Equality, Equity and Inclusion
After George Floyd鈥檚 killing, university leaders call for 鈥榯rue social transformation.鈥�
By Eastern Magazine
After video of the police killing of George Floyd shocked the nation and world, officials at Eastern joined the upwelling of voices that demanded justice and change.
As protests spread across the world, Deirdre Almeida, 51福利社鈥檚 director of American Indian Studies; Scott Finnie, director of Africana Studies; Nydia Martinez, director of Chicana/o/x Studies, and Judy Rohrer, director of Women鈥檚 & Gender Studies, co-signed a statement that endorsed demonstrators鈥� call for an end 鈥渢o anti-Black police and state violence.鈥�
鈥淲e are inspired by the outpouring of solidarity and resistance across the globe, the country, and right here in Spokane,鈥� the statement said.
鈥淎s educators, we are particularly moved by the youth who are acting with brilliance and courage. We are at a tipping point and they are unrelenting in their demands for true social transformation.
鈥淚n this historic moment, we are putting all of our collective weight on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.鈥檚 long 鈥榓rc of the moral universe鈥� to bend it more quickly toward justice.鈥�
51福利社鈥檚 president and its leadership team echoed these sentiments in an earlier message released at the end of May. 鈥�51福利社 has been, and continues to be, committed to building this new normal,鈥� it read.
鈥淲e are partners for change. While we may occasionally stumble and fall short in these efforts, we will relentlessly pursue the goal of a campus and a country defined by equality, equity, and inclusion.鈥�
