[Agvisors] Fwd: We will not Tolerate Violence Against Black Students [BSU]

Fri Sep 13 07:39:47 MST 2019

Hi Agvisors,

The Diversion program is offered to students who have a misdemeanor charge and is usually their first time. Students offered the program complete an educational program to meet the requirements along with community service hours.

It then dismisses the misdemeanor charges.

There is more information on the Dean of Students website: https://deanofstudents.arizona.edu/community/ua-diversion

Best,
Serena
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From: Agvisors [mailto:agvisors-bounces at list.cals.arizona.edu] On Behalf Of Buhrow, Danielle Pilar - (danielleb)
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2019 9:19 PM
To: agvisors at list.cals.arizona.edu
Subject: [Agvisors] Fwd: We will not Tolerate Violence Against Black Students [BSU]

Hi All,
Sharing this message from the Black Student Union, please read the attached statement. The statement is also pasted at the end of the email exchanges.

Here is the link to the UAPD public report
https://uapd.arizona.edu/content/recent-activity/1909100010
Does anyone know about the "University Adult Diversion" noted on the police report, is that something involving Dean of Students?

Danielle Buhrow
Senior Academic Advisor I & Graduate Program Coordinator
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From: Lanza, Robert K - (lanza)
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 4:42 PM
Subject: [arec_all] FW: We will not Tolerate Violence Against Black Students [BSU]
To: arec_all at list.arizona.edu<mailto:arec_all at list.arizona.edu>

As fellow occupants of the building, it is important to be kept aware.

From: sfcs_all-request at list.arizona.edu<mailto:sfcs_all-request at list.arizona.edu> <sfcs_all-request at list.arizona.edu<mailto:sfcs_all-request at list.arizona.edu>> On Behalf Of Toomey, Russ B - (toomey)
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2019 12:46 PM
To: sfcs_all at list.arizona.edu<mailto:sfcs_all at list.arizona.edu>
Subject: [sfcs_all] FW: We will not Tolerate Violence Against Black Students [BSU]

Sending along the message below/attached because everyone should know about the violence that happened right near our building Tuesday evening.

Russell Toomey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Family Studies and Human Development
University of Arizona Distinguished Scholar
Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences
The University of Arizona
Phone: (520) 621-4009

From: disabilityculture-request at list.arizona.edu<mailto:disabilityculture-request at list.arizona.edu> <disabilityculture-request at list.arizona.edu<mailto:disabilityculture-request at list.arizona.edu>> On Behalf Of DRC-Disability
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2019 11:30 AM
To: disabilityculture at list.arizona.edu<mailto:disabilityculture at list.arizona.edu>
Subject: [disabilityculture] FWD: We will not Tolerate Violence Against Black Students [BSU]

Reposted from the Black Student Union, word document attached below.

Sav Schlauderaff, Graduate Assistant, Disability Cultural Center

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Dear Students, Faculty and Staff of the University of Arizona,

Responsibility must be accounted for.

On September 10, 2019, at 11:24 pm, a Black student at The University of Arizona was physically and verbally attacked in a hate crime on the cross-sections of University Blvd and Park Ave. Two white students repeatedly yelled the N-word at the Black Student walking with his friends. Having asked the aggressors to stop their verbal abuses, the black student was then assaulted by the assailants.

Instead of necessarily apprehending the aggressors who initially ran away, they were referred to a social justice “diversion” training program lead and facilitated by the UAPD.  The attack - deemed a “minor” injury by the UAPD - minimizes the emotional impact caused, thereby disenfranchising the lives of the black the student body at our University.

The victim suffering from this racially motivated attack has yet to be served justice. The silence on this matter is threatening. Especially as Black students, we deserve safety in our own community. The victim’s silence is warranted, but the administration’s is not.

Recognizing the lack of safety for our Black students we are determined to achieve the following goals:
●      We demand justification for the assaulters and officers who are prolonging the continued suffering of our Black Students of the University of Arizona.
●      We demand academic probation and suspension of the two assaulters, who deliberated racially motivated attacks upon a Black student.
●      We demand to know the names of the assaulters.
●      We demand the release of the incident report concerning the attack.
●      We demand a coalition requiring the University of Arizona Police Department officers to complete a cultural identity sensitivity program addressing the history of racially motivated discrimination.

We deserve to be and feel heard, we deserve to be and feel valued, and we deserve to be and feel safe.

The Black Student Union has taken OUR stance and we wish you’d take yours.

In solidarity,
The Black Student Union

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