by Nicole Chavez Last Thursday afternoon, a small group of students gathered in the Silliman Courtyard to chalk affirmations in support of women of color at Yale. This peaceful demonstration of solidarity and self-love was in response to Associate Master of Silliman College Erika Christakis’ email to students that challenged a previous email sent from the…
by Olivia Kelvorn Over the past week people across campus have been alerted to the fact that women of color are in pain. They are hurt by a failure of the administration to represent them, to incorporate them into curriculum, to show them the same respect they show white students, and to acknowledge the effort,…
by Treston Codrington It would be foolish to say that right now, women of color are coming under attack. This has been their existence for centuries. Let us think back to the Africans who became playthings of the European kidnappers or the Native American women who enjoyed equality and even power in their clans but…
Voices from the Movement (pdf)
by Oscar Garcia-Ruiz At approximately 3 pm on November 6th, a post on Overheard at Yale incited a mass rally outside of a William F. Buckley conference on the freedom of the speech. The post states, “’Looking at the reaction to Erika Christakis’s email, you would have thought someone wiped out an entire Indian village!’”…