The Black Student 10-Point Plan

The Black Student 10-Point Plan

1. We demand that the amount of black faculty match the amount of black students. Excluding all faculty in the Africology department. Meaning the ratio needs to match without including the black faculty in that department. We demand these positions be majority full professors so that their position is not disposable.
2. We demand all students be required to take a general education course on race, ethnicity, and racism.
3. We demand Black studies be built into the curriculum of every major. Meaning all students would be required to take a course in the AFC department with a focus in their major.
4. We demand Annual cultural competency training and evaluation for all faculty and staff including DPS.
5. We demand a CMA that has the capacity to host large groups of marginalized students in a safe space without restrictions on outside food. We demand a functioning CMA equipped with proper space and given proper recognition.
6. We demand a low-income meal plan option/not requiring that students who live on campus purchase a meal plan.
7. We demand several black financial advisers whose sole purpose is to find and distribute scholarships and financial aid to and for black students specifically.
8. We demand a separate committee, made up of students selected by BSU, for Black Homecoming Week with the autonomy and power to schedule and hold events for Black Homecoming.
9. We demand a Doctorate and Master’s Program for Africology and African American Studies with adequate funding and no less 3 full-time graduate assistantships. Along with making AFC a teachable subject for Student-Teachers.
10. We demand the Women’s Resource Center dedicate at least 3 programs a year to black women specifically. We demand a black resource center under the umbrella of the Center for Multicultural Affairs.