Updates: LGBT student protest for campus safety continues at University of Rhode Island
Campus Pride has been following a student protest on LGBT campus safety at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, R.I. (Photo right: URI junior Brian Stack, president of the campus' Gay-Straight Alliance, is helping to organize the protest. Source: Providence Journal.)
Statement from LGBT student organizers, Sept. 23, 8 p.m.:
The University of Rhode Island administration has refused to take a stance on any of the demands. In response to the University's lack of commitment to solving these issues, the GLBT students and their allies continue the protest. The students feel that if President Dooley had a strong commitment to solving these issues he would have flown back from California as other presidents have done during previous protests. The students remain resilient in their determination to address the issues of campus safety and climate.
Statement from URI administration
The Providence Journal reported on Sept. 24, 2010 that university administration had "responded" to the LGBT student protest. That response was contained in a two-page statement dated Sept. 24 with comments from President David Dooley and Donald DeHayes, provost and vice president of academic affairs. Download and read the statement (PDF) here.
See Campus Pride's statement in support of the students, and other Campus Pride coverage of the protest.
News round-up
Students protest to stop hate against LGBTIQQ students
by Noelle Myers, Sept. 24, 2010, The Good 5 Cent Cigar, University of Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island students filled the library's 24-hour room as of midnight Wednesday night to protest against harassment and discrimination toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. Read the rest...
Protest held at URI over harassment of gay students
By Donita Naylor, Sept. 24, 2010, The Providence Journal
University of Rhode Island officials have responded to a student sit-in at the library by acknowledging that gay and lesbian students have endured discrimination. Read the rest...
GBLT students stage sit-in at URI library
NBC 10 WJAR, Providence New Bedford
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