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HFIR hosted its sixth annual UndocuWeek to educate, support, and raise awareness for undocumented students on Georgetown’s campus.

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GUSA initiative pushes for textbook affordability and accessibility The GUSA Senate is creating a subcommittee for book affordability and accessibility to assist students with accessing textbooks. The project seeks to lower the barrier low and middle-income students face each semester when purchasing textbooks and class materials. The subcommittee, led by Sen. Kariel Bennett (COL ’23), focuses on three initiatives: a scholarship fund, book-cap, and a university-wide book drive. The s...

Only 26 Georgetown students are taking a class on Indigenous people this semester. Of the over 6,000 undergraduates attending Georgetown, that’s only four thousandths of a percent. That’s how many students are enrolled in PHIL 156, Intro to Indigenous Philosophy, the lone three-credit course on Indigeneity being offered this semester. Sure, other professors could bring in discussions about Indigenous people into their curriculum—but they aren’t required to. And if a student is hoping to...

Whitney Maddox leaves Georgetown with a lasting impact  Whitney Maddox (G’10, ’19), the Center for Social Justice’s (CSJ) Assistant Director of Leadership Development and Racial Justice Initiatives, has departed Georgetown for a new position as NPR’s Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) manager beginning Feb 1. Whether a student, intern, or faculty member, Maddox has become a beloved figure in Georgetown’s community for working to elevate the voices and issues of BIPOC students. Mad...

Following a history of disability activism, students push for a Disability Cultural Center GUSA’s Accessibility Policy Team has launched a campaign for the establishment of a Disability Cultural Center (DCC) that would support the disabled community on Georgetown’s campus. Three members of the team, Nesreen Shahrour (NHS ‘23), Gwyneth Murphy (SFS ‘23), and Dominic DeRamo (COL ‘23), released a petition calling for the establishment of a DCC on Dec. 23.  The DCC would be a universit...

All members resign from Georgetown minority fellowship program in protest of racism, classism, queerphobia Every current member of a Georgetown University campus program designed to mentor students of color recently resigned, citing “racism, queerphobia, sexism, classism.” The Patrick Healy Fellowship program is a highly selective leadership community for Georgetown undergraduates that focuses on “addressing issues that affect communities of color,” according to its website. Housed in G...