“Many of these demands were made years ago and were never addressed by the University in any capacity, so the Asian Student Union is working on getting those through.” “We are currently working with several other Asian organizations on Grounds to push the University administration to provide better resources, funding, and representation for the Asian American community,” Kumar said in an email to The Cavalier Daily. Similar demands were made in 2018, when the Asian Leaders Council released a report on academic reform.
Sanjeev Kumar, president of ASU and third-year Commerce student, said in an email to The Cavalier Daily that the organization is currently working on a campaign pushing the University administration to provide better resources for Asian students in the University community. The Asian Student Union has also been successful in championing minority rights - they organized the “Not a Model Minority Campaign” that dispels the myth that all Asians are self-sufficient, well-educated and upwardly mobile and highlights the unique experiences of Asian Americans at the University. Another organization is the International Rescue Committee in Charlottesville, which is currently leading a campaign to collect donations for Afghan refugees in Charlottesville. Charlottesville BLM is beginning a campaign to defund the Charlottesville Police Department and build a city without policing. One of the other organizations which brings together students and local activists is Charlottesville BLM, a local chapter of the global organization Black Lives Matter. “We're very excited to see what the new year has in store, especially as the first in 100 years in which students won't face the image of George Rogers Clark enacting genocide,” Russell said. This year, NASU is continuing to build the organization, supporting Native students and working with the University administration to increase Native enrollment and promote equity in admissions, according to Zac Russell, president of NASU and fourth-year College student. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson were removed in July following years of advocacy - third-year College student Zyahna Bryant, who first authored the petition to remove the Lee monument as a freshman at Charlottesville High School in 2016, was in attendance at the statues’ removal.Ī statue of George Rogers Clark located on Grounds was also removed in July, largely as a result of petitions and protests organized by local activists and student groups like the Native American Student Union.
In Charlottesville, individuals and student groups also successfully advocated for the removal of Confederate statues. Most recently, the MRC spearheaded a campaign to remove the Frank Hume Memorial Fountain - a statue that honors Confederate spy Frank Hume and was recently rededicated by the Board of Visitors. to implement a credit/no-credit grading system and support for the tuition freeze. The group has advocated for and supported a number of petitions for progressive change on Grounds - they worked with Young Democratic Socialists of America at U.Va. The MRC was founded in 2000 and is currently comprised of the Asian Student Union, the Black Student Alliance, the Latinx Student Alliance, the Middle Eastern Leadership Council, the Muslim Students Association, the Native American Student Union, the Organization of African Students and the Queer Student Union. Numerous groups on Grounds and in Charlottesville aim to support and advocate for historically marginalized and underrepresented communities - some are as broad as the Minority Rights Coalition, which is an umbrella organization representing the interests of seven different CIOs, and others are as specific as oSTEM at U.Va., which provides support for LGBTQ+ students in STEM.
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Websites like the Activists' Guide can connect students with local groups, and the organizations page includes a full list of groups concerned with advocacy, multicultural efforts and more. While many of these organizations are run by University students, they provide students with an opportunity to immerse themselves in advocacy that involves the local Charlottesville community The groups below are just some of the major voices on Grounds and around Charlottesville and do not represent the full span of ways students can get involved in activism in the community.
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