Confronting SLU’s History With Slavery
Conor Dorn, Associate News Editor
October 4, 2019
In 2016, SLU joined the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province (UCS) in launching an initiative to confront a joint history of involvement in the enslavement of African Americans that dates back to the founding of the university. The initiative, called the Slavery, History, Memory and Reconcil...
Driving for Justice
Caroline Lipski, Staff Writer
May 1, 2019
What started as an old delivery truck has grown into a network of four “mobile museums” with the mission of driving the conversation surrounding culture, race and identity. These mobile museums, dubbed The Justice Fleet, "foster healing through art, dialogue, and play,” said Amber Johnson, Ph.D., asso...
Black AIDS Institute Speaks to SLU
Riley Tovornik, Photo Editor
February 26, 2019
Students gathered in the Center for Global Citizenship on Feb. 2 to listen to speakers Maxx Boykin and Lestian McNeal from the Black AIDS Institute. The speech was meant to raise awareness for issues plaguing black communities, such as over-policing, HIV criminalization, and the war on drugs. When t...
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Marchers Brave the Cold for Women’s March 2019
January 25, 2019