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 Georgetown’s Center for Multicultural Equity & Access, the program was founded in 1997 and has long been at the forefront of campus activist causes.
Early last month, however, current members of the program resigned en masse, claiming its leadership, despite being former fellows themselves, exhibited racism, among other offenses.