Pitzer, Scripps BSUs challenge lack of Black History Month initiatives, demand increased institutional support

MAXINE DAVEY & SARA CAWLEY

As Black History Month came to a close this February, the Black Student Unions of Pitzer College and Scripps College called out their administrations for a lack of support for Black students on Tuesday, Feb. 28 and Wednesday, Feb. 29, respectively.

Pitzer’s Black Student Union (BSU) released a sevenpage document on Tuesday denouncing the school’s “lack of initiative to establish Pitzer as a safe and inclusive space for Black Students.”

The statement lists a series of changes that are “necessary and essential” to ensure an environment where Black students can thrive and requests a response from Interim President Jill Klein by March 7.

The document states that “the demands made by Black Pitzer students during the Civil Rights movement have still not been met by the administration,” and that the BSU feels “abandoned, blatantly ignored, disrespected, and discriminated against on campus.”