2020 Bryn Mawr Strike
The 2020 Bryn Mawr Strike was a pivotal moment of BIPOC solidarity within the BICO. Students abstained from attending classes, going to work, and patronizing the dining halls to further the demands of a coalition of BIPOC community members and groups on campus. These demands were rooted in the dismantlement of Bryn Mawr’s historically racist structures, some including points about hiring more Black and Brown professors and providing a reparations fund for Black and Indigenous students. Read through their website below to learn more about how on-campus organizing resulted in one of the most substantial protests in campus history, and why the fight for racial justice at Bryn Mawr is far from over.
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- Bryn Mawr Strike Collective Website
- On Normalcy by the Core Strike Collective
- It’s All Context: The Strike and Political Opportunity by Elle Thompson
The People’s College for the Liberation of Palestine
The 2023 Bryn Mawr encampment (also called the People’s College for the Liberation of Palestine) exemplifies Bryn Mawr College’s commitment to money when faced at moral and political impasses. Understanding the reasonings behind the encampment, and the reasonings behind the institutional response to the protest, is important historical knowledge. Read through the following links to understand, both broadly and on the Bryn Mawr scale, why the encampments mattered and how we can contextualize them in the present moment to continue the fight for divestment.
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