Diversity is Good for Everyone‌
African American Cultural Center The LSU African American Cultural Center in collaboration with the Black Student Union (BSU), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at LSU hosted the inaugural State of the Union: The Black Student Perspective. In response to the formation of the Black Lives Matter movement, the State of the Union was created to serve as a town hall meeting and open forum where students could share their perspective on the Black LSU experience. It was also purposed with being the first step in unifying many of the programming efforts of various Black student organizations in addressing some of the current social and campus concerns centered on race, police brutality, marginalization and education. The program was led by a panel of representatives from various student organizations, including BSU, NAACP, AACC Ambassadors, the Black Graduate and Professional Student Association (BGPSA), the LSU Black Male Leadership Initiative (BMLI), and HER. The panel challenged attendees to share stories of their personal experiences of being a Black student on campus while encouraging them to get involved to help address the concerns that are affecting their community. Student participants challenged their peers to become engaged in student organizations and discussed strategies on how to motivate and unify the Black community moving forward. Attendees left with the charge of making the State of the Union a signature program each semester in an effort to continue the conversations about the Black student experience and encourage other cultural communities to unite in a similar fashion in order to begin to create sustainable, structural change throughout campus. For more information visit www.lsu.edu/aacc
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