Africana Center by 25% and increase Black student agency in determining the operations of the Africana Center;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Black identifying persons make up 13% of Tufts total full-time and part-time faculty;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Tufts University redefine its commitment to “active citizenship” to hold Tufts accountable for its discriminatory practices against student activities;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Tufts University increase transparency about the demographics of its students, academic departments, and faculty;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in the event that any of the aforementioned actions cannot be implemented, the university make a public response explaining the explicit rationale for its noncompliance;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the aforementioned actions be carried out in the manner described by #TheThreePercent’s most recent List of Demands.5
Respectfully submitted by Fehintola Rebekah Abioye A17, Victoria Aboagye-Adinkra A18, Ifeoluwa Adebayo A16, Fatima Ajose A18, Eni Akintade A16, Toluwanimi Akinyemi A18, Karen Amichia A19,Rebecca Antwi A18, Michelle Asamoah A19, Shani Asiko A19, Jordan Barnes A18, Kyla Bolden A17, Alyssa Bourne-Peters A18, Caila Bowen A19, Cayla Brown A17, Elisa Cabral A18, Karynne Campbell A17, Sosena Daniel A17, Jukurious Davis A18, Yonas Dinkneh A17, Phillip Ellison A16, Ashia Ezekiel A18, Sopuruchukwu Ezenwa E18, Bailey Fitzpatrick-Conner A17, Carissa Fleury A18, Cameron Flowers A16, Miles Fossett A16, Kendall Gedeon A17, Akil Grubb A18,Isabelle Guerrier A18, Karina Haggerty A17, Sarah Hall-Swan A18, Caitlin Hall-Swan A16, Melanie Horton A19, Jade Kankam-Nantwi A19, Anjali Knight A19, Isaiah Marshall-Thomas A19, Barry Maswan A17, Camille-Louise Mbayo E18, Layvon McClean A19, Joshua Merriweather A16, Amina Mohamed A18, Muna Mohamed A19, Mahlet Moges A19, Jonathan Moore A17, Michael Moore A17, Christihanna Morrison A19, Jessica Muganza A16, Olivia Nkwonta A19, Ednah Nwafor Janemary Okafor A18, Joseph Okai A16, Olaoluwa Onabanjo A17, Zaenab Onipede A19, Cionna Orr E18, Nanayaa Owusuaa-Prempeh A17, Daniel Paac A17, Wilna Paulemon A18, Danielle Poindexter A16, Maia Raynor A16, Anna Francella Rodriguez A18, Michelle Sodipo A17, Stephen Stivers A18, Jordan-Tate Thomas A18, Bryce Turner A15, Kayla Williams A19, Patrick Williams A16, Matthew Wilson A18, Briyani Zain A16, and Maya Zeigler A16 on December 6, 2015.
Passed 25-1-1
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