Student-Led Protest

Michigan Social Work Students Demand Action Against Police Brutality

On April 23 at 6 pm on the University of Michigan Diag, School of Social Work students, activists and U-M community members met to protest the death of Duante Wright, and to demand the university and the School of Social Work move from talk to more progressive action in the fight against police brutality. The demands for action included publicly denouncing the murder of Wright; taking initiative to support Black, Indigenous and people of color; calling out white supremacy and investing in alternatives to policing. MSW student James Hill IV, an organizer and member of the Association for Black Social Work Students, Black Radical Healing Pathways and the Student Union said, “The protest was in part about police brutality. It is obvious that the murder of Daunte Wright was another incident of the tragic use of police power; however, it has also provided an opportunity for team building and birthing a collective vision of social justice.”