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3232Teenage TikTokers Using the Platform for Advocacy
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https://templeupdate.com/teenage-tiktokers-using-the-platform-for-advocacy/#respondFri, 11 Dec 2020 16:19:15 +0000https://templeupdate.com/?p=24216View More » ]]>Teenage TikTokers are using the popular app as a platform to speak up on issues they care about. One collective account, Gen Z for Change, has amassed over 1.2 million followers in only a few months. The group, formerly known as Tiktok for Biden, has broadened its focus following the presidential election and posts on topics about reproductive justice and the upcoming Georgia runoff election.
]]>https://templeupdate.com/teenage-tiktokers-using-the-platform-for-advocacy/feed/0Protesters Gather at City Hall to Protest for Breonna Taylor
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https://templeupdate.com/protesters-gather-at-city-hall-to-protest-for-breonna-taylor/#respondFri, 25 Sep 2020 18:04:55 +0000https://templeupdate.com/?p=23353Breonna Taylor’s case. View More » ]]>Protesters gathered outside of City Hall Wednesday night for a peaceful protest against the ruling of Breonna Taylor’s case. Earlier in the afternoon, a Kentucky grand jury brought no charges against the Louisville police officers that killed Breonna Taylor. Instead, Attorney General Daniel Cameron said officers who killed Taylor, were acting in self-defense. Officer Brett Hankison…
]]>https://templeupdate.com/protesters-gather-at-city-hall-to-protest-for-breonna-taylor/feed/0Temple University Commits More Than $1 Million Dollars to Anti-Racism Programming
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https://templeupdate.com/temple-university-commits-more-than-1-million-dollars-to-anti-racism-programming/#respondThu, 17 Sep 2020 15:39:58 +0000https://templeupdate.com/?p=23267View More » ]]>Temple University President Richard Englert announced Wednesday, new efforts towards combating racism by committing more than one million dollars of funding towards anti-racism programming. This funding will go towards anti-racism education, research, TUPD policy changes, training and curriculum changes. Temple also plans to hire more black employees and dedicate more resources towards programs…
]]>https://templeupdate.com/temple-university-commits-more-than-1-million-dollars-to-anti-racism-programming/feed/0Football players and coaches talk social justice
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https://templeupdate.com/football-players-and-coaches-talk-social-justice/#respondFri, 28 Aug 2020 21:54:36 +0000https://templeupdate.com/?p=23108View More » ]]>Aug. 28, 1963 – Thousands of people gathered at the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Now 57 years later to the day, Temple football skipped practice and training for a team-wide conversation on social justice and racial inequality. At the same time student-athletes that are members of the Owls for Justice organization traveled to D.
]]>https://templeupdate.com/football-players-and-coaches-talk-social-justice/feed/0Temple Update News Brief | August 11, 2020
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https://templeupdate.com/temple-update-news-brief-august-11-2020/#respondTue, 11 Aug 2020 15:01:34 +0000https://templeupdate.com/?p=22954View More » ]]>– Temple Update’s Jonathan Burke spoke with Temple Association of University Professionals to get professors’ perspective on the upcoming semester – The Philadelphia Community Bail Fund is finding a bridge between the Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic – Our weatherwoman Hannah Seewald is in Scotch Plains, New Jersey with your three-day forecast…
]]>https://templeupdate.com/temple-update-news-brief-august-11-2020/feed/0Temple Coalition for Change Hosts Protest on Campus
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https://templeupdate.com/temple-coalition-for-change-hosts-protest-on-campus/#respondMon, 13 Jul 2020 16:39:53 +0000https://templeupdate.com/?p=22648View More » ]]>A new organization, Temple Coalition for Change, spearheaded a protest against racism on campus and police brutality. Students, faculty, and community members took to Cecil B. Moore to protest and march. While marching, they stopped next to Temple’s Campus safety services administration building and held a moment of silence for victims of police brutality. At the Bell Tower…
]]>https://templeupdate.com/temple-coalition-for-change-hosts-protest-on-campus/feed/0Mayor Kenney Waives Protest-Related Code Violation Notices
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https://templeupdate.com/mayor-kenney-waives-protest-related-code-violation-notices/#respondWed, 08 Jul 2020 21:33:02 +0000https://templeupdate.com/?p=22619View More » ]]>City officials have announced today that Mayor Kenney approved for Philadelphia to waive all protest-related Code Violation Notices (CVNs) from May 30th until June 30, 2020. The recommendation comes from the Law Department and Office of Administrative Review (OAR). This approval covers all CVN forms of disorderly conduct and offenses listed in Section 10-615 of the Code. Failure to disperse…
]]>https://templeupdate.com/mayor-kenney-waives-protest-related-code-violation-notices/feed/0Temple stops donations to Philadelphia Police Foundation
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https://templeupdate.com/temple-stops-donations-to-philadelphia-police-foundation/#respondFri, 26 Jun 2020 23:43:44 +0000https://templeupdate.com/?p=22469View More » ]]>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…
]]>https://templeupdate.com/temple-stops-donations-to-philadelphia-police-foundation/feed/0Lo Último Noticias Breves | 24 de Junio 2020
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https://templeupdate.com/lo-ultimo-noticias-breves-24-de-junio-2020/#respondWed, 24 Jun 2020 20:45:05 +0000https://templeupdate.com/?p=22441View More » ]]>– El campus de Temple comienza a ver algunas señales de reapertura – Un grupo de estudiantes publica una llama a la acción a la universidad sobre el racismo – The Blockson Collection celebra saxofonista Robert “Bootsie” Barnes en Juneteenth…
]]>https://templeupdate.com/lo-ultimo-noticias-breves-24-de-junio-2020/feed/0Estudiantes de Temple tienen ayuntamiento y marchan por la igualdad racial en campus
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https://templeupdate.com/estudiantes-de-temple-tienen-ayuntamiento-y-marcha-por-la-igualdad-racial-en-campus/#respondSat, 13 Jun 2020 22:58:50 +0000https://templeupdate.com/?p=22326View More » ]]>Los estudiantes de Temple se reunieron en forma de un ayuntamiento el viernes 13 de junio para protestar por las últimas declaraciones de la universidad sobre la injusticia racial en Filadelfia y dentro de la comunidad de Temple. El objetivo de los organizadores era transmitir la opinión del alumnado a la universidad. Uno de las organizadoras, Andreya Anderson, una estudiante de psicología…