UNT students protest during regents meeting to improve cultural competence
DENTON -- More than 150 students packed into seats at the quarterly University of North Texas System Board of Regents meeting on Thursday afternoon in protest after students made clear demands to improve cultural competence at UNT.
The students, through the Student Government Association, NAACP and the Black Student Union, publicly announced the sit-in Thursday, urging students to wear black in solidarity during the meeting inside the student union. Many had green duct tape across their mouths and carried signs with messages like “#notmyUNT” and “Diversity without inclusion means NOTHING!”
The sit-in comes one week after Assistant General Counsel Caitlin Sewell, who is white, said a racial slur during an event on campus. She resigned last Friday. Yolian Ogbu, the president of SGA, worked to organize the sit-in and is leading efforts on campus to voice student concerns.
“Today is the day they’re discussing certain action items that directly affect students, and because of that I think it’s important for us to be all present to listen and be present,” she said. “I’m really glad the turnout was so great and that people were genuinely interested. There’s a lot of tension with everything that’s happened in the last week, and even the last few years, and so people want to see something change.”
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(Denton Record-Chronicle)
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