16/09/2020
WOLV Newsfeed's Lauren Guido sits down with three representatives from the the Students of Color Liberation Front (SoC LF): Thomas Vance (Speaker of The Black Student Union), Anna Dang (President of the United Asian American Organizations - UAAO), and Rebeca Yanes (External Director of La Casa) in a conversatiion centered around the SoC LF's open call to end the University of Michigan's Michigan Ambassador Program, a canvasing coalition of U-M students, faculty, and community members that work to ensure COVID guidlines are being followed in and around the Ann Arbor Community. The program works in conjunction with DPSS and AAPD. Topics covered in this interview include policing in our local community, relationships with the University Administration, and what is (and is not) the role of student activists on campus.
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"The Students of Color Liberation Front is a coalition of the Black Student Union, United Asian American Organizations, La Casa, Arab Student Association - ASA, and Students Allied for Freedom and Education. We are students of color who advocate for the liberation of all people on campus."
Information on the Michigan Ambassadors Program: https://campusblueprint.umich.edu/care/culture-of-care-michigan-ambassador/ -a-michigan-ambassador
The Michigan Daily "Op-Ed: A call to end the Michigan Abassadors Program": https://www.michigandaily.com/section/columns/op-ed-call-end-michigan-ambassadors-program