December 12, 2012

We, the coalition members of PSU-FASE (For All Student Equality), are seeking your support in attending a silent and peaceful march—a pilgrimage—on Thursday, December 13, 2012, at noon.

The SILENT Walk aspires to promote a socially-just, educationally-relevant campus climate. We have chosen to take up a pilgrimage in keeping with the approaches of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. We denounce all forms of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia and seek, like those before us, to draw attention to social inequality. We believe in the remarkable institution that Penn State is, and this is why we are assembling a pilgrimage that invites Penn State leadership, students, and faculty to join us in this peaceful endeavor.

TODAY’S CONTEXT: December 12, 2012: The Daily Collegian: “Erickson [said] that the silent walk scheduled for Thursday is evidence of good discussions on campus.” President Erickson also stated: “We’re going to do our very best to make sure that students who continue to come to Penn State get the best possible education,” he said. “That’s what we’re all about.”

We believe our SILENT WALK is in keeping with the University’s stated commitment to diversity. We are guided by the principles of the University’s “A Framework to Foster Diversity at Penn State, 2010-2015,” which states that a “[campus] priority must be to provide the benefits of a diverse cohort to our student body, and also to ensure an institution in which our diversity values are realized at all levels of the University including students, faculty, staff, leadership, governing and advisory bodies, curriculum, and outreach endeavors so as to optimize opportunities for excellence’’ (p.3).

Contact information: Manuel Figueroa

Maf5490@psu.edu

787.922.1915 cell

Penn State For All Student Equality (PSU FASE) denounces all forms of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia and seek, like those before us, to draw attention to social inequality. In late November 2012, a photograph surfaced on Tumblr from a Mexican-theme sorority party on the campus of Penn State University. Unfortunately, this is one of many instances of racial insensitivity that has beleaguered the Penn State community over the last few years.
We believe in the remarkable institution that Penn State is, and this is why we are assembling a pilgrimage that invites Penn State leadership, students, and faculty to join us in this peaceful endeavor.
We, the members of FASE, are seeking your support in attending a silent and peaceful march—a pilgrimage—that seeks to promote a socially-just, educationally-relevant campus climate. We have chosen to take up a pilgrimage in keeping with the approaches of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. We are going to assemble at Pennypacker Hall, located within the East Residential Halls, at 12 noon on Thursday, December 13, in a show of campus and community-wide unity. From Pennypacker Hall, we will walk to various campus locations in a silent manner in keeping with the pilgrimage tradition.
Please spread our message of peace and continue to look for us on various social media. Our official Twitter hashtag is #PSUFASE.  

blackmadandfly:

Penn State you are always up to some weirdo fuckery. First you cover up a disgusting pedophile and his pesky crew, then one of your fantastic sororities post racist ass pictures with the belief that they were totally cute. What will you silly whities come up with next?