C.H.A.N.G.E for LU Demands

We, the Minoritized Students at Longwood University, demand:

1. Full transparency on:

   1. The plans to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus followed by a direct and detailed plan of action to enforce said plans.

      1. Diversity Strategic Plan: What progress on this plan has been made? Why is it not available on the Longwood website?

         1. Needs to be up by October 31st

   2. The changing of the names of buildings. We deserve to know the reasons why the names of our historical buildings were changed. 

      1. This could be done by sending a mass email to students, faculty, and staff by President Reveley

      2. Send out this information by October 31st

   3. Any and all hate crime investigations occurring on our campus to ensure the safety of students.

      1. Revisit Title VI policy to address incidents against students against faculty

      2. Addition of Title VI to the list of resources that professors are mandated to put on their syllabus

      3. Making information on Title VI and how to report hate crimes more widely available to students

2. A university-wide town hall meeting that allows all students to come express concerns and/or experiences that need to be addressed and heard, with the attendance of President Reveley, the Board of Visitors, Senior VPs, Provosts, Department Heads, Senior level Student Affairs Administration and Directors, Cameron Patterson, the Senior Associate Director of Financial Aid, and the Dean of Well-being from CAPS. We demand to be heard in this town hall no later than October 27th.

3. More awareness and availability of scholarships/funding for tuition and hiring opportunities.

   1. Creating one scholarship application that applies to all applicable Longwood scholarships for students

   2. The addition of a scholarship tab for minority students in the Longwood Scholarship page

   3. Making scholarship information more available to minority students and in NH Scott/Clark House

   4. More hiring opportunities and making the hiring process clear for students

   5. Have this done by March 1st, 2023

4. Recruitment and hiring of people of color and underrepresented groups in faculty, staff, and administration, with an emphasis in CAPS.

   1. Tenure track/instructional faculty, A/P Staff

   2. We want faculty, staff, and administration to reflect the demographics of the Commonwealth of Virginia

   3. VA demographics:

      1. 60.3% White

      2. 20% Black/African American

      3. 10.2% Hispanic

      4. 7.2% Asian

      5. 0.6% American Indian/Alaska Native

      6. 0.1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

      7. 3.4% two or more races

   4. By the year 2030, Longwood faculty/staff should be 30% people of color or from an underrepresented group. There should be at least 3.4% yearly benchmarks until the goal of 30% is reached.

   5. This should be reflected at the VP level, Student Affairs, Deans of Departments, Academic Chairs, Athletics Administration etc.

5. Multicultural newsletter sent out twice a semester by the administration in an email to students and alumni. This newsletter will have information about multicultural organizations on campus, including meeting times/locations, events, heritage months, etc. The first newsletter should be sent out by April 2023.

6. Making demographic information/data of students, professors, faculty, staff, and administration public and easily accessible on the Longwood.edu website by December 2, 2022.

7. Hiring a Chief Diversity Officer in addition to the Title VI office

   1. The university needs to hire a chief diversity officer at Longwood ASAP.

8. DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) training for professors/staff

   1. Have this as a Canvas module/course that all staff and student staff, exec. boards of orgs should be required to take before the school year starts.

   2. There should also be in-person and interactive DEI training for professors/staff as well.

   3. Have the Center of Academic Faculty Enrichment involved.

   4. This should be completed by Fall 2023.

9. A reoccurring university-wide survey where students can voice their concerns and comments on discrimination, bias, and insensitivity experienfced on campus.

   1. Have this sent out in formal surveys which occurs at the beginning of the fall semester, at the end of the fall semester, and at the end of the spring semester

   2. This should be implemented by the beginning of Fall 2023

10. A new multicultural building on campus with proper accessibility

    1. We want a building which will serve as a gathering place for all students of color, minority students, and multicultural organizations on campus

    2. A new multicultural building is necessary in order to provide students of color, minority students, and multicultural organizations a safe space where we can gather and congregate freely and hold our club meetings and events.

    3. This new multicultural building will serve to create an environment that provides support and resources to students of color and minority students at Longwood in order to increase their sense of belonging and increase engagement/retention of these students at Longwood.

    4. We suggest Wygal Hall as the location for the new multicultural building after it has been renovated.

    5. We want to meet with Cameron Patterson, President Reveley, and Russ Carmichael in order to discuss and plan the creation of this new multicultural building by at least April 2023.

11. More attendance, presence, and support from those serving on the executive board of SGA, including executive senators, at club meetings and events held by multicultural organizations.

    1. We want this to happen immediately whenever club meetings or events by multicultural organizations are held

12. Have monthly meetings between CHANGE and President Reveley to uphold the strategies/plans of action currently in place (i.e. Diversity Strategic Plan) and to uphold these demands.

13. A written commitment from President Reveley to agree to have these demands met by the deadlines that we have given.

    1. We want this written commitment signed by President Reveley as soon as possible.