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The Problem: Our African-American Studies Program is and has been disintegrating. Both Professor Leah Wright and Sarah Mahurin will be leaving the department at the end of this semester. Only two professors, Ashraf Rushdy and Lois Brown will remain in the Department after this year. In addition to teaching their respective courses, they will also be handling the administrative side of the Dept. as well. This present issue of an inequity of education is one that has historically never been dealt with properly and as students we demand full attention and appropriate action to be taken finally. As members of the Wesleyan community, we all pay to attend this University and achieve a full range of academics. With the current state that the AFAM Dept. is in, we are thoroughly being cheated out of our college education and it is time to make noise about it. Contact us at: [email protected]

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Check out some very deep Wespeaks by Wesleyan Alum in support of #Afamiswhy!

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Because it helped me figure out my life's work #AFAMisWhy P.S. My work is awesome P.P.S. AFAM gave my time in college meaning Class of '09

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Because African-American history is MY - YOURS - OUR history; we should be promoting knowledge, not impediing it. #AFAMISWHY - Class of 96'

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Because AFAM provided profound richness & wholeness to me as an American History major - and an American #AFAMisWhy Katherine '10

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"Dear Provost Weissman,

There is NO American Studies without African-American Studies."

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"Getting accepted to Wes is NOT the same as being accepted BY Wes. I'm tired of just being allowed to attend." #AFAMisWhy

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"Because people of color cannot and WILL NOT be erased from social discourse." #AFAMisWhy

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"Because getting rid of Professor Wright is WRONG." #AFAMisWhy

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"Because African-American History IS American History." #AFAMisWhy

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"Because Af-Am is a HUGE part of the Human Experience." #AFAMisWhy

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"I was once told to stay LOUD. You have a voice that makes people LISTEN. So I choose to make sure my culture is HEARD!" #AFAMisWhy

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"Because we can't have inclusion and diversity without AfAm!" #AFAMisWhy

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"Because African-Americans are silenced everywhere else!" #AFAMisWhy

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"If we have the title of "Diversity University" then we must prove it!" #AFAMisWhy

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"Because after 400 years of fighting, this shouldn't still be a problem." #AFAMisWhy

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"Because African-American History is just as important as any other history!" #AFAMisWhy

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Because AfAm is not just a "black thing"

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