Sit-In Calls for Action

Spanning the afternoon, the sit-in attracted more than 300 in-person students, faculty and staff, who followed public health and safety guidance, using cones spread out on the ground to mark safe physical distancing. Led by a newly formed group, Students in Action, the event was also livestreamed via Zoom, attracting at its peak 265 virtual attendees.

A diverse array of in-person and prerecorded speakers shared their thoughts and experiences around the need for strong racial and social justice efforts at the College and in society.

There was also poetry, song and a 10-minute-long moment of silence to acknowledge the Black victims of police brutality and other racial violence.