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Campus organizations — including the African American Resource Center, Penn Museum, and Penn Libraries — have planned community-focused events to commemorate Juneteenth through the third week of June.
The controversy began earlier this semester when students discovered that the P-Sweaters were manufactured by Gildan, rather than Champion, the brand originally advertised by Class Board 2026 and offered on the order form.
Drawing an audience of over 500 students and members of the Philadelphia community, the April 22 event was hosted in the Harrison Auditorium of Penn Museum.
Earth Week — running from April 21-27 — aims to get students and the broader Penn community actively involved in cross-disciplinary events that educate and encourage action.
Associate Director of Prevention Education and Programming at Penn Violence Prevention Julie Hastings said that the project — which was hosted on April 22 — helped show “survival stories in an anonymous way that was difficult to ignore.”
The conversation — with 1949 College graduate and Holocaust survivor Michael Katz — concluded with a memorial candle-lighting ceremony and a group prayer.
Li has been class board president since his first year at Penn, focusing his term on student engagement, large-scale event planning, and building partnerships across campus.
This year's cultural fair — themed "Pokémon" — featured international foods, drinks, and eight different performances from acapella groups and lion dancing to Argentinian tango.
The April 11 announcement came five days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the U.S. State Department would immediately revoke visas issued to all South Sudanese passport holders.
The April 9 event titled “Higher Education Under Siege: The Future of the Four-Year Degree" and moderated by Provost John Jackson, invited panelists to discuss the future of higher education.