Greeley Students: Move 2016 Prom from Trump Club

Several students have launched an online petition to move the Horace Greeley High School senior prom to someplace—anyplace—instead of Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor.

In a press statement on change.org, they said, “We have no political affiliation as a group whatsoever and this petition is not affiliated with any political party. We are working with the school administration to come to a solution that benefits the students, parents, and administration. ”

The petition cites recent remarks by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on immigrants, women and Mexicans, concluding:

Clearly, Donald J. Trump does not care about many important groups in our nation, so why should Horace Greeley High School, a public institution, support him financially by paying thousands of dollars to have its Senior prom take place at one of his facilities? Although this might just be a drop in the bucket of Trump’s pool of revenue, on principle holding the prom here is immoral. The proud establishment of Horace Greeley High School should not associate itself with such blatant and hateful racism, sexism, misogyny, and disrespect.

I, Julian Robles, as both a proud Latino, and student of Greeley, deeply believe that the 2016 Senior Prom should be relocated to another one of the many well maintained country clubs in the area.

So far, 103 people have signed the petition, including Chappaqua resident Ben Stewart, who noted in the comments: “The inconvenience of relocating prom is not an acceptable excuse for tacitly endorsing Trump and his remarks.”