Document Type

Article

End Racism Protest is held on the UMaine Mall

Authors

Charles Cramer

Publication Title

The Maine Campus

Publication Date

11-4-2019

Abstract/ Summary

Students, faculty and community members from across the Orono area gathered on Monday to protest online comments made three weeks earlier about Columbus Day and Indigenous American peoples by members of the University of Maine College Republicans (UMCR). The comments in question were initially uploaded to the UMCR’s Facebook page on Oct. 5 and were addressed in an email on Oct. 7 by both UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Robert Dana. The email from Ferrini-Mundy and Dana denied that the posts were representative of UMaine’s values, but chose to maintain their administrative policy regarding freedom of expression.

Identifier

Social_Justice_Maine_Campus_2019-11-04_2021-04-29

Repository Citation

Cramer, Charles, "End Racism Protest is held on the UMaine Mall" (2019). Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. 217.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/social_justice/217

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