Document Type
Article
Publisher
The Maine Campus
Publication Date
2-15-2021
Abstract/ Summary
Jen Bonnet, Madelyn Woods and Anila Karunakar co-designed Fogler Library’s Racial Justice Challenge, one resource of many for celebrating Black History Month at the University of Maine. Bonnet is a social sciences and humanities librarian at the Fogler Library on campus, Woods is a Ph.D. student in earth and climate sciences and Karunakar serves as the director of the Office for Diversity and Inclusion. The Racial Justice Challenge first launched in August of this past summer. “With the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Rayshard Brooks and other BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) at the hands of police officers, we recognized that we were witnessing unprecedented numbers of people from all walks of life join the longstanding efforts by BIPOC to address and dismantle systemic racism in this country,” Bonnet explained. The goal, according to Bonnet, was to create a program that allowed as many people as possible to participate and commit to this work. The three went on to then create the Racial Justice Challenge.
Identifier
Social_Justice_Maine_Campus_2021-02-15_2021-04-29
Repository Citation
Martin, Abigail, "Take part in Black History Month by stepping up to Fogler’s Racial Justice Challenge" (2021). Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. 307.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/social_justice/307
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