{"id":2001,"date":"1988-04-17T17:31:32","date_gmt":"1988-04-17T17:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/?p=2001"},"modified":"2018-10-28T15:50:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T15:50:34","slug":"concerned-students-of-all-colors-csac-holds-press-conference-protest-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/weaving-voices-archives\/1988\/04\/17\/concerned-students-of-all-colors-csac-holds-press-conference-protest-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerned Students of All Colors (CSAC) holds press conference, protest march"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 17, 1988<\/span><\/p>\n

Concerned Students of All Colors (CSAC) holds press conference, protest march<\/span><\/p>\n

Concerned Students of All Colors (CSAC), a group of Smith College students who had organized to address racial issues on campus, called a press conference to share their grievances and demand change. Ginetta Berloso \u201890J and Wambui Mwangi \u201890 listed CSAC\u2019s eighteen grievances to the assembled audience of local newspaper reporters, Smith community members, and parents. Some of their grievances included the lack of student voice in the affirmative action officer search process, the low number of people of color in faculty, staff, and administrator positions, and the absence of a racial harassment grievance procedure. Most importantly, they wanted to establish \u201ca system of accountability…a binding contract\u201d with administrators. Organizers emphasized that if their grievances were not redressed \u201cimmediately and effectively,\u201d they would take further action. Part of CSAC\u2019s further action would be to file a formal legal complaint with the Hampshire County District Attorney and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. The press conference was immediately followed by a protest march that started at Lilly Hall, home of the Ng’endo Mwangi Cultural Center. Protesters marched to President Dunn\u2019s house, where they spoke with President Dunn herself for a short while, and looped back around to College Hall where they hung their banner and reiterated their demand for the College to implement a \u201cpolicy which is consistent with civil rights legislation.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The group\u2019s grievances can be found here (<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i><\/a>,<\/span><\/i> 2<\/span><\/i><\/a>,<\/span><\/i> 3<\/span><\/i><\/a>).<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The full Sophian article on the press conference and protest march can be found here (<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i><\/a>,<\/span><\/i> 5<\/span><\/i><\/a>).<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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[Last updated on October 21, 2018]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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