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A single misstep on social media comes at a high price these days. What are we willing to sacrifice to keep posting?
Sacrifice, given willingly and with love, makes us human.
“I think my experience demonstrates that there is an urgency here.”
-Danielle Morgan, assistant professor of English.
Students, faculty, and staff rallied against racism and in support of Morgan after she said campus security profiled her family. Read more.
From a protest in Benson in 1969 to a multi-decade movement called Unity, students of color have consistently pushed SCU toward progress.