Black Lives Matter Protest – Temple Update

Temple stops donations to Philadelphia Police Foundation

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 23:43:44 +0000

President Richard Englert sent out an email this afternoon to students, staff, and faculty announcing that Temple University will no longer be giving funds to the Philadelphia Police Foundation. From now on the money, received through charitable donations, will be given to social justice programs at the university. This announcement comes after an online petition was created for Temple to cut…

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Suburban Protest

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 20:21:55 +0000

On Saturday, June 6th at 10 am, over 3,000 protesters met at the Bristol train station in Lower Bucks County. The event was a Unified Peace Walk for Black Lives Matter, a movement that has taken the nation by storm in the wake of reported cases of police brutality against people of color, the most recent of which was the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. I spoke to five of the individuals…

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Temple Athletics Uses Social Media for Unified Fight Against Racism

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 11:46:45 +0000

Following the death of George Floyd, the United States entered a national conversation about racism in society today. This topic of racial inequality extended itself to the Temple athletic family. One of the biggest guiding missions at Temple is to create a diverse and welcoming culture to people of all backgrounds, so it came as no surprise when the Temple Athletic Department and a wide array of…

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R.E.A.L. Justice Activists March on Broad

Wed, 27 Jul 2016 15:41:17 +0000

“We are the people! We are the people!” Chants like these carried down Broad Street as protestors marched almost three miles towards City Hall Tuesday afternoon. The march, helmed by the Philly Coalition for R.E.A.L. Justice, divided protestors by race to make a specific point. White people were sent to the back, while black protestors marched at the front, saying it’s time to fight their own…

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