‘No way we can do this alone’: Panel uplifts local Black student leaders
By Maura Scrabis, For The Pitt News
August 30, 2020
Collective action was one of the main themes at the Solidarity Town Hall held Saturday evening, where Black student leaders from colleges around the City came together to discuss racial equity on their respective campuses.
‘Embarrassing’: Black student leaders criticize low Black student enrollment
By Rebecca Johnson and Jon Moss
August 26, 2020
Ottley said this is indicative of a culture at Pitt that she believes needs to change to attract, and retain, more Black students. According to University data, Black students represented 5.26% of the undergraduate student body in 2019.
‘Allow us the space to be Black’: Diversity forum talks anti-racism with Ibram Kendi
By Benjamin Nigrosh, News Editor
July 29, 2020
According to Ibram Kendi, one of the most important elements of the fight for anti-racist policy is intersectionality, the understanding of how interdependent identities such as race, gender and sexual orientation create overlapping and unique systems of discrimination and privilege.