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Interviews With Color

by Alyssa Navarrette, Mari Smith

Interviews With Color is a project inspired and sparked by recent events on the Antioch College campus. The project explores the culture of people of color (POC) on campus, as well as the way POC are treated in situations of injustice. One trend prevalent throughout these interviews was a request for a POC hall as a remedy for multiple acts of injustice involving womyn of color on campus. According to some POC, the request was originally brushed off, resulting in student-led action calling public attention to recent injustices experienced by POC. POCJasmine, Noella, Odette, Ashley, Leandre, Gabe, Ishan, Max (left to right) during a meeting between POC students and the President's Staff as well as a Res Life Representative, and a Board Member. This meeting was facilitated by Mila Cooper during a community meeting as a way to engage in meaningful dialogue.While College leadership responded quickly with an action plan, the issues raised by POC remain unresolved and the response is see