Friday
Racist incident occurred early afternoon.
Email from CDIO to the campus community about racist
incident Friday late afternoon. Notified staff to be aware of situation to provide
comfort to students. Planned to host a community forum this week.
Scheduled a floor meeting at the residence hall in the
evening that Friday and Sunday
Saturday
Responded to emails from students.
Planned for Sunday meeting discussion.
Sunday
Second incident occurred early afternoon.
The President convened conference call mid-afternoon with executive
staff, police, Dean of Students, Director of Communications, and Associate Dean
of Students to discuss racist incidents.
Email statement from President Cevallos sent late afternoon.
Convened Bias Education Response Team for Monday morning.
Met with students before evening residence meeting.
Held residence hall meeting in the evening.
Monday
Bias Education Response Team met
in the morning.
Community forum scheduled for
the afternoon.
#hateisnotaFramilyvalue
Silence is not an option. We
must condemn racism. Push through your fears to express yourself so you are
able to have a cross-cultural dialogue with civility and bravery.
As a community we must come together
to collectively stop this hatred. Feel empowered to create change.
We must share our stories so we
can learn from each other. Educating ourselves and others is an essential
process.
Focus on your small community of
friends, peers – what can you do to fix what is in your control?
What will we, the administration, do?
We will continue to condemn
racism.
We will be vigilant and protect
our students.
We will foster civility and love
through dialogue.
We will heal and get through this. Today will be
the first step in our journey to heal the campus. It will
take time. We need your help. Today is the first step in our journey.
We are reminding everyone of the resources to
help you during this difficult time: the Counseling Center, Campus
Police, Human Resources, the Campus Clergy and the Dean of Students Office.
If you can
provide us with information, text anonymously 67283 with “FSUTIP” in the body of
the message.
