GET INVOLVED!

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SUPPORT THE PETITION

1. Sign up for periodic updates and action alerts for the petition

2. Complete the Community Voices Survey! We are asking students, alumni, faculty, and staff to all participate, and help share the survey to your networks.

3. Join the petition working group! We need more students and alumni to keep this work moving forward. Email us at Humphrey.Petitioners[at]gmail.com to learn more and get involved

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PRACTICE ACTIVE ANTI-RACISM​ IN THE CLASSROOM

1. Pay attention to dynamics in class discussion. Speak less if you are taking up too much space. Talk to your professor if you notice discrimination in who is being called on, who is being listened to. Pay attention to and name when you observe narratives that center white cultural dominance.

2. Bring race into policy work. Look for and point out ways that class materials ignore race or center whiteness.

3. Pay attention to where class materials come from -- which voices and writers are included? Ask your professors to include readings from writers who are Black, Indigenous, or from other non-dominant groups.

4. Allies: Apologize when you make mistakes. Speak up when others say harmful, racist things. Do not stay silent.

5. Educate yourself - and others. Contribute to our community-developed list of books, articles, papers, podcasts, movies, shows, etc. that discuss intersection of race with education, the economy, the environment, and other policy topics.

6. Again: talk to your professors. Recommend that "skills-based" classes -- statistics, economics, etc. -- include in the curriculum the ways that these tools have been used to normalize oppression or validate white racial dominance. Share articles and educational resources with professors and classmates.

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JOIN ANTI-RACISM MOVEMENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS

1. Support the initiative to Abolish MPD and replace it with a department of community safety. Follow Black Visions and Reclaim the Block for information about upcoming events to attend.

2. Volunteer with the Recall Freeman Campaign.

3. Support BIPOC-owned businesses and mutual aid organizations in Minneapolis and St. Paul.​​

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SUPPORT OTHER STUDENT GROUPS

Racial justice is intersectional with gender, economic, environmental, and disability justice. Follow and support the work of the Humphrey Students for Accountability (HSA) and the Humphrey Advocates for Health, Accessibility, and Wellness (HAHAW)