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Campaign for Community, a University-led funding initiative that aims to support dialogue about important topics on campus, is seeking proposals for projects and conversations about racial justice.
A group of over 20 protesters marched from LOVE Park to Penn's College Green on Saturday evening, two weeks after the George Floyd protests began in Philadelphia, and primarily demanded the University divest from the Philadelphia Police Department.
In response to the recent death of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes, protests have erupted in many cities across the United States. Thousands of demonstrators in Philadelphia have marched for nine consecutive days now, demanding racial justice and systematic change.
I have seen innumerable people — on social media, politicians, on cable news channels, authors — question whether riots or protests are productive modes of change the past week amid the protests in response to George Floyd’s murder. It is a question that has, for generations, relentlessly reared its head during contentious fights for liberation.
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In light of the police killing of George Floyd, Penn President Amy Gutmann released an emailed statement to the Penn community regarding his death.
Before I begin, I want to make clear that the most important voices in this crisis are Black voices. This article is not a replacement for those voices — it is about accountability. Calling out your non-Black, privileged peers is only one of many actions we can take to ensure that the voices of our Black peers at Penn and elsewhere can be heard and lifted.
A car flipped over in fire as protests continued.
Protesters set fire to a police vehicle.
Thousands of demonstrators, including Penn students, took to the streets of Philadelphia on Saturday to protest the recent death of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, who died after a police officer knelt on his neck for more than 8 minutes.
Penn Democrats and Penn Student Power joined a coalition with other Philadelphia-based organizers urging the University and other large non-profit organizations to pay Payments in Lieu of Taxes, or pay an amount of money to a state or local governments in place of taxes, which are most commonly property taxes.
“The situation is serious; take it seriously,” Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, implored on March 18 during one of her few national televised addresses.
When the Class of 2020 walked onto campus for the first time in 2016, nobody could have predicted how their senior year would unfold.
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The United States is in a state of emergency. COVID-19 has already claimed tens of thousands of lives, and the death toll is rising every day. The pandemic and its economic meltdown have spread misery and fear across the country.
On Tuesday at approximately 2 p.m., a Penn professor sent an email to students speculating that classes would be taught remotely in fall 2020. The message, later denounced by administrators, sparked widespread alarm and confusion among students.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine have issued a statewide stay-at-home order for the state of Pennsylvania to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
As the national count for coronavirus related deaths exceeds 1,000, Philadelphia reported its first known coronavirus death on Wednesday.
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