TRATION S INSENSITIVITY. STUDENTS OF COLOR, MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED STUDENTS, LGBTQIAA+ STUDENTS AND G DER R NONCONFORMING NONC NO NCON NC ONFO ON FORM FO R ING STUDENTS, ST NON-CHRISTIAN AND RELIGIOUS MINORITY GROUPS EXPERIENCED A HOSTILE AND UNWELCOM CAM CAMPUS MPUS CLIMATE THIS THI H S 20 2015-2016 YEAR. FURTHER, THE ADMINISTRATION MUST TAKE PROACTIVE STEPS TOWARDS THE INCLU OF S STUDENTS TUDENTS OF COL COLOR, LOR, LGBTQ+ STUDENTS, AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.WE FURTHER ASK THAT THE UNIVERSITY TAKE FOLLOWING FOL LLOWING G ST S STEPS TEPS TO TO, O, IN THE SPIRIT OF THE OFFICE FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, MAKE THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, K VILLE VILL LE A CAM CAMPUS MPU US THAT T IS WELCOMING TO ALL AND HOSTILE TO NONE.GENDER-NEUTRAL PRONOUN POST PRESIDENT DIPIETRO CHANCELLOR CHA ANCELLO OR CHEEK MUST MU ISSUE AN OFFICIAL APOLOGY FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE INFORMATIONAL GENDER-NEUTRAL PRON POS POST, ST, PUBLI PUBLICLY ICL LY ACKNOWLEDGING ACKNOW THE DAMAGE THAT THE POST’S REMOVAL DID TO THE CAMPUS CLIMATE AND THE SAFETY OF BTQ BTQ+ Q+ STUDE STUDENTS, ENT TS, PAR PARTICULARLY RTIC TRANS AND NONBINARY STUDENTS.PRESIDENT DIPIETRO AND CHANCELLOR CHEEK MUST IS A PUBLIC, PU UBLIC, EXPLICIT EX XPLICIT S STATEMENT TATE OF SUPPORT FOR THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY ON CAMPUS. THE GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUNS P MUS MUST ST BE PUT BACK CK ONLINE, CK ONLIN WITH THE ABOVE STATEMENT OF SUPPORT ATTACHED. OFFICE FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WEB THE E ADMINISTRATION ADMINIST STRA ST R TION N MUST MUS RETURN THE AUTONOMY OF THE OFFICE FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: VICE CHANCELLOR HALL M HAVE HAV VE CONTROL CONTR ROL OVER HIS OWN WEBSITE. STOP BIAS HE ADMINISTRATION MUST MAKE THE BIAS REPORTING PROCESS TRANS ENT T AND MORE MO ORE E VISIBLE, VISIBLE E, B BY CLARIFYING:TO WHOM EXACTLY STUDENTS ARE REPORTING WHEN THEY FILL OUT STOP BIAS REPO AND D THE SPECIFIC SP PEC CIFIC OFFICES OFF FIC AND PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH STEP IN THE BIAS RESPONSE SEQUENCE. ADDITIONALLY, STOP STO OP BIAS TEAM TEA AM MUST T BE B MORE PROACTIVE BY REPORTING IN THE WEEKLY VOL UPDATE IF ANY LEGITIMATE BIAS INCIDENTS CURRED CUR RRED IN THE THE E PREVIOUS PR REV E IO OU WEEK, BY MAKING PUBLIC STATEMENTS AGAINST INCIDENTS OF BIAS WHENEVER APPROPRIATE, AN BRINGING BRIN NGING IN NO ORGANIZATIONS RGA GANI N ZA ATI LIKE THE PRIDE CENTER AND THE OFFICE OF MULTICULTURAL STUDENT LIFE TO HELP CREATE AP PRIATE PRIA ATE PUBLIC RESPONSES RE R ESP SPONS SPO AS NEEDED. VOL VISION THE UNIVERSITY MUST UPDATE VOL VISION 2020 TO INCLUDE MORE SPEC MEA MEASURES ASURES REGARDING REG GAR ARDING THE T INCLUSION OF LGBTQ+ AND BLACK STUDENTS, SPECIFICALLY: THE UNIVERSITY MUST ADD LGBTQ A CA CATEGORY ATE TEGO GORY RY O OF FT THE HE DIVE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION INITIATIVE UNDER VOL VISION 2020. THE UNIVERSITY MUST LAY OUT SPECIFIC ST N VOL VO OL LV VISION IS SIO ION ON 2 20 2020 020 020 20 TO TO IMPROVE IM CAMPUS CLIMATE FOR LGBTQ+ PEOPLE. THESE CHANGES TO VOL VISION 2020 MUST BE DESIG AND IMPLEMENTED BY AN LGBTQ+FOCUSED GROUP, EITHER: THE COMMISSION FOR LGBT PEOPLE WITH A WORKING GROUP OF DENTS ATTACHED, ATTACHED OR A WORKING W GROUP OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLE AT THE UNIVERSITY ASSEMBLED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PURP THIS GROUP, WHICHEVER FORM IS CHOSEN MUST BE AT LEAST ONETHIRD STUDENTS, MUST REFLECT THE RACIAL COMPOSI OF THE UNIVERSITY, AND MUST REPRESENT A WIDE RANGE OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY, AND ESPECIALLY MUST INCLUDE TR AND NONBINARY PEOPLE. THE UNIVERSITY ADD INCREASING RETAINMENT OF BLACK STUDENTS TO THE VOL VISION INCLUS TRAINING THE UNIVERSITY MUST PROVIDE MANDATORY RACE, RACISM AND PRIVILEGE TRAINING FOR ALL INCOMING STUDE FACULTY AND STAFF WHICH MUST, INCLUDE A REVIEW BOARD THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF STUDENTS OF COLOR TO OVERSEE CURRICULUM INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF OPPRESSION, PRIVILEGE, AND INTERSECTIONALITY. INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF SYSTEMA NTERNALIZED, AND INTERPERSONAL OPPRESSION THE UNIVERSITY MUST PROVIDE MANDATORY LGBTQ+ INCLUSIVITY TRAI FOR ALL INCOMING STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF, WHICH MUST, BE DEVELOPED BY THE LGBTQ+ WORKING GROUP DESCRIBE ARTICLE 6 AND INCLUDE DISCUSSION OF HISTORICAL VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBTQ+ PEOPLE, INCLUDING ST SPONSORED VIOLENCE AND LEGAL DISCRIMINATION; DISCUSSION OF CURRENT ISSUES FACED BY LGBTQ+ PEOPLE, INCLU HOMELESSNESS, JOBLESSNESS, VIOLENCE, HARASSMENT, AND SUICIDALITY; DISCUSSIONS THAT ACKNOWLEDGE AND EXPL THE SPECIFIC EXPERIENCES OF DIFFERENT GROUPS UNDER THE LGBTQ+ UMBRELLA, SUCH AS BI-ERASURE OR TRANSPHOBIA, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TRANS PEOPLE, LGBTQ+ PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND ESPECIALLY TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR ARE PARTICULA TARGETED BY VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION. FOR STUDENTS, THIS TRAINING COULD BE EITHER DURING ORIENTATION OR IN FORM OF AN LGBTQ+ HISTORY COURSE ADDED AS A MANDATORY PART OF THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM. THE UNIVER MUST REQUIRE ALL FACULTY AND STAFF WHO INTERACT WITH STUDENTS IN ANY MANNER, DURING ANY TIME OF DAY, TO COMPL A COMPREHENSIVE SENSITIVITY TRAINING COURSE. THIS COURSE MUST INCLUDE SENSITIVITY TRAINING FOR HOW TO SPEAK CONDUCT ONESELF RESPECTABLY TO DISABLED STUDENTS. IT MUST INCLUDE A SEGMENT WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY DEDICA TO WHAT LANGUAGE IS AND IS NOT APPROPRIATE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE USE OF ABLEIST SLURS AND LANGU HOUSING THE UNIVERSITY MUST RENEW ITS COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENT GENDER-NEUTRAL RESTROOMS IN EVERY RENOVA AND NEW BUILDING ON CAMPUS AND TO IMPLEMENT GENDER-NEUTRAL HOUSING, AND MUST PUBLISH A PUBLIC PLAN TO DO THE UNIVERSITY MUST DESEGREGATE HOUSING. HISTORICALLY, HOUSING AT UT HAS BEEN DIVIDED ALONG REGIONAL, CLASS, RACE LINES, AND HALLS HAVE ACQUIRED RACIST NICKNAMES. FOR EXAMPLE: CLEMENT HALL’S NOTORIOUS NICKNAME “NO L CLEMENT” DEMONSTRATES THE CAMPUS’S NEGATIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE RESIDENCE HALL THAT HOUSING MOSTLY WEST NESSEAN STUDENTS OF COLOR. HOUSING SHOULD BE SENSITIVE TO STUDENT ECONOMIC STATUS, BUT THERE SHOULD NOT VISIBLE DIVIDE IN HOUSING BASED IN REGION, CLASS, OR RACE. THE UNIVERSITY MUST CHANGE BACK THE LANGUAGE ON THE CAMPUS MAPS WEBSITE FROM FAMILY-STYLE RESTROOMS TO GENDER-NEUTRAL RESTROOMS. FRIESON BLACK CULTURAL CEN THE UNIVERSITY MUST EXPAND THE FRIESON BLACK CULTURAL CENTER TO INCLUDE A SAFE AND WELCOMING SPACE FOR DENTS OF COLOR ON CAMPUS WHICH MUST, PROVIDE SUPPORT FROM THE CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELLNESS THE COUNSELING CENTER THAT SPECIALIZES IN TRAUMA FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR.CROSSWALK ACCESSIBILITY AT EVERY CR WALK ON UT CAMPUS, INCLUDING THE FOUR-WAY ON CUMBERLAND AVENUE WHICH LEADS TO MELROSE, THERE MUST BE MAI NANCE PERFORMED ON ALL PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SIGNALS SO THAT THEY COMPLY TO THE GUIDELINES SET IN THE 2009 MAN STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE FIGHTING BACK AGAINST DIVERSITY ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES (MUTCD) AND THE DRAFT PUBLIC RIGHTS WAY-OF-ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES (PROW .E. THE APS (ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS) MUSTCUTS. HAVE BOTH AUDITORY AND VISUAL SIGNALS TO INDICATE WHETHER OR >>SEE PAGE 6 FOR THE STORY AND LIST OF DEMANDS S IT SAFE TO CROSS THE CROSSWALK. FHWA REQUIRES THAT PUBLIC ENTITIES WITH MORE THAN 50 EMPLOYEES AND THOSE T USE FEDERAL FUNDING FOLLOW TITLE II OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION BUILDING ACCESSIBILITY UT MUST UPDATE THE ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES OF ALL BUILDINGS USED BY STUDENTS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY FULLY ACCESSIBLE. ALL BUILDINGS USED BY STUDENTS, INCLUDING DORMS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, MUS FULLY ADA COMPLIANT WITH WORKING PUSH-BUTTON ACTIVATED DOORS, FUNCTIONAL RAMPS, AND WORKING ELEVATORS. IN utdailybeacon.com Volume DORMS ON 131 CAMPUS, THERE MUST BE A “POINT OF RESCUE” ON EACH FLOOR STUDENTS OCCUPY, SO THAT IN THE EVENT Friday, January 29, 2016O
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