{"id":1859,"date":"2002-04-23T03:38:21","date_gmt":"2002-04-23T03:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/2018\/10\/19\/students-hold-vigil-march-and-rally-copy\/"},"modified":"2018-10-24T03:45:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T03:45:28","slug":"students-hold-vigil-march-and-rally-copy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/2002\/04\/23\/students-hold-vigil-march-and-rally-copy\/","title":{"rendered":"Students hold vigil, march, and rally"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 23, 2002<\/p>\n

Students hold vigil, march, and rally<\/p>\n

The night that the newest homophobic and racist messages were discovered in Gardiner House, students came together in protest. They met at the Quad at 10 p.m. for a candlelight vigil, leaving together to march around campus. As they marched, they were joined by other students who heard their protest chants of \u201cStop the racism, stop the fear\u201d and \u201cHey hey, ho ho, this racist shit has got to go!\u201d The group stopped on the steps between Northrop and Gillett House to listen to Director of Institutional Diversity Brenda Allen. Allen gave those gathered an update on the investigation and encouraged their efforts. She told them, \u201cWe need to let people know that they can\u2019t paralyze us as a community, and they can\u2019t stop us from coming together, and they can\u2019t stop us from moving forward.\u201d Students continued their march into Gardiner House, going through each floor chanting \u201cHey hey, ho ho, homophobia\u2019s got to go.\u201d The protest ended after a Gardiner resident asked the other house residents to come into the middle room and stand strong. The final chants were \u201cWhose house? Our house!\u201d which turned into \u201cWhose school? Our school!\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

The full Sophian article on the protests can be found here (<\/i>1<\/i><\/a>, <\/i>10<\/i><\/a>).<\/i><\/p>\n

The Smith College timeline of these events can be found here (<\/i>1<\/i><\/a>, <\/i>2<\/i><\/a>).<\/i><\/p>\n

[Last updated on October 23, 2018]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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