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V100 V100• N1 • No. Independent 8 Independent student student journalism journalism SEPTEMBER November 29, 2016 17, 2016
Unity for our community By Logan Stanley and Colette-Janae Buck | for The Easterner
EWU’s Multicultural Coalition (MCC) hosted a unity rally in the campus mall Nov. 15. Comprised of MEChA, the Black Student Union (BSU), the Native
American Students Association (NASA), Planned Parenthood Generation Action and other diverse campus groups, the Multicultural Coalition spearheads the movement for the inclusion of all students on campus, regardless of their race, religion, sexuality or the issues they face. Campus community members carried signs to show their support for unity. Some signs read “Equal education
for all” and “Students of color, our lives matter,” and the signs were accompanied with chants of “Love, not hate.” Support ribbons and a table for writing down messages of unity on tags were also a feature at the rally. Students, staff, faculty and community members in attendance could write their well wishes, support and hopes for all Americans on white tie-tags that were
then tied to strings of lights hanging above the tent and table. “[The tags were] to show that even after this election, we are going to be okay,” said Dulce Gutierrez-Vasquez, EWU student and member of the Multicultural Coalition and PRIDE. “A lot of new students just didn’t know where to go and who to turn to.”
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