In December of 2004, I and two other colleagues (Kimberly Binns and Hank Harris) decided that it was time to give back to the Black community at-large, and reinstate the organization on our campus. We recruited and worked with Black students and others who wanted to uplift the Black community (on campus and off).
The first year out it seemed as if nothing was going as planned, but after much hard work we got the job done. And in January of 2006 we had our first REAL victory. We held the first Martin Luther King Day Community March. We had over 90 marchers at the 1st march and over 100 campus personnel and community members attend the 2nd annual Martin Luther King Day program. We partnered with one of the local elementary schools and held the 1st Black History Month Celebration program at the school for the kids.
I said all of the above to say this, Black Student Unions are still needed on a variety of levels, and just because one is involved with a fraternal organization doesn’t mean that it has to stop there. We should educate our Black students on how to be responsible citizens; let them know that servitude is a life long commitment; and who better to assist with the change process than YOU!
Sincerely,
-Chrissy L. Davis, M.S.W.
Seward County Community College
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