More Than A Moment:
BLM at FAU Feature
On Sept. 10, 2020, students participated in a protest against racial inequality at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL. Student athletes and faculty were involved in the march for equality.
By: Elliot Rodriguez|Contributing Writer
Photos by: Alex Liscio
How has the social justice movement affected FAU students and organizations? Since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn., America has been dealing with a large-scale social justice movement. FAU students, faculty, and organizations are not going unheard. They are using their voice to speak up and say how they feel about the situation and if they think the election will affect it. “It woke me up, I thought that I should play some role to make sure that we take steps into the right direction,” Madyson Roye, a member of the Black Student Union (BSU) said.
Roye organized a protest that brought in all walks of life that wanted their voice to be heard. Her protest took place on the Boca Housing lawn, where they marched around the StudentServices building, to the library, through the breezeway, which then ended their march back to the Housing lawn. The protest was a way for Roye to take part in helping the movement, by gathering everyone who wanted to speak on the subject and march for true equality. Roye was very adamant about how she wants the FAU community as well as the nation to open their eyes and see what is going on with social justice. “Everything that brings us down starts with ignorance,” Roye stated.
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