TU Community Marches For Justice

Press release from Towson University:

By Matt Palmer on June 15, 2020

Hundreds of Towson University students, staff and faculty showed up on campus June
13, donning masks in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, to march for justice and
empower black lives at TU and around the country.

While the U.S. attempts to confront the realities black people in the country face—including
racism and violence—the TU National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) organized the march,
which began on campus Saturday.

The NPHC is the governing council for nine historically African American fraternities
and sororities, seven of which have chapters on campus. The member chapters of this
council work to encourage high scholastic achievement and service to the community,
promote unity, develop leadership skills, enhance the educational and social life
of minority communities and provide a forum for addressing items of mutual concern.

The NPHC executive board first began talks about the march and then communicated that
desire to the other leaders in the fraternity and sorority community, which consists
of the NPHC chapter presidents, the Inter-Fraternity Council president, the Theta
Chi chapter president, the Panhellenic association president and the Independent Greek
council vice president among others.

NPHC President Jaelyn Heyliger connected with the SGA President Deguene Ndiong to
assist in organizing the event. The SGA donated the water and snacks provided at the
event.

It was the first time many members of the community had been on campus since the campus
shifted to remote learning during the pandemic. The marchers from TU walked from Tiger
Plaza through uptown Towson and returned to campus.

Here are some images from the march. This story will be updated with more details,
as well as reactions and reflections from student organizers, this week.

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This story is one of several related to President Kim Schatzel’s priorities for Towson University: TU Matters to Maryland and Diverse and Inclusive Campus.

This press release was produced by Towson University. The views expressed here are the author’s own.