]]>https://templeupdate.com/temple-update-news-brief-july-9-2020/feed/0Owls for Justice release second statement detailing their future plans
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https://templeupdate.com/owls-for-justice-release-second-statement-detailing-their-future-plans/#respondTue, 30 Jun 2020 17:25:06 +0000https://templeupdate.com/?p=22506released a statement Monday detailing the actions that they are planning to take in the future. View More » ]]>Owls for Justice, an organization of Temple student-athletes committed to fighting systemic racism and injustice in North Philadelphia, released a statement Monday detailing the actions that they are planning to take in the future. “Owls for Justice recognizes the tremendous work being done on campus by Student Government, Black Student Athlete Union, Temple Progressive NAACP…
]]>https://templeupdate.com/owls-for-justice-release-second-statement-detailing-their-future-plans/feed/0Temple students hold forum and march for racial equality on campus
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https://templeupdate.com/temple-students-hold-forum-and-march-for-racial-equality-on-campus/#respondSat, 13 Jun 2020 21:51:28 +0000https://templeupdate.com/?p=22321View More » ]]>Temple students came together in the form of a town hall Friday, June 13th to protest the university’s latest statements on racial injustice in Philadelphia and within the Temple community. The organizers goal was to get the student body’s opinion though to the university. One of the organizers, Andreya Anderson, a senior Psychology major, spoke about why she and her friends wanted to…
]]>https://templeupdate.com/temple-students-hold-forum-and-march-for-racial-equality-on-campus/feed/0Temple Responds to Racism Complaints, Police Ties
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https://templeupdate.com/temple-responds-to-racism-within-the-temple-community-students-pleas-to-cut-ties-with-philly-p-d/#respondMon, 08 Jun 2020 03:09:36 +0000https://templeupdate.com/?p=22237View More » ]]>It has been nearly two weeks since the death of George Floyd, which sparked national uproar against police brutality. In a response to messages from students across social media, pleading for the discontinuance of all ties with the Philadelphia Police Department, the university released a statement late Sunday night. The university believes that doing so would not be in the “best interest of…
]]>https://templeupdate.com/temple-responds-to-racism-within-the-temple-community-students-pleas-to-cut-ties-with-philly-p-d/feed/0Protestas en Filadelfia
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https://templeupdate.com/protestas-en-filadelfia/#respondMon, 01 Jun 2020 19:29:39 +0000https://templeupdate.com/?p=22113View More » ]]>Partes de la ciudad y almacenes fueron saqueados y destruidos por manifestantes. Están protestando el racismo sistémico y la brutalidad policiaca en los Estados Unidos, después de la muerte de George Floyd el lunes. Hubo protestes a través de la nación a principios de esta semana. En Filadelfia, el alcalde Jim Kenney declaró un toque de queda obligatorio a debido de la violencia.
]]>https://templeupdate.com/protestas-en-filadelfia/feed/0At Least 49 Dead Following Multiple Shootings in New Zealand Mosques
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https://templeupdate.com/at-least-49-dead-following-multiple-shootings-in-new-zealand-mosques/#respondFri, 15 Mar 2019 16:13:40 +0000https://templeupdate.com/?p=19054View More » ]]>At least 49 people have died and roughly 50 are injured following two shootings in mosques in the New Zealand town of Christchurch today. In what appears to have been a coordinated and planned attack, gunmen entered two mosques in the New Zealand city and began opening fire on worshippers, including many children. At least one of the shooters streamed the event via their Facebook profile…
]]>https://templeupdate.com/at-least-49-dead-following-multiple-shootings-in-new-zealand-mosques/feed/0The Issue of Race at Temple University
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https://templeupdate.com/the-issue-of-race-at-temple-university/#respondThu, 10 Dec 2015 03:20:05 +0000https://smcsites.com/update/?p=7012Black Student Union, an NAACP chapter and an African American Studies Department but still Black students feel that racism exists outside of the Black organizations. View More » ]]>https://www.cla.temple.edu/africanamericanstudies/ Temple has a Black Student Union, an NAACP chapter and an African American Studies Department but still Black students feel that racism exists outside of the Black organizations. After racially explicit slurs emerged on the anonymous app, Yik Yak and a White Student Union Twitter account trolled Black students last semester to go against the…
]]>https://templeupdate.com/the-issue-of-race-at-temple-university/feed/0Web Exclusive: Students React to Drexel Student’s Instagram Post
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https://templeupdate.com/web-exclusive-students-react-to-drexel-students-racist-instagram-post/#respondThu, 13 Feb 2014 01:27:23 +0000https://smcsites.com/update/?p=724View More » ]]>A Drexel University student is in hot water after what she posted along with a picture with her and a black friend in honor of Black History Month. “Time to appreciate and celebrate those of African American descent, for without them how will our fields be ploughed[sic],” the post said, in part. Was it meant to be a joke? Students from Temple University voiced their opinions to TempleUpdate.