Response to Call to Action

A Response to TASA's Call to Action on Black Lives Matter.
2020年6月.

Before anything else, we say their names. 乔治•弗洛伊德. Breonna泰勒. Ahmaud Arbery. 塔米尔大米. Trayvon马丁. 奥斯卡授予. 埃里克·加纳. Philando卡斯提尔. 撒母耳Dubose. 桑德拉平淡. 沃尔特•斯科特. 迈克-布朗. 帕梅拉•特纳. Shantel戴维斯. Korryn盖恩斯. Atatiana Jefferson. “And too many more” is a gross understatement. One life lost is too many.

The Office of International Students and Scholars as a unit, as well as its two staff members as individuals, believe unequivocally that Black lives matter.

We also feel that a form letter about diversity will not cut it. Actions speak louder than words. Instead, here is what we have done:

We have marched alongside international students in solidarity against White Supremacy on campus. We have taken to the streets of 哈特福德 to demand accountability for police brutality. We have used our position in the administration to advocate for students’ demands and to serve in the Intergroup Dialogue task force. We have learned that 全球十大网赌正规平台 leaders of the past, including Nathaniel Wheaton, George Washington Doane, Samuel Seabury were owners of enslaved people or supporters of slavery or the Confederacy. We believe that as 全球十大网赌正规平台 employees we have the responsibility to actively combat the legacy that these individuals have left on the college. 因此, we have given money to organizations fighting for Black lives, as well as to individual Black organizers who know how to use our money better than we do.

We will continue to do these things and more. 更多的是:

1.) Although we are wary of placing an unfair burden on educating others on the backs of our Black students, we invite any Black students who wish to speak directly to the international community either on social media or at our international student orientation to contact (电子邮件保护). 例如, we invite Black Trinity students to use our Instagram page or email blast system to speak to international students. We offer this invitation out of an acknowledgment that neither OISS staff member is a person of color and that international students would be best served by us stepping aside and letting Black students do the talking.

2.) We commit to working with the Office of Diversity, Equity, & 包容 headed by Dr. Anita Davis to develop a more comprehensive introduction to diversity and racism in America to share with our international students at orientation or through other channels.

3.) Our office has and will continue to share information directly with our students. We are actively reposting Trinity organizations’ and students’ statements and demands on Instagram, as well as notifying our students of United States laws and immigration status details relevant to international students who choose to protest. We will send this letter to all international students via email and continue to act as a resource for their questions, 评论, 或担忧.

4.) We will develop a page on our newly redesigned clixmania.net/oiss website dedicated to informing and providing resources to international students on the legacy of racism in the United States and current dire problems facing all people of color in the United States—especially Black people, 黑人女性, Black queer people, and Black trans people, and those at the intersections of these identities. Our page already contains information on the history of international students at Trinity—some of the College’s earliest non-white students. This new site will also be a space for international students of color to directly share their stories, 艺术作品, and perspectives with the Trinity community. We call on our international students who are speakers of languages other than English to help us provide these resources in as many languages as possible. Anyone who would like to collaborate on this effort, including non-international students, 可能接触 (电子邮件保护)

5.) We propose creating a task force of international students and American students of color that will collaborate throughout the semester on methods for building solidarity among these communities on campus. Those who are interested in making this task force 可能接触 (电子邮件保护) or (电子邮件保护).

6.) We welcome and invite other suggestions, critiques, or advice that any readers might have.

团结一致,

The Office of International Students and Scholars

Katharine Clair, International Student Advisor
Noah Arthur Weber, Summit Fellow for International Student Support