Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Marching for justice
Claire Boomer/O’Colly
Students march in support of OkState Stand United’s list of urgencies.
Harmony Nelson the OSU commu- campus. Student Union, The docu- where students O’Colly Contributor nity. The march ment calls for the of all racial @HHarm0ny On Monday, August 24th, a large group of Oklahoma State University students gathered for a march across campus with hopes to continue a long overdue conversation about the advancement of racial equity in
was led by the organization OkState Stand United, with the hopes of bringing attention to a List of Urgencies, written by black and brown students on campus for President Hargis. This list includes several ways that the students believe racial equity can be achieved on
hiring of more diverse faculty, as well as requiring “a substantive racial bias training course for all incoming freshmen, transfer students, staff, and faculty members for the purpose of creating and promoting cultural awareness”. The march began at the
saying that Oklahoma State University created backgrounds the racism that assembled with exists on this signs to listen to campus, but we the founders of are all responOkState Stand sible for addressUnited speak. ing it face on,” Sean TolTolbert said. bert, one of the Gregory cofounders of the Samuel II, anothorganization, and er of the docuauthors of the ment’s authors, List of Urgensaid the march cies, said comin support of the bating racism on List of Urgencies campus is a job was a necessary for everyone. mechanism for “We’re not here bringing change
to campus. “We don’t want to march, but we have to. It’s the only way they listen...so we’ll continue to march, protest, start the good trouble. Not because we want to, but because we have to. It’s the right thing Continued on page 2